Revolutionary Books of the Algerian Independence Struggle
Melbourne Rare Book Week
In 1958, an underground publishing house printed La Question, a journalist’s firsthand account of his torture by the French military. It became the first book to be censored in France since the 18th century. A military tribunal began action against the publisher for “attempted demoralization of the Army with intent to harm the defense of the nation.” Two weeks later, a new Swiss publisher published its first book: La Question. This lecture, by Ms. Sanam Amin, PhD candidate, Melbourne Law School, draws on now out-of-print documents of activism supporting Algerian independence, available in The University of Melbourne library. Held in the Leigh Scott Room, Baillieu Library.
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