Witchcraft, Justice, and Human Rights in Africa: Cases from Malawi
dc.contributor.author | Ashforth, Adam | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-16T18:52:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-16T18:52:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | African Studies Review, vol. 58 (2015), pp. 5-38. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/116814 | |
dc.description.abstract | The human rights approach to witchcraft accusations denies their validity and forecloses the possibility of a trial, fair or otherwise. While there is much to be said for a bracing rationalism in all aspects of life, evidence from Africa over the past couple of centuries shows no sign that witchcraft narratives lose their plausibility as a result of people being told that witches do not exist. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Africa, Human Rights, Malawi, Witchcraft | en_US |
dc.title | Witchcraft, Justice, and Human Rights in Africa: Cases from Malawi | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/116814/1/Ashforth, Witchcraft, Justice and Human Rights.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | doi:10.1017/asr.2015.2 | |
dc.identifier.source | African Studies Review | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of (DAAS) |
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