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Human rights in Africa : cross-cultural perspectives cross-cultural perspectives / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naʻim, Francis M. Deng, editors. - Washington, D.C. : The Brookings Institution, c1990. - xv, 399 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim and Francis M. Deng --The effect of Western perspectives on international human rights / Virginia A. Leary -- Human rights and Western liberalism / Jack Donnelly -- A Christian perspective on human rights / David Little -- The European tradition of human rights and the culture of Islam / Bassam Tibi --Current Muslim thinking on human rights / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- Group versus individual identity in the African debate on human rights / Rhoda E. Howard -- Human rights in Francophone West Africa / Claude E. Welch, Jr. -- Participatory approaches to human rights in sub-Saharan Africa / James C.N. Paul An Akan perspective on human rights / Kwasi Wiredu -- A cultural approach to human rights among the Dinka / Francis M. Deng --Traditional culture and the prospect for human rights in Africa / James Silk. Problems of universal cultural legitimacy for human rights / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim -- Human rights in an evolving world culture / Richard D. Schwartz.

ISBN: 0815717954 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780815717959 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 90037742

Nat. Bib. No.: GB91-24428

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights--Africa.
Human rights--Cross-cultural studies.
Culturele aspecten.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Afrique.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Études transculturelles.

LC Class. No.: JC599.A36 / .H86

Dewey Class. No.: 323/.096