From Below and to the Left? Human Rights and Liberation Politics in Africa's Postcolonial Age.

The article discusses the relationship between human rights and liberation politics in Africa, comparing the era of the United Nations (UN) trusteeship system around 1960 with the postcolonial era. It particularly comments on the cases of Tanzania, or Tanganyika, and French Cameroon. The author cons...

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Publicado en:	Journal of World History Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 389 - 417
Autor principal:	TERRETTA, MEREDITH
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Hawai'i Jun2013
Materias:	Human rights Bebey-Eyidi, Marcel Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 Malecela, John W. S. Autonomy & independence movements Decolonization Postcolonialism Nyerere, Julius K. (Julius Kambarage), 1922-1999 Cameroonian politics & government International trusteeships United Nations History Twentieth century Tanganyika Africa
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Sumario:	The article discusses the relationship between human rights and liberation politics in Africa, comparing the era of the United Nations (UN) trusteeship system around 1960 with the postcolonial era. It particularly comments on the cases of Tanzania, or Tanganyika, and French Cameroon. The author considers individuals including Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, UN ambassador to Tanzania John W. S. Malecela, and Cameroonian politician Dr. Marcel Bebey-Eyidi. She also addresses the work of the International League of the Rights of Man (ILRM), a human rights nongovernmental organization (NGO), and its American chairman Roger Baldwin.