How our rights affect their rights: rethinking animal rights in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorOlanipekun, Olusola Victor1
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-14T06:30:20Z
dc.date.available2020-01-14T06:30:20Z
dc.date.issued2018-11
dc.descriptionPeer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso journal, Volume 10 Number 1, p.122 - 129, November 2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThe issue of animal rights protection is a fundamental one for the animal rights activists especially in Western societies. There are animal rights organisations in the USA, UK and some European countries, with the sole aim of protecting and rescuing animals around the world. There are series of legislations also from the governments of various countries with the aim of prohibiting wanton and unreasonable killing of animals or violation of animal rights. But is it the same in Africa? The answer is not straightforward. Why is this so? Do Africans really believe in the validity of such rights? If they do, are they really thinking about it, just like Westerners? These questions are addressed in this paper, which agrees with the view of the supporters of animal rights. Essentially, it argues that given the enormity of socio-economic and political challenges confronting African countries, the issue of animal rights seems not to be a matter of priority in practice for many African leaders. The focus of this paper is that the inherent challenge of securing human rights in Africa, coupled with socio-economic and political problems confronting African countries, is basically responsible for ineffective protection of animal rights in Africa. Thus, this paper concludes that if human rights are taken seriously in Africa, animal rights will be taken seriously.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOlanipekun, O.V., 2018. How our rights affect their rights: rethinking animal rights in Africa. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(1), pp.122-129.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-2815
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1873
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectAnimal rightsen_US
dc.subjecthuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectAfrican beliefsen_US
dc.subjectAfrican religionsen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.titleHow our rights affect their rights: rethinking animal rights in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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