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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Published in:Journal of World History Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 389 - 417
Main Author: TERRETTA, MEREDITH
Format: Article
Published: University of Hawai'i Jun2013
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        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
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        International trusteeships
        United Nations
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        Twentieth century
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          Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981
          Malecela, John W. S.
          Autonomy & independence movements
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          Postcolonialism
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          Twentieth century
      ab: 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.
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