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Hi, I'm Halima Shah, a producer with a take, and you're listening to Another Take, where we resurface stories from our archives.

Today is the anniversary of Algerian independence from France and 1962.

Algeria's independence war was a long and brutal one,

but it also inspired a generation of anti-colonial thinkers, activists, and fighters,

in Algeria and a world away.

Last year, we dove into a trove of footage from the Algerian revolution that was used to counter French propaganda.

The episode originally aired on September 4, 2024. All dates and references are from that time.

Music All dates and references are from that time. Today, the Archives of a Revolution.

There was a new political horizon opening up.

The geopolitical map of the world was changing.

How a Yugoslavian filmmaker's footage, unseen for decades, helped Algerians win their independence.

The story of an online movement simply got written out of history.

I'm Kevin Horton, and this is the take.

The Algerian War had its final convulsion.

The granting of independence was followed by OAS murders that sent Muslims raging through the streets.

This is how American News Agency, the Associated Press, covered Algeria's victory in its war for independence from France in 1962.

Algeria was then a mirror for many nations, and Algerian's quest to break free from

French colonial rule electrified dozens of newly independent countries across the global

south, so much so that the United Nations adopted the 1960 Declaration

on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples.

It was a watershed moment for a world dominated by the Cold War geopolitical chess game,

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