we divided the work as i_letter recollect kader did the first draft of some areas of special interest to him the enforcement mechanisms and how the bill of rights would fit into the african constitutional structure i_letter dealt with the broad basic principles of a bill of rights i_letter can recall deliberately sitting down with a blank sheet of paper no universal declaration no international conventions no constitution from any country on the basis that a bill of rights should speak out from the soul of the fundamental rights that belong to every human being and shouldn’t be a list of items gleaned from an encyclopaedia or legal