Canal Algeria a public television invited Ferial Furon, great granddaughter of Bachagha Bengana, on the morning program "Bonjour d'Algérie" on Tuesday February 21st to promote her essay on the sinister Bachagha Bengana i dont want to mention the title of this book, published in France. This invitation on the part of state television arouses great controversy in Algeria.
M'Hamed Ben Bouaziz Bengana had rallied France in 1839 as chief of tribes in the regions of Biskra, Batna and Hodna, two years after the capture of Constantine by the French colonial troops. It bears the title of "Sheikh el arab" given by the last Bey of Constantine, Ahmed Bey.
