Mwanajiti, Ngande M. (2005) Human Rights Protection in Zambia: Reality or Fallacy? Masters thesis, University of Zambia.
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Abstract
Present Zambia, is a product of British imperialism. The British colonised the territory now known as Zambia in the first quarter of the 20th century. The rationale for colonisation, is well documented elsewhere, but for our purposes, it is enough to state the fact of furthering British interest, at the height of industrialisation in Europe. In this respect, it may be argued that in essence the whole exercise of colonisation, in the aftermath of the 1884-85 Berlin conference, was not part of the initial design of the construction of Europe at Westphalia, but rather an accident of economic necessity of expansion, which saw the exportation of draconian laws and practices from Europe to Africa. Zambia's architectural foundation is thus anchored on imperialism, with all its vices. Imperialism is defined as "rule by emperor or the policy or principle of having and extending control over the territory of other nations, or extending one's country's influence through trade and diplomacy"] The above definition by implication leads to the question of how any such country seeks control of another. We will restrict ourselves to Zambia, wherein control may be traced to missionaries, such as David Livingstone. Available evidence suggests that Livingstone, and others like him, were on an evangelical mission, to turn the 'heathen' Africans from ungodly and allegedly barbaric acts, to the Christian way of life as expounded by the holy Bible. While there is no evidence to suggest that Livingstone and others were agents of the British government, it is not in dispute that the British government, used the information obtained by such missionaries to develop their grand scheme of colonisation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2019 07:53 |
| Last Modified: | 10 May 2019 07:53 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9169 |
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