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Fearless fighter : an autobiography / Vera Mlangazua Chirwa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chirwa, Vera Mlangazuwa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chirwa, Vera Mlangazuwa.
- Women human rights workers--Malawi--Biography.
- Women human rights workers.
- Human rights workers--Malawi--Biography.
- Human rights workers.
- Human rights--Malawi.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, ©2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Vera Chirwa's life embodies African struggles against colonialism and corruption. This powerful and moving book celebrates her achievements as a campaigner, politician, lawyer, wife and mother, and calls for greater awareness of the risks faced by human rights defenders everywhere.
- Contents:
- A family of politicians
- Against an apartheid federation
- Independence
- The cabinet crisis
- Exile
- We have got you today
- The will to live
- Back in civil society
- Human rights at the fingertips
- Democracy under threat
- Human rights commissioner
- The power to forgive.
- Notes:
- "In association with the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Amnesty International."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611387440
- 9781350220034
- 1350220035
- 9781281387448
- 1281387444
- 9781848132498
- 1848132492
- OCLC:
- 476163773
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