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Africa and the Shaping of International Human Rights

Derrick M. Nault
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      Africa throughout its postcolonial history has been plagued by human rights abuses ranging from intolerance of political dissent to heinous crimes such as genocide. Some observers consequently have gone so far as to suggest that human rights are a concept alien to African cultures. The International Criminal Court (ICC)'s focus on Africa in recent years has reinforced the region's reputation as a hotspot for human rights violations.But despite Africa's notoriety concerning human rights, Africa and the Shaping of International Human Rights argues that the continent has been pivotal in helping to shape contemporary human rights norms and practices. Challenging prevailing Eurocentric interpretations of human rights' origins and evolution, it demonstrates that from the colonial era to the present Africa's peoples have drawn attention to and prompted novel ways of thinking about human rights through their encounterswith the world at large. Beginning with the depredations of King Leopold II in the Congo Free State in the 1880s and ending with the ICC's current activities in Africa, it reveals how African events, personalities, groups, and nations have influenced the trajectory of human rights history in intriguing andcritical ways, in the end enlarging and universalizing a major discourse of our time.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Derrick M. Nault EAN: 9780198859628 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 536 g HEIGHT: 240 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-12-17 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Africa / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      Africa, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Human rights, civil rights, African history

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      Derrick M. Nault is a project associate professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan. He is the co-editor of Globalization and Human Rights in the Developing World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Experiencing Globalization: Religion in Contemporary Contexts (Anthem Press, 2013). He holds a Ph.D. in African History from Queen's University, Canada.
      Africa throughout its postcolonial history has been plagued by human rights abuses ranging from intolerance of political dissent to heinous crimes such as genocide. Some observers consequently have gone so far as to suggest that human rights are a concept alien to African cultures. The International Criminal Court (ICC)'s focus on Africa in recent years has reinforced the region's reputation as a hotspot for human rights violations.But despite Africa's notoriety concerning human rights, Africa and the Shaping of International Human Rights argues that the continent has been pivotal in helping to shape contemporary human rights norms and practices. Challenging prevailing Eurocentric interpretations of human rights' origins and evolution, it demonstrates that from the colonial era to the present Africa's peoples have drawn attention to and prompted novel ways of thinking about human rights through their encounterswith the world at large. Beginning with the depredations of King Leopold II in the Congo Free State in the 1880s and ending with the ICC's current activities in Africa, it reveals how African events, personalities, groups, and nations have influenced the trajectory of human rights history in intriguing andcritical ways, in the end enlarging and universalizing a major discourse of our time.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Derrick M. Nault EAN: 9780198859628 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 536 g HEIGHT: 240 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2020-12-17 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Africa / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights WIDTH: 160 cm SPINE:

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      Africa, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Human rights, civil rights, African history

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      Derrick M. Nault is a project associate professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan. He is the co-editor of Globalization and Human Rights in the Developing World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Experiencing Globalization: Religion in Contemporary Contexts (Anthem Press, 2013). He holds a Ph.D. in African History from Queen's University, Canada.

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