num_pages: 240
description: A fascinating portrait of life with the Black Panthers in Algiers: a story of liberation and radical politicsFollowing the Algerian war for independence and the defeat of France in 1962 Algiers became the liberation capital of the Third World. Here Elaine Mokhtefi a young American woman who had become involved in the struggle and worked with leaders of the Algerian Revolution including Frantz Fanon found a home. As journalist and translator she lived among guerillas revolutionaries exiles and visionaries was even present in the groundbreaking The Battle of Algiers.
language: English
title: Algiers, Third World Capital
publisher: Verso