Gendered Violence and Human Rights in Black World Literature and Film - Paperback

by Naomi Nkealah (Editor), Obioma Nnaemeka (Editor)

This book uses the lens of African and diasporic literature and film to explore how the practice of gendered violence breaches the human rights of people, especially women, children and minority groups.

Author Biography

Naomi Nkealah is a Lecturer in English in the School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Obioma Nnaemeka is Chancellor's Professor of French, Africana Studies and Women's/Gender Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA. She is the President of the Association of African Women Scholars and CEO of the Jessie Obidiegwu Education Fund that is dedicated to the education of girls in Africa.