On 5 July, Algeria celebrated its 60 years of Independence from France after a barbarous eight-year war and 132 years of colonisation. Algerians around the world paid tribute, on this day, to those who sacrificed their lives for freedom. In France, the Algerian war remains a tricky topic to address and a point of tension between the two countries as the French government sticks to its, “no apologies, no reparations” policy. What additionally has not helped the process, is the romanticisation of the colonial period, or as Emmanuel Macron depicted it during his last official visit to Algeria in …