Kuputika kweSétif nokudzvinyirirwa kwakatevera kwakaratidza kuchinja kwehukama pakati peFrance nevanhu vechiMuslim vaidzorwa kubva muna 1830, apo France yakanga yatora Algeria. Nepo mashoko okuurawa kwaSétif akanyanya kufuratirwa muFrance, migumisiro pavanhu vechiMuslim vokuAlgeria yakanga ichirwadza, zvikurukuru pahuwandu hukuru hwevarwi vechiMuslim muuto reFrance avo vakanga vachidzoka kubva kuhondo muEurope. Makore mapfumbamwe gare gare, kumukira kukuru
rakatanga muAlgeria, richitungamirira kurusununguko kubva kuFrance muna March 1962 nokusainwa kweZvibvumirano zveEvian.