Decolonization and Afro-feminism

by Tamale, Sylvia

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Title Statements

Full title :Decolonization and Afro-feminism / Sylvia Tamale.

Summary

"The main aim of the book project is to develop a resource that moves legal education away from conventional teaching and research methods which employ a near-exclusive focus on the black letter of the law, perpetuating a colonial, hierarchical, and decontextualized understanding of contemporary struggles on the continent. The book analyzes a number of key legal concepts through the twin lenses of Decolonization and Afro-Feminism. It tackles issues of legal pluralism and their significance to social justice, and also unpacks and critiques the Western origins of Human Rights, and its implications for contemporary social struggles. Pushing this critique further, the book offers a reconceptualization of the concept of rights through the framework of Ubuntu social justice. It provides several insights on decolonizing the African Academy and the teaching of Law, particularly those subjects which cover the family and sexuality. In so doing, the book will unlock the out-of-sight connections between imperialism, neocolonialism and the patriarchal-capitalist system and the Law. Finally, the book tackles the increasingly vexed issue of Pan-Africanism, examining its masculinist appeal and suggesting a nexus with Pan-African feminisms."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:copyright 2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Daraja Press
Place of Publication:Ottawa
Language:eng
Publication Date:copyright 2020

The Physical Object

Description:1 vol. (xv-411 p.) : : couv. ill. ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781988832494 (br), 1988832497
oclc:on1201799361
Dewey Decimal:340.071/06

Subjects

Africa Décolonisation -- Afrique Decolonization Decolonization -- Africa Droit -- Étude et enseignement -- Afriq… Feminism Feminism -- Africa Féminisme -- Afrique Law -- Study and teaching Law -- Study and teaching -- Africa Postcolonialism -- Social aspects Postcolonialism -- Social aspects -- Af… Postcolonialisme -- Afrique Postcolonialisme -- Aspect social -- Af…