Ben Bella
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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After France conceded independence to Algeria in 1962, she worked for the ministry of health under the newly independent country’s first president, Ahmed Ben Bella, and was granted Algerian citizenship.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2022
When Boumediene and Ben Bella grasped control of Algeria in the summer that year, Bouteflika was named minister of youth and sport - he was only 25 years old.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2021
It may not have been a right metaphor, but when we saw Yalta and we saw Eastern Europe, we saw China, we saw Ben Bella up in Algeria.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2021
Soon, leaders of African revolutionary movements were honoured guests in Havana – notably Ben Bella and Houari Boumédiènne from Algeria, and Agostinho Neto from Angola, in full rebellion against the Portuguese.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2016
Another example is the Algerian revolution, led by Ben Bella; they threw out the French who had been there over 100 years.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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