Raconte-moi l'Algérie - Les Kabyles

The Jewish people have often been condemned to exile. In the 15th century, Jews expelled from Spain headed for North Africa. They were known as Sephardic Jews.

In eastern Algeria, right on the border with Tunisia, there's a mountainous region called the Aurès. This is where the Chaouis come from. Like the Kabyles, they belong to the great Berber people.

Algeria has seen several successive invasions. After the Phoenicians, Romans and Byzantines, the Arabs arrived in 680. Why and where did they come from?

In the 15th century, the kingdom of Spain was extremely powerful, sharing the world with Portugal. Spaniards arrived in Algeria long before the French. Where did they come from?

French troops landed in Algeria on June 14, 1830. Why and what happened before?