The African Context of Human Rights Claude Ake Nobody can accuse Africa of taking human rights seriously. In a world which sees concern for human rights as a mark of civilized sensitivity, this in- difference has given Africa a bad name. It is not unlikely that many consider it symptomatic of the rawness of life which has always been associated with Africa.
In those five years Nyerere stumped the country organizing a nationalistic movement so strong that it cut clean across tribal barriers. He was elected to Legco in 1958 and headed the Elected Members Organisation that was the official opposition.
Mboya's impact derived from the fact that he dealt with African questions of immediate concern, interpreting them within a world framework, and speaking directly to the American position. Naturally, a variety of questions were raised during the several weeks' tour. But some of them constantly recurred.
March 1957 will live in history as the turning point in Kenya and African politics. In that month the desires and aspirations of some five million Africans were fulfilled as Ghana gained independence, and the hopes for self-government of millions of other Africans in trusteeship and non-self-governing areas were raised.
March 1957 will live in history as the turning point in Kenya and African politics. In that month the desires and aspirations of some five million Africans were fulfilled as Ghana gained independence, and the hopes for self-government of millions of other Africans in trusteeship and non-self-governing areas were raised.
WHAT ATTITUDES OR relations are created between the Press and the new governments of Africa will depend to a large extent on the background and reactions in the period of the nationalist struggle.
Today Africa is experiencing a critical social, political and economic transition. We are emerging from colonial rule to political independence; we are immersed in a massive transition in which we are seeking new identities at personal, national and international levels.
A Kenyan philosopher surveys themes and debates in African philosophy over the last five decades. Masolo’s purview includes Francophone and Anglophone philosophers in both the analytic and phenomenological traditions
The rise of Boko Haram, a radical Islamist sect, has heightened the state of insecurity in Nigeria and beyond, triggering deadly bomb attacks on police forces, government officials, places of worship, public institutions, and innocent civilians.