Struggles for Citizenship in Africa

By:

Bronwen Manby

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Paperback / softback

Series:

African Arguments

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Hundreds of thousands of people living in Africa find themselves non-persons in the only state they have ever known. Because they are not recognised as citizens, they cannot get their children registered at birth or entered in school or university; they cannot access state health services; they cannot obtain travel documents, or employment without a work permit; and if they leave the country they may not be able to return. Most of all, they cannot vote, stand for office, or work for state institutions. Ultimately such policies can lead to economic and political disaster, or even war. The conflicts in both Côte d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo have had at their hearts the very right of one part of the national population to share with others on equal terms the rights and duties of citizenship. This book brings together new material from across Africa of the most egregious examples of citizenship discrimination, and makes the case for urgent reform of the law.

Author Biography:

Bronwen Manby works with the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP), an initiative of the Open Society Institute network's four African foundations established to monitor and strengthen compliance with the African Union's commitments on good governance and human rights. She was previously the deputy director of the Africa division of Human Rights Watch, and has also worked for human rights organizations in South Africa. She has written on a wide range of human rights issues in Africa, especially focusing on South Africa and Nigeria, and on continental legal developments.

Release date Australia

August 6th, 2009

Author

Bronwen Manby

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributors

Series edited by Alex de Waal
Series edited by Richard Dowden

Pages

208

Series

African Arguments

Dimensions

129x198x129

ISBN-13

9781848133525

Product ID

3173183

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