Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Authors

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Emory University
Francis M. Deng

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Description

This powerful volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights is peculiar to the West and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-Western traditions of third world countries. This book demonstrates that there is a contextual legitimacy for the concept of human rights.

ISBN

9780815717959

Publication Date

1990

Publisher

Brookings Institution Press

Keywords

Human Rights, Law, African Studies