Ahmed Ben Bella
Found 10 thoughts of Ahmed Ben Bella
I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
Ahmed Ben Bella
The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
Ahmed Ben Bella
The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all. We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France.
Ahmed Ben Bella
I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support.
Ahmed Ben Bella
Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
Ahmed Ben Bella
I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.
Ahmed Ben Bella
Immediately after independence, I was associated with all those who, in the world, themselves undertook the struggle to liberate their own country.
Ahmed Ben Bella
I myself, speaking as a man of the south, note that something has changed in the north, which is a very important point to raise.
Ahmed Ben Bella
I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
Ahmed Ben Bella
