Elaine Mokhtefi

Algiers, Third World Capital

Elaine Mokhtefi, eine Amerikanerin, die sich für die internationale Jugendbewegung einsetzte, und deshalb aus dem starren und verhärteten Amerika der 50er Jahre nach Paris zog und von dort nach der Unabhängigkeit Algeriens nach Algier. Sie beschreibt die Aufbruchsstimmung dieser Jahre, der zahlreichen Befreiungsbewegungen, die sich mit Algerien in Verbindung setzten, bis zu den Black Panthers, die ebenfalls in Algier Exil erhielten. Sie beschreibt neben ihrer engen Zusammenarbeit mit Eldridge Cleaver auch die Ereignisse in Algerien, die Diskussionen, was noch nicht funktionierte und wo die Hoffnungen der Menschen lagen. 

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Klappentext:

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.

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

Über die Autorin / über den Autor:

Elaine Mokhtefi was born in New York. After the Second World War, she joined the youth movement for world peace and justice, becoming director of a militant student organization. In 1951 she settled in France as a translator and interpreter for international organizations in the new postwar world. In 1960, she joined a small team in New York as part of the Algerian National Liberation Front, lobbying the United Nations in support of the government in exile and working for Algerian independence. When the struggle was won, she made Algeria her home, working as a journalist and translator. She married the Algerian writer and liberation war veteran Mokhtar Mokhtefi, who died in 2015. A painter as well as a writer, she lives in New York.

Preis: CHF 18.50
Sprache: Englisch
Art: Broschiertes Buch
Erschienen: 2020 (2019)
Verlag: Verso
ISBN: 978-1-78873-003-7
Masse: 256 S.

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