Academic freedom and human rights abuses in Africa.
Series: An Africa Watch report
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Academic freedom -- Africa; Human rights -- Africa; Education and state -- Africa
Other titles: Academic freedom & human rights abuses in Africa.
Description: Academic communites in africa have traditionally been a vulnerable target of state repression. Governments of the left and the right, military regimes as well as civilian administrations, have felt threatened by the essential function of academics: to exercise, and to develop in their students, a spirit of critical inquiry. At a time when Africa is experiencing the emergence of civilian movements advocating respect for human rights, academic freedom is increasingly under attack.
Notes: Includes bibligraphical references.
Cover title: Academic freedom & human rights abuses in Africa.
"April 1991."