The Tensions Between Culture and Human Rights: Emancipatory Social Work and Afrocentricity in a Global World, edited by Vishanthie Sewpaul, Linda Kreitzer and Tanusha Raniga

Abstract

The recently published book, The Tensions Between Culture and Human Rights: Emancipatory Social Work and Afrocentricity in a Global World, edited by Vishanthie Sewpaul, Linda Kreitzer and Tanusha Raniga, explores and interrogates the relationship between culture and human rights and contextualises it across a few countries in Africa. It demonstrates the fact that Africa is not a homogenous society and that there are multitudes of cultures across and in countries in Africa. The book sets out to explore the “tension” between culture and rights, and indeed this tension is apparent throughout.