RC 260823Power FMLerato Mvelase
Sunday, 23 August 2026
A Sunday music mix built around a four-part Roots, Rhythm and Life feature on Algeria, covering its history, culture, food, travel spots and flag symbolism.
- 22:01
Algeria was framed as a major North African state with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, a population of over 47 million, Arabic and Tamazight as official languages, and huge hydrocarbon reserves.
- 22:03
French rule from 1830 to 1962 was described as deeply unequal, with more than one million European settlers taking fertile land before the war of independence ended colonial control.
- 22:20
Algerian culture was linked to Islam, lengthy greetings, the jilaba, and cuisine built on couscous, chorba frick, burek, mint tea and sweetened coffee.
- 22:41
Travel highlights named included Timgad, the Kasbah of Algiers, Constantine’s suspension bridges, the Sahara around Djanet and Timimoun, Oran, and the Botanical Garden Hamma.
- 23:01
The Algerian flag was explained as green for faith and hope, white for peace and honesty, and red for the martyrs of independence, with the crescent and star adopted days before independence in July 1962.