Global waves of activism are powerful social forces shaping-and shaped by-policy and
politics worldwide. Such waves are constituted not by a single movement or campaign but …

Once dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into close to 200 independent
countries with laws and constitutions proclaiming human rights—a transformation that …

The literature on dignity in international politics can be analytically evaluated based on three
key themes:(a) historical, conceptual, and political underpinnings;(b) international law and …

Religions in Contemporary Africa is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the
three main religious traditions on the African continent, African indigenous religions …

Human rights are typically understood as governing the behaviour of states towards the
people within their borders. In this article, I argue that this domestic formulation of human …

Nathan A. Kurz charts the fraught relationship between Jewish internationalism and
international rights protection in the second half of the twentieth century. For nearly a …

This book examines the contributions, both intentional and unintentional, of Nigerian
Pentecostal churches and NGOs to development, studying their development practices …

Justice and Human Rights in the African Imagination is an interdisciplinary reading of justice
in literary texts and memoirs, films, and social anthropological texts in postcolonial Africa …

Abuse of human rights in Africa seems to be commonplace under the guise of culture and
religion. This research explored the intersection between human rights and culture in the …

The violation of human rights is replete in many African communities. On a daily basis,
people face the dilemma of distinguishing between what is right or wrong and mainly …