Pre-Colonial and Colonial Legacies (v. 1) (Historical Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe) - Softcover

 
9780908307944: Pre-Colonial and Colonial Legacies (v. 1) (Historical Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0908307942 ISBN 13: 9780908307944
Publisher: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2000

Synopsis

This volume explores the prehistory of human rights in Zimbabwe. It asks whether there are democratic legacies from pre-colonial polities and what limitations then existed on human rights. It also asks what colonialism contributed to the discourse of human rights and democracy despite its denial of both to Africans. Contents: pre- colonial states of Central Africa as embodiments of despotic culture; archaeological evidence of political structures; democracy and traditional political structure 1890-1999; imperial and settler hypocrisy and double standards and the denial of human rights; black elite responses to ideologies of democracy; the law courts in Rhodesia; interaction between white and black trade unionism; and the Build a Nation campaign, 1961-62.

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Publisher
University of Zimbabwe Publications
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0908307942
ISBN 13 
9780908307944
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
220
Editor
Bhebe Ngwabi, Ranger Terrance