The book portrays tensions between socio-cultural norms, that underscore harmful traditional practices, and human rights discourses and practices in Africa, and more particularly in the Tanzanian context.
The book authored by Dr. Regina Opoku, a Senior Research Fellow at REPOA, is a welcome addition to the body of literature on the African continent that deepens the much-needed decolonization agenda. She moves beyond critiques of Western, Eurocentric hegemony to demonstrate the agency that Africans do possess in challenging and countering colonial and neo-colonial influences. With much courage and candour, she deals with the complex tensions between socio-cultural norms, that underscore harmful traditional practices, and human rights discourses and practices in Africa, and more particularly in the Tanzanian context.
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