Justice and human rights in the African imagination we, too, are humans / Chielozona Eze.
| Author/creator | Eze, Chielozona |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xii, 171 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge contemporary Africa Routledge contemporary Africa series. ^A1388464 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Narratives and the common good -- Ecological violence and the quest for justice -- Mythic consciousness, witchcraft, and human rights abuses -- Barriers to being : albinism, disability, and recognition -- Intimate justice : homophobia and human dignity -- Dignity of woman : from misogyny to sex-trafficking -- Conclusion : politics of love and the common good. |
| Abstract | 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. Inspired by Nelson Mandela and South Africa's robust achievements in human rights, this book argues that the notion of restorative justice is integral to the proper functioning of participatory democracy and belongs to the moral architecture of any decent society. Focusing on the efforts by African writers, scholars, artists, and activists to build flourishing communities, the author discusses various quests for justice such as environmental justice, social justice, intimate justice, and restorative justice. It discusses in particular ecological violence, human rights abuses such as witchcraft accusations, the plight of people affected by disability, homophobia, misogyny, and sex trafficking, and forgiveness. This book will be of interest to scholars of African literature and films, literature and human rights, and literature and the environment. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Terms of use | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Justice and human rights in the African imagination London ; Routledge, 2021. 036770854X |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023701169 |
| ISBN | 9781000376272 ebook |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |