Lucio Pegoraro Claims in Hidalgo the Manden Charter, the First African Human Rights Constitution

Julio GálvezAt a master's conference that combined historical scholarship, legal analysis and deep cultural reflection, Dr. Lucio Pegoraro, professor at the University of Bologna, Italy, explained in Hidalgo the importance of the Manden Charter —also known as Kurukan Fuga — as one of the founding documents of modern constitutionalism and a millennial precedent for human rights. The paper, entitled “Mama Africa: the Manden Charter and the origins…