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.

Summary

Africa's place in the global history of human rights is examined through this interpretative history that explores indigenous African rights traditions, humanitarianism and anti-slavery, colonialism and nationalism, anti-colonialism and struggles for self-determination, and the pro-democracy movements that emerged in the era of independence and constitutional rights.

Product details

• Authors: Bonny Ibhawoh, Bonny (Mcmaster University Ibhawoh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781107602397
• ISBN: 978-1-107-60239-7
• No. of pages: 264
• 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