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Afterlives of decolonisation: the racialisation of West and Central African migrants in contemporary Algeria by Kheira Arrouche

This article investigates the racialisation of West and Central African migrants in Algeria; a state historically celebrated for its anti-colonial solidarity. Through ethnographic fieldwork in Oran and Algiers, it centers the migrants鈥 lived experiences to reveal a pervasive landscape of everyday racism and dehumanisation. The analysis argues that Algerian racial formations exceed Euro-American binaries, operating through context-specific logics that render Blackness hyper-visible yet structurally excluded. The article traces contemporary anti-Blackness to what I term the afterlives of decolonisation, through which the legacies of slavery, French colonisation, and religious hierarchies continue to shape racial formations in postcolonial Algeria, marginalising and erasing Black histories and presence within dominant Arab-Islamic national imaginaries. Ultimately, the study reveals how a state forged through liberation struggle reproduces colonial structures of negation, casting Blackness as a threatening 鈥渙ther鈥 incompatible with Algerian identity.

Authors

Kheira Arrouche

Year
2026
Journal Name
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Category
Journal Article
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MIGMOBS ERC AdG Project 101097240

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