Human rights, human dignity: opposites or mutually reinforcing ideas – aspects to development

Some notable events within the African Continent from around the 19th Century were the military warfare among tribes, early explorers and missionary activities, trade in agricultural and other related resources, Islamic conquests and Colonial rule. The 20th Century saw decolonisation, military rule and now struggling democracies.Historically, the Sokoto caliphate was an outcome of a revolution which started in the 1st decade of the 19th Century. The outcome generated dynastic conflicts between various social classics like the Masusavant (rulers) and the talakawas, (the commoners), a political phenomenon which nevertheless did not religiously polarize Islam and traditional religions. Till date, the dethronement of the traditional ruler by secular governments in breach of due process manifests current growth of unconsciousable authorities Arianism and human degradation as enshrined in modern constitution.