Football, an anti-colonial resistance tool in Algeria & Sudan | Al Jazeera World Documentary

Football was a means of resistance in the fight for independence in French colonial Algeria and British-ruled Sudan.
The European powers introduced their own sports to their colonies for their own recreation, as well as a way of controlling the local population.
French authorities allowed local football clubs in Algeria on condition that they had a mix of Algerian and French settler players. As the nationalist movement grew, its relationship with football became closer. In 1958, 15 Algerian professionals based in France formed a breakaway national team that played 91 international matches and became a key part of the fight for independence.
In Sudan, the British banned football when the governor of Sudan was assassinated in 1924. When the sport was allowed again, clubs could have only British names. But Al-Hilal was founded in 1930, and it began to turn the tide.
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[@teck9ine]

What's not true, not last forever. France nothing without Africa... God bless Algeria and Africa.

[@globetrotter5751]

Laughing my head off 😂😂😂😂. Africa land of happiness, prosperity, and plentiful. One couldn't understand the desperation of Africanos to do a runner from their beloved land.....

[@NickZibby]

Amin

[@ezzokenan1943]

@@globetrotter5751 i thin k you are ignorant person u do not understand what causes the poverty and backwardness in Africa ?

[@phoenix31015]

The French Colonial Regime in Algeria was the worst in Modern History ☝️ Thank you very much indeed from a huge fan of the Constantine Sports Club of Football ⚽️ 🦅🇩🇿 the first football club founded in 1898 by Algerians and for Algerians 🔥✊✅

[@brojwz2314]

Maybe algeria shouldnt jave messed with france?

[@globetrotter5751]

The one that hasn't won anything yet?.....

[@globetrotter5751]

​@brojwz2314 Actually, it was sold to France by its Ottoman master....

[@globetrotter5751]

​@brojwz2314 Actually, it was sold to France by its Ottoman master. ....

[@cracksmoker1506]

@@brojwz2314 i wouldnt say asking to be paid back a debt is "messing" with france

[@haywardmccullough2762]

This is for all of the crazy sports fans out there that understand the connection between sports conquest and colonialism!

[@globetrotter5751]

What a drivel?

[@zachdol4653]

1 2 3 viva l'Algérie 🇩🇿❤️

[@globetrotter5751]

Tooooze. Khourti fel khourti des khouroutos. 😂😂😂😂

[@sam1s2]

One two three Viva l’Algérie ! Tahia Chouhada

[@muhammadaftab15033]

Al Jazeera! Please, make a documentary about the Peshawar School Massacre in Pakistan in December 2014.

[@mahdibouchal3536]

My grandfather has participated for the creation of a sport club for for this ultimate reason to get algeria known by other countries and bring independence. JSD

[@globetrotter5751]

Never heard of it??????😂😂😂...

[@susangaik36]

British Gov't.(aka TYPE A PIRATES)

[@tchicoogouloulou375]

1 2 3 viva l'Algérie 🎉

[@LanikMartin]

¿Por qué no dicen: "No más petróleo, gas para Estados Unidos, sólo oro, me quedo con Urbano y las colonias también!!!😅" Y los futbolistas ya son BRICS.

[@globetrotter5751]

Is this some kind of Chinese or Charabia?😂😂😂😂

[@bhaison3114]

People had better living standard during colonialism.. Compared to their own corrupt politicians

[@you-er5dz]

Stupid 💁‍♂️

[@ezzokenan1943]

No not true