TY - BOOK AU - Karimunda,Aimé Muyoboke TI - The death penalty in Africa: the path towards abolition SN - 9781472415349 (hardback) AV - KQC981.4 .K37 2014 U1 - 364.66096 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Farnham, Surrey, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Capital punishment KW - Africa N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-211) and index; General introduction -- The death penalty : ideas and practice in pre-colonial Africa -- The death penalty during the period of peaceful legal influences in Africa -- The death penalty as a colonial policy in Africa -- The death penalty as a political instrument in Africa -- Concluding remarks on de facto abolition in Africa ER -