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Title: | International law and colonialism in Africa: a critique |
Author: | Umozurike, U.O. |
Year: | 1970 |
Periodical: | Eastern Africa Law Review |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 47-82 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | colonization international law |
Abstract: | The colonisers of Africa never considered that the deprivation of the sovereignty of African peoples was contrary to international law. On the contrary, self-determination for colonial peoples is today a right recognised in International law. The law must either have undergone a complete metamorphosis in the years that followed the Treaty of Berlin or the colonisers flouted the law of nations ab initio by the use of superior force. This subject is dealt with in the following sections: 1. Before 1918 (Historical background; The legal effect of treaties with African kings and chiefs) - 2. 1918/1944 (Dependent territories; Ethiopia) - 3. 1945/1970 (U.N., trust territories and non-self-governing territories in Africa; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Portuguese colonies in Africa) - 4. Freedom fighting and international law - 5. The O.A.U. and colonialism - 6. Conclusion. Notes. |