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For anyone living in Paris, the Algerian war was inescapable.

— Elaine Mokhtefi

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I organized the international conference in Accra, and as a result I met these people from all around the world.

Our role was to convince the world that Algeria had to be independent and France had to stop this crazy war

We felt that we were on the edge of a new world. It was the end of colonialism; the Cold War had only begun.

How we did it I really don’t know, but it came off and it was a beautiful event

I stayed on after the coup that brought Houari Boumediene to power in 1965

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