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C onn ect i ng C u ltu r es T hrough F am i ly and F ood

rule, meaning they were controlled by the governments of other nations, notably Britain and France. As colonial rule weakened, these nations gained their independence. However, many of themwere not prepared for self-rule. They did not have the institutions or infrastructure to manage the challenges of government. Civil wars broke out. Poverty and violence wracked the continent. Many people were looking for a way out, but they also still had strong ties to the countries that had governed them for so long. For example, Al- geria, a country inNorthAfrica, was colonized by France in the 1830s and remained that way until the 1960s. Algerian immigrants beganmoving to France around World War I, when the country needed laborers to help in thewar effort. Anotherwave of immigration came in the 1960s. Despite no longer being officially tied to France, many Algerians decided to draw on their shared history and languagewith France, and begin new lives there.

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