Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers

By:

Mokhtefi, Elaine [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2020.Description: x, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:

9781788730037

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LOC classification:

DT295.55.M65A3

Summary: A fascinating portrait of life with the Black Panthers in Algiers: a story of liberation and radical politics Following the Algerian war for independence and the defeat of France in 1962, Algiers became the liberation capital of the Third World. Elaine Mokhtefi, a young American woman immersed in the struggle and working with leaders of the Algerian Revolution, found a home here. A journalist and translator, she lived among guerrillas, revolutionaries, exiles, and visionaries, witnessing historical political formations and present at the filming of The Battle of Algiers.

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A fascinating portrait of life with the Black Panthers in Algiers: a story of liberation and radical politics
Following the Algerian war for independence and the defeat of France in 1962, Algiers became the liberation capital of the Third World. Elaine Mokhtefi, a young American woman immersed in the struggle and working with leaders of the Algerian Revolution, found a home here. A journalist and translator, she lived among guerrillas, revolutionaries, exiles, and visionaries, witnessing historical political formations and present at the filming of The Battle of Algiers.

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