Bonabom, Isidore

Human Rights in the Gold Coast (1945-57): The Politics of Difference and Struggle for Rights - xxviii, 233 pages : color maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Human rights as a truth regime -- Discursive creation of the Gold Coast as colony, protectorate and mandated territory -- The "human being" of human rights in the politics of difference -- International human rights instruments in the politics of Gold Coast -- Making sense of human rights in the Gold Coast: debates on the Bill of Rights -- The nationalism discourse as a rhetoric of rights -- General conclusion.

9781612298269 (pbk : alk. paper) 9781612298276 (pdf : alk. paper)

2015040128


Human rights--History.--Ghana
Nationalism--Ghana--20th century.
Sex discrimination against women--Ghana.


Ghana--Politics and government--To 1957.

JC 599 .G4 / B66 2016

323.09667