Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Zvakaitika munguva yehondo, kunyanya kutsamwa kwake paSétif massacre yaMay 1945, zvakakurudzirawo Aba kuti azvipire kunyora nhetembo dzakawanda. Basa rake rinonyanya kutarisa nyaya dzine chekuita nezvematongerwo enyika uye kukanganisa kwechisimba pavanhu, kufukidza misoro yakadai seAlgeria revolution, Arab-Israeli conflict uye Nazi Germany. Misoro yebasa rake yakaita kuti nyanzvi Jean Déjeux amuenzanise naMohammed Dib. Zvinyorwa zvaAba zvinozivikanwa zvikuru zvinosanganisira "Gazelle au petit matin" ("Gazelle mangwanani-ngwanani", 1978) uye "Gazelle après minuit" ("Gazelle mushure meMidnight", 1979), iyo inotora chimiro chezvinyorwa zve rudo zvakafuridzirwa nerufu rwevakaroorana vaduku panguva iyo nyika inowana rusununguko kubva kuFrance
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