Abstract
Since the end of Morocco’s Lead Years, la mémoire refoulée (suppressed memory) of this dark period has been the theme of many francophone authors’ works. Novels and testimonials published since the late 1990s seek to reveal a hidden past. The principal themes of these works reflect the more open sociocultural and political climate that has fostered the study of violations of human rights during Morocco’s postcolonial history.
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See Frantz Fanon, Les Damnés de la terre (Paris: Maspéro, 1961). Republished by Editions La Découverte, 2002.
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Orlando, V.K. (2009). The Texts of Human Rights: Moroccan Prison Testimonials by Victims of the Lead Years. In: Francophone Voices of the “New” Morocco in Film and Print. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622593_3
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