Cultural practices have the potential to cause human suffering. The
Tensions between Culture and Human Rights critically interrogates
the relationship between culture and human rights across Africa and
offers strategies for pedagogy and practice that social workers and
educators may use.Drawing on Afrocentricity and emancipatory social
work as antidotes to colonial power and dehumanization, this
collection challenges cultural practices that violate human rights,
and the dichotomous and taken-for-granted assumptions in the
cultural representations between the West and the Rest of the
world. Engaging critically with cultural traditions while affirming
Indigenous knowledge and practices, it is unafraid to deal frankly
with uncomfortable truths. Each chapter explores a specific aspect
of African cultural norms and practices and their impacts on human
rights and human dignity, paying special attention to the
intersections of politics, economics, race, class, gender, and
cultural expression. Going beyond analysis, this collection offers
a range of practical approaches to understanding and intervention
rooted in emancipatory social work. It offers a pathway to develop
critical reflexivity and to reframe epistemologies for education
and practice. This is essential reading not only for students and
practitioners of social work, but for anyone seeking a deeper
understanding of African cultures and practices.
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