La Conférence de Bandung de 1955 - Le réveil du Tiers Monde

Today, I'm taking you back to 1955, to the island of Java, in Indonesia! Destination: Bandung. We're in the thick of the Cold War. The world, at that time, was a giant chessboard divided in two! On my right, Uncle Sam, the United States, the Western bloc. On my left, the Eastern bloc, the USSR, behind its Iron Curtain. It was simple: you were either with Washington or with Moscow. No middle ground! You had to choose your side. And in the middle of this clash of titans? There were millions of people in Africa and Asia, asking themselves: "Hey, what about us in all this? Don't we exist?" Because in 1955, France was still in Algeria, and sub-Saharan Africa was still largely colonized... For many, the world was still a vast European private property. And that's where the dramatic turn of events occurs! From April 18 to 24, 1955, 29 countries decided to meet without asking permission from the "great powers." It was the first time in human history that peoples long subjected to domination came together to decide their own destiny without their oppressors. In the photos from that time, it's a veritable festival of costumes! There's Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, elegant in his white skullcap. There's Nasser, the Egyptian colonel with the smoldering gaze, who had just nationalized the Suez Canal. There's even the Chinese Zhou Enlai, playing the charming diplomat to reassure everyone. What did they have in common? They had all experienced colonial domination. They all carried the bitter taste of oppression in their mouths. And there, in Bandung, under the tropical heat, they would unleash a cry that would become an earthquake! #bandung #coldwar #nehru