On the 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence from France, descendants of the North Africans deported to the Pacific territory of New Caledonia remember the “silent pain” of their ancestors.
Between 1864 and 1897, as French colonial troops advanced through Algeria, 2,100 people were tried by special or military courts and deported.
They were sent in chains around 18,500 kilometres (11,500 miles) to the other side of the world, to a penal…
