ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book identifies the potential advances in knowledge that criminology could make by being less provincial and by learning from the experiences and ideas of people of African descent. It aims to contribute to the growth of criminology on a global level. Drawing upon materials on pan-African issues in crime and justice across the globe, the collection offers a convergence of criminological endeavours from both western and African standpoints. The chapter highlights the lessons that people of African descent could learn from criminology in their struggle for reparations and what criminologists could learn from the movement for reparations. It provides an overview of criminology's treatment of crime and justice issues relating to people of African descent. The chapter looks at the gender discrimination embedded in the 'trokosi' system practised in parts of West Africa.
