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Publish Not Punish: The Contested Truth Of The South African Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Todd Landman
Publish Not Punish: The Contested Truth Of The South African Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Todd Landman
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
After the TRC: Reflections on Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa, Wilmot James and Linda van de Vijver, Editors. Athens: Ohio University Press and Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 2000. 228pp.
and
Looking Back, Reaching Forward: Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa, Charles Villa-Vicencio and Wilhelm Verwoerd, Editors. Cape Town: University of Cape Town Press and London: Zed Books, 2000. 322pp.
Assessing The Concept Of Human Rights In Africa, Paul J. Magnarella
Assessing The Concept Of Human Rights In Africa, Paul J. Magnarella
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of Human Rights in Africa: The Conflict of Implementation by Richard Amoako Baah. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000. 123pp.
The title of this book is somewhat more expansive than its contents. The author, a native Ghanaian who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee and teaches government at South Texas College, reports on an interesting study of human rights/human dignity conceptualizations among the Akan people of Ghana. The Akan constitute about 60% of Ghana’s 14 million people and consist of five major groups: Fanti, Ashanti, Akim, Brong, and Akwapim. A sizable Akan population also lives …