Worlds of human rights : the ambiguities of rights claiming in Africa / / edited by Bill Derman, Anne Hellum, and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik.

• Superior document: Afrika-Studiecentrum Series ; Volume 26
• TeilnehmendeR: Derman, William.; Hellum, Anne.; Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; Volume 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.; "This book is the result of a long standing collaboration among: Department of Anthropology, the African Studies Center and the Center for Gender in a Global Context at Michigan State University, the Institute of Women's Law at the University of Oslo, VU University Amsterdam, the Center for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape, Bunda College of the University of Malawi, the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, and the Department of International Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of the Life Sciences."--Acknowledgements.

This book engages with contemporary African human rights struggles including land, property, gender equality and legal identity. Through ethnographic field studies it situates claims-making by groups and individuals that have been subject to injustices and abuses, often due to different forms of dis...