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

Mokhtefi, Elaine

Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers - Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2020. - x, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

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.

9781788730037


Civil rights movements--Algeria--Algiers--History--20th century.
Black Panther Party--Political activity--Algeria--Algiers.

DT295.55.M65A3