The Black Panthers in Algeria
On today\u2019s Making Contact, our friends from the podcast, Kerning Cultures, bring us \u201cBlack Panthers in Algeria.\u201d It\u2019s the story of when Elaine Mokhtefi landed in newly independent Algeria in the early 1960s and quickly found herself at the center of a special period in the country\u2019s history, at a time when Algiers welcomed liberation groups from across the world \u2013 earning a reputation as the \u201cMecca of revolution."
In this unlikely setting, Elaine moved in the same circles as world famous radicals, ragtag political parties, spies and military leaders. And she became an unlikely sidekick to one of the most iconic liberation groups of our time, just as it was beginning to fall apart.\xa0
Credits - Kerning Cultures:
This episode was produced by Deena Sabry and Alex Atack, and edited by Dana Ballout. Fact checking by Eman Alsharif, sound design by Mohamad Khreizat, Paul Alouf and Alex Atack. Our team also includes Zeina Dowidar, Nadeen Shaker and Finbar Anderson.
Making Contact Team:
- Host: Anita Johnson
- Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang
- Executive Director: Jina Chung
- Engineer: Jeff Emtman
- Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonrain\xa0
Learn More:\xa0
- Algiers: Third World Capital [https://bookshop.org/a/84225/9781788730006]
- Revolution or Death: The Life of Eldridge Cleaver [https://bookshop.org/a/84225/9781613739112]
- Kerning Cultures [https://kerningcultures.com/]