Looks at the broad issues relating to global human rights within the specific context of Africa. Key concerns include notions of traditional human rights, structural adjustment and its effect on human rights, regional integration and the right to development, and political liberalisation.

This work brings together African and American scholars on human rights and Africa, who look at the broad issues relating to global human rights within the specific context of Africa. The key concerns addressed include notions of traditional human rights, structural adjustment and its effect on human rights, regional integration and the right to development, and political liberalisation. In addition to broad themes, the collection looks at instances of human rights concerns in specific states including Liberia (humanitarian intervention), Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya (political liberalisation and structural adjustment), Ethiopia (humanitarian assistance), Botswana (traditional human rights formulations), and South Africa (liberation struggle). The volume should be of particular interest to political scientists and legal scholars involved with current African issues as well as human rights organisations and church groups focusing on Africa.

Introduction
Human Rights and the Global System, Eileen McCarthy-Arnolds, et al. Part 1 Human Rights Philosophy and Action: Human Rights and the Liberation Struggle - The Importance of Creative Tension, George M. Houser
Fanon's Humanism and the Second Independence in Africa, Nigel Gibson. Part 2 International Response: Global Poverty and Subsistence Rights - Some Consequences for Rich and Poor States, Marilyn McMorrow
Humanitarian Intervention in Africa, Ved P. Nanda
Tactics of Protection - Human Rights and Humanitarian Organisations in the Ethiopian Conflict, 1980-1986, William De Mars
Regional Integration and the Right to Development in Africa, Michael Nieman. Part 3 State Response: The One Party State as a Threat to Civil and Political Liberties in Kenya, Michele Pietrowski
The State Versus Human Rights Advocates in Nigeria, Ogaba Agbese
Professional Academic Ethics and the Structurally Adjusted African University, George Caffentzis
Global Transformation and Political Reforms in Ghana, Baffour Agyeman-Duah. Part 4 Historical Approaches: Continuity and Change in Human Rights Protection in Botswana, David R. Penna
The Status of Human Rights in Pre-Colonial Africa - Implication for Contemporary Practice, Nana Kusi Appea Busia.