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Colonial Histories, Postcolonial Memories: The Legend of the Kahina, a North African Heroine (Social History of Africa,) (1st Edition) by Abdelmajid M. Hannoum, Don E. Wilson, Deeann M. Reeder Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-325-00253-3 / 0325002533 ISBN-13: 978-0-325-00253-8 / 9780325002538 No other North African legend had been adopted, transformed, and used by as many social groups as that of the Kahina myth. In this book, Abdelmajid Hannoum examines the role the myth played in what may be called an ideological conquest. Since its inception in the 9th century, the Kahina legend has p |