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. 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. Mokhtefi crossed paths with some of the era's brightest stars: Stokely
Carmichael Timothy Leary Ahmed Ben Bella Jomo Kenyatta and the Black Panther Eldridge
Cleaver. She was instrumental in the establishment of the International Section of the Black
Panther Party in Algiers and was close at hand as the group became involved in intrigue murder
and international hijackings. She traveled for and with the Panthers she organized Cleaver's
clandestine departure for France. Algiers is an unforgettable story of an era of passion and
promise.
