 Socioeconomic situation of French Algerians

In metropolitan France in 1963, 43% of French Algerians lived in bidonvilles (shanty towns).Thus, Azouz Begag, the delegate Minister for Equal Opportunities, wrote an autobiographic novel, "Le Gone du Chaâba", about his experiences while living in a "bidonville" in the outskirts of Lyon.It is impossible to understand the third-generation of Algerian immigrants to France without recalling this bicultural experience.