Human Rights in Africa

An interpretative history of human rights in Africa, exploring indigenous rights traditions, anti-slavery, anti-colonialism, post-colonial violations and pro-democracy movements.

List of contents

1. Visions and disputes; 2. Elders and sages; 3. Humanitarians and abolitionists; 4. Natives and colonists; 5. Nationalists and anti-colonists; 6. Dictators and dissidents; 7. Old struggles and new causes.

About the author

Bonny Ibhawoh is a professor of History and Global Human Rights at McMaster University, Ontario. He has taught in universities in Africa, the United States and Canada. He was previously a Human Rights Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, New York and a Research Fellow at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen. He is the author of Imperial Justice: Africans in Empire's Court (2013) and Imperialism and Human Rights (2008), named American Library Association Choice Outstanding Academic Title.

Product details

• Authors: Bonny Ibhawoh, Bonny (Mcmaster University Ibhawoh, Ibhawoh Bonny
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781107016316
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01631-6
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: New Approaches to African History; New Approaches to African Hist; New Approaches to African History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Human Rights, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, African History, Human rights, civil rights