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The concept of human rights in Africa

The concept of human rights in Africa

Subject Index Human rights
Author SHIVJI, Issa G.
Publisher CODESRIA
Date of publication 1989
Place of publication
ISBN 1870784030
Number of pages 126
Language English
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The is book highlights how concept of human rights attempts to re-conceptualization human rights ideology from the standpoint of the continent. It argue that the dominant human rights discourse in/and on Africa, however well mentioned, is objectively a part of the ideologies of domination.