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Article: Abdullahi A. An-Na'im (ed.): (2002) Cultural Transformation and Human Rights in Africa.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Journal of Asian and African Studies
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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Abdullahi A. An-Na'im (ed.) (2002) Cultural Transformation and Human Rights in Africa. London and New York: Zed Books Ltd. pp. x and 269. ISBN 184277090X US$69.95 (hbk), ISBN 1842770918 US$27.50 (pbk).
The collection of essays edited by An-Na'im is a welcome and timely contribution of African scholarship to the global debate on human rights. The authors problematize the concept of human rights by interrogating unresolved tensions between universally recognized norms and culturally specific practices.
The product of a research project designed 'to examine the processes and dynamics of cultural transformation in Africa, from a human rights perspective' (p. ...