ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the universality of human rights presents us with a platform for a critical discussion on the role of philosophy in the enterprise of intercultural dialogue. In 1981, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) adopted the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, which was intended to facilitate the implementation of international human rights standards in the African region. Using some of the traditional cultural values of his ethnic group, the Dinka of Southern Sudan, Deng tries to show that human rights are not values alien to Africa, even if they are not always respected or protected by society or the State. For instance, James Silk worried about the poor African human rights situation, wonders whether this could be a result of the absence of a cultural basis in Africa for the idea of modern human rights, which, he argues, derives from the Western biblical idea of the creation of man and woman in the image of God.
