http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/fe5a4787b163cb9a https://verfassungsblog.de/african-constitutionalism-beyond-reception/ African Constitutionalism Beyond Reception - Translation, Circulation, Feedback and Decolonisation Bouyayachen, Sanae eng 2026-10-30 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 African constitutionalism is often approached through the language of reception. International human rights standards are incorporated into constitutions, treaties are given domestic effect, courts draw upon international jurisprudence, and regional instruments adapt international commitments to African contexts. Yet this perspective leaves a fundamental question unresolved: What happens to the legal meaning of an international norm when it is interpreted and applied within an African constitutional or regional order?