Pied-noir associations fragmented by schism almost immediately despite unity rhetoric

Evidence

As early as November 1956, the Union des français d’outre-mer fused with the Association des français d’Afrique du Nord et d’outre-mer to form ANFANOM. A final ‘A’, standing for ‘et leurs Amis’ (and their friends) was added in 1958 to give the association its current acronym of ANFANOMA. But only a few months later at the association’s annual conference in February 1957, disagreements were so severe that a faction broke away to form the Fédération nationale des Français d’Afrique du Nord et d’outre-mer (FNFANOM). This was on top of a long-standing rivalry between ANFANOMA and the Rassemblement des Français d’Afrique du Nord (RANFRAN). — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 652

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: does the constant splintering of associations itself serve as evidence that the manufactured unity needed perpetual enemy/rival framing, or was it purely factional politics?
• XREF: connects to: Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122; The reputed pied-noir voting bloc existed only in political rhetoric — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 836; Schism and dissension signal a faith’s vitality and ongoing evolution — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists…, 348

Broader Connections

• Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief #corroborates (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122
• The reputed pied-noir voting bloc existed only in political rhetoric #corroborates (0.80) — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 836
• Schism and dissension signal a faith’s vitality and ongoing evolution #complicates (0.75) — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 348