Date: 19 October 2023                        
Time: 11:00 SAST

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Abstract:

This presentation examines how several African countries determine the burial rites and places of our dead bodies, especially in response to family dynamics and dysfunctionality. What appears as ‘local’ are interlocking issues of personal autonomy, indigenous property, indigenous African religion, and legal pluralism in these countries.
 

Speaker: 

Professor Enyinna S Nwauche

Enyinna S Nwauche is a Professor of Law at the Nelson Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Hare South Africa. He has previously taught at Rivers State University Nigeria; University of Botswana and Rhodes University, Grahamstown. He can be reached at enwauche@ufh.ac.za