Cheikh Bouamama | |
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| Born | 1841[1][2] |
| Died | October 7, 1908 (aged 66–67)[3][4] |
| Known for | Leader of the tribe Awlad Sidi Shaykh |
Cheikh Bouamama or Shaykh Bu 'Amamah (Arabic: الشيخ بوعمامة) led a popular resistance against French occupation in Algeria from 1881 to 1908.[5]
Cheikh Bouamama was a leader of the tribe Awlad Sidi Shaykh.[6] The resistance that he led in the southwest of Algeria from 1881 to 1908.[6][7]
The Algerian filmmaker Benamar Bakhti made the 1983 film L'Épopée de Cheikh Bouamama ("The Epic of Cheikh Bouamama").[8]
- ^ Paul Gaffarel (1905). Histoire de l'expansion coloniale de la France depuis 1870 jusqu'en 1905. Barlatier. p. 19.
- ^ Collection des ouvrages publiés par la Commission des publications et notices ... Barlatier. 1905. p. 19.
- ^ Rachid Benyoub (2002). Algeria 2002 Political Directory: Illustrated. R. Benyoub. p. 21.
- ^ Abder-Rahmane Derradji (2002). A Concise History of Political Violence in Algeria, 1954-2000: Brothers in Faith, Enemies in Arms. E. Mellen Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7734-7047-7.
- ^ Aghrout 2005, p. 86.
- ^ a b Sivers 2012.
- ^ Krause 2017, PT175.
- ^ Armes 2005, p. 191.