The tensions between culture and human rights : : Emancipatory Social Work and Afrocentricity in a Global World / / edited by Vishanthie Sewpaul, Linda Kreitzer, Tanusha Raniga.

• Superior document: Africa, missing voices series
• TeilnehmendeR: Raniga, Tanusha,; Kreitzer, Linda,; Sewpaul, Vishanthie,
• Place / Publishing House: Calgary, Alberta : : University of Calgary Press,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Africa, missing voices series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (313 pages).
• Other title: Tensions between Culture and Human Rights
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Vishanthie Sewpaul, Linda Kreitzer, Tanusha Raniga.

"A critical interrogation of the relationship between cultural practices and human rights in Africa rooted in Afrocentricity and emancipatory social work. Cultural practices have the potential to cause human suffering. The Tensions between Culture and Human Rights critically interrogates the relationship between culture and human rights across Africa and offers strategies for pedagogy and practice that social workers and educators may use. Drawing on Afrocentricity and emancipatory social work as antidotes to colonial power and dehumanization, this collection challenges cultural practices that violate human rights, and the dichotomous and taken-for-granted assumptions in the cultural representations between the West and the Rest of the world. Engaging critically with cultural traditions while affirming Indigenous knowledge and practices, it is unafraid to deal frankly with uncomfortable truths. Each chapter explores a specific aspect of African cultural norms and practices and their impacts on human rights and human dignity, paying special attention to the intersections of politics, economics, race, class, gender, and cultural expression. Going beyond analysis, this collection offers a range of practical approaches to understanding and intervention rooted in emancipatory social work. It offers a pathway to develop critical reflexivity and to reframe epistemologies for education and practice. This is essential reading not only for students and practitioners of social work, but for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of African cultures and practices."-- Provided by publisher.