This book uses the lens of African and diasporic literature and film to explore how the practice of gendered violence breaches the human rights of people, especially women, children and minority groups. Over the course of the book the authors consider the many ways in which gendered violence mirrors, expresses, projects and articulates the larger phenomenon of human rights violations in Africa and the African diaspora, and how in turn the discourse of human rights informs the ways in which we articulate, interrogate, conceptualise and interpret gendered violence in literature and film. The book begins by considering the contradictions and ambiguities around the language used to describe gendered violence. The second part of the book considers the nexus between human rights and sexual violence, before attention turns in part three to how women’s narratives subvert the conventional war story. Finally, the book addresses female trauma and dehumanisation. Overall, the contributors to this book build a rich picture of a highly complex and sensitive research landscape. Demonstrating the rewards of an intersectional approach, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of literary studies, film, gender studies, and African/African Diaspora studies.