Contents

pp vii-viii

Illustration

pp ix-ix

Acknowledgements

pp x-x

Note on Bibliography

pp xi-xi

Abbreviations

pp xii-xiii

Timeline

pp xiv-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-12

1 - The Emergence of African Discontent

pp 13-74

Part One - The Origins of the ACHPR

pp 75-76

2 - The Atlantic Charter and the Post-war International Settlement

pp 77-202

3 - African Political and Economic Revanchism and the Emergence of the OAU

pp 203-280

4 - African Intellectual and Cultural Revanchism – The Predicament of Black Disalienation

pp 281-374

Part Two - The OAU and Human Rights

pp 375-376

5 - The OAU Polity and the Domestic Praxis of Human Rights

pp 377-563

6 - The OAU Polity and the International Praxis of Human Rights

pp 564-642

Conclusion

pp 643-646

Index

pp 647-664

The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

pp 665-666