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December 1961
Because it talks about violence, broken glass and an attack by the OAS rue Mouffetard in Paris.
Mustapha goes to war (in pictures).
Series of 12 photographs each representing a chapter of the novel "Mustapha goes to war" , released in September 2021 by Riveneuve editions.
December 1961
In this 1st chapter, I speak of violence, raids by cops and shards of glass a few seconds after an attack by the OAS rue Mouffetard, in Paris.
January 1929
In this 2nd chapter, I talk about the delicious dates of the oasis of Figuig, on the edge of the Sahara. And a scorpion sting.
February 1944
In this 3rd chapter, I talk about the fall of a Resistance network in Paris, an attempt to escape and an arrest on the metro platform.
March 1951
In this 4th chapter, I talk about punters at Auteuil, the new pink tickets of the RATP and the first Parisian organizations to fight for the independence of Morocco and Algeria.
April 1938
In this 5th chapter, I speak of the apricot pastries of an Algeria plagued by the French extreme right and of dreams of a great departure in the port of Oran aboard the Djebel Amour.
May 1959
In this 6th chapter, I speak of support networks for FLN activists and the false papers of the famous forger Adolfo Kaminsky.
June 1941
In this 7th chapter, I speak of the lamps marking out the parachuting grounds of the intelligence agents of Free France in occupied Normandy, and of the first glass of alcohol swallowed by Mustapha.
July 1931
In this 8th chapter, I speak of the Colonial Exposition of the Porte Dorée in Paris and its sumptuous scenes of an empire on the verge of collapse.
August 1944
In this 9th chapter, I speak of an incredible (but true) escape from the FFI during the week of insurrection at the Ile de la Cité police headquarters in Paris.
September 1939
In this 10th chapter, I speak of the months of waiting of the French slums before the start of the fighting, the brown tobacco of their unfiltered cigarettes and the announced debacle.
October 1947
In this 11th chapter, I talk about the power struggles within the French secret service and Kid Marcel's boxing fight at the Wagram room.
November 1962
In this 12th chapter, I speak of the Algerian war which is not over for everyone and of a deadly shooting.