Kabylia’s terrain and high villages enabled guerrilla resistance throughout its history
Evidence
Riddled with caves, Kabylia is ideal country equally for ambushes and for guerrillas to melt away when hunted. In many ways it could be called the Scotland of Algeria but, in contrast to most highland or alpine countries whose villages crouch for shelter in the valleys, Kabylia’s white-walled and terracotta tiled douars perch defiantly atop razor-backed ridges. They are a reminder of a turbulent history when safety from raiders, floods or landslides often lay in the high ground — as well as providing the traveller with one breathtaking panorama after another, since the tortuous roads follow the line of the villages. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 147
Categorization
- XREF: This directly prefigures the Kabyle role in the Algerian resistance the book will cover; also recalls the Scotland comparison in the reader’s thematic interests. — connects to: The Aurès mountains have long produced unvanquishable guerrilla resistance — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 146