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Les Pieds-Noirs: Algeria’s Forgotten Footballers

“They were war criminals, Nobel Prize laureates and World Cup record-setters. History often shuns them into that dark corner where it tends to stash the unspeakable atrocities too tender for recollection. They were les Pieds-Noirs. The word Pied-Noir literally translates … Continue reading

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