Nedjma

Nedjma

Éditions Points paperback cover
Author	Kateb Yacine
Language	French
Subjects	French Algeria, colonialism
Publication date	1956
Publication place	Algeria
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)

Nedjma is a novel written by Kateb Yacine and published in 1956. It tells the story of four young men (Mustapha, Lakhdar, Rachid, Mourad) who fall in love with Nedjma, daughter of an Algerian and a French woman, during the French colonization of Algeria. It is set in the east of Algeria, with most of the action taking place in the region around Constantine and Annaba (referred to by its French name, Bône, in the text).