© 2021 Vishanthie Sewpaul, Linda Kreitzer, and Tanusha Raniga
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: 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.
Names: Sewpaul, Vishanthie, editor. | Kreitzer, Linda, 1955- editor. | Raniga, Tanusha,
editor.
Series: Africa, missing voices series ; no. 12.
Description: Series statement: Africa, missing voices series ; no. 12 | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210134569 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210141018 | ISBN
9781773851822 (softcover) | ISBN 9781773851877 (international hardcover) | ISBN
9781773851839 (open access PDF) | ISBN 9781773851846 (PDF) | ISBN 9781773851853
(EPUB) | ISBN 9781773851860 (Kindle)
Subjects: LCSH: Human rights—Africa. | LCSH: Africa—Social life and customs. | LCSH:
Ethnology—Africa. | LCSH: Social service—Africa. | LCSH: Afrocentrism.
Classification: LCC JC599.A35 T46 2021 | DDC 323.096—dc23
The University of Calgary Press acknowledges the support of the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund for our publications. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. We acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.
The editors acknowledge the financial contribution of the Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa and the International Association of Schools of Social Work towards the publication of this book.
Copyediting by Peter Enman
Cover design, page design, and typesetting by Melina Cusano