Aphrase finds its meaning in an aspiration. In the 1940s, this phrase was self-evident: the word "independence", like the words "nation" and "right" were elu cidated by the urge for decolonization.

At that time, colonialism—when a territory is made part of a power outside of itself—was already regarded as inhuman and unnatural. So "independence" meant the opportunity to own a living space for oneself. "Independence" and "domain" or "space" even