Human rights in Africa

Human rights have a deep and tumultuous history that culminates in the age of rights we live in today, but where does Africa's story fit in with this global history? Here, Bonny Ibhawoh maps this story and offers a comprehensive and interpretative history of human rights in Africa. Rather than...

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Main Author: Ibhawoh, Bonny
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
Series:New approaches to African history
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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