Malek Bennabi and Frantz Fanon are noted for their thoughts on decolonization; Augustine of Hippo was born in Tagaste (modern-day Souk Ahras); and Ibn Khaldun, though born in Tunis, wrote the Muqaddima while staying in Algeria.
mˈeɪlək bɛnˈɑːbi ænd fɹˈænts fˈænɑːn ɑːɹ nˈoʊɾᵻd fɔːɹ ðɛɹ θˈɔːts ˌɔn dᵻkˌɑːlənᵻzˈeɪʃən; ˈɔːɡəstˌiːn ʌv hˈɪpoʊ wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn tˈæɡæst mˈɑːdɚndˈeɪ sˈaʊk ˈɑːɹəz; ænd ˈɪbən kˈɑːldʌn, ðˌoʊ bˈɔːɹn ɪn tˈuːniz, ɹˈoʊt ðə mjˈuːkɐdˌɪmə wˌaɪl stˈeɪɪŋ ɪn ældʒˈɪɹiə.