Disability in Africa : inclusion, care, and the ethics of humanity /
Disability in Africa : inclusion, care, and the ethics of humanity /
edited by Toyin Falola and Nic Hamel.
- 1 online resource.
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; volume 91 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Africanizing Disability: Toward an Articulation of African Disability Studies / Disability Studies: A Disciplinary Overview / An African Ethics of Social Well-Being: Understanding Disability and Public Health / Rethinking African Disability Studies: From the Cultural-Deficit Model to a Socio-Economic Perspective / Disability in Africa: A Cultural/Religious Perspective / Disability and Cultural Meaning-Making in Africa / Disfiguration, Trauma, and Disability: Reclaiming the Body and the Case Against Prosthetics / Paradoxical Dramaturgies: Disability, Ritual, and Resistance in the Plays of Wole Soyinka / Demonizing Madness: Mental Disorders as Deus Ex Machina in Nollywood Movies / Masculinity, Disability, and Empire in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians / Addressing Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Fostering Inclusive Education of Children with Disabilities / Inclusive Education and Cultural Relevance in East Africa / Youth, Women, and Disability Economic Empowerment in Africa: Community Strategies to Leave No One Behind / Caregiving and Support in African Context: A Personal Perspective / So that the Stew Reaches Everybody: Women's Negotiations of Leadership and Power in Ghana's Disabled People's Organizations / Disability Policy, Movement Activism, and the Non-Enforcement of a Disability Act: The Case of Ghana / Students with Disabilities' Lack of Opportunity for Sport and Recreational Activities: The Case of South African Universities / Rehabilitation and the Realization of Disability Rights / Conclusion: A Research Agenda for African Disability Studies / Toyin Falola and Nic Hamel -- Toyin Falola, Anna Lee Carothers, and Nic Hamel -- Maria Berghs -- Fikru Negash Gebrekidan -- Mary Nyangweso -- Kathryn Linn Guerts -- Ernest Cole -- Nic Hamel -- Kolawole Olaiya -- Saloua Ben Zahra -- Serges Djoyou Kamga -- Angi Stone-MacDonald and Ozden H. Pinar-Irmak -- Ntombekhaya Tshabalala, Elizabeth Ladner Babi Agbettor, and Theresa Lorenzo -- Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah -- Denise M. Nepveux -- Emmanuel Sackey -- Desire Chiwandire -- Serges Djoyou Kamga -- Anna Lee Carothers and Toyin Falola. Part One: Introducing the field -- Part Two: Theorizing disability in Africa -- Part Three: Representation and Cultural Expressions -- Part Four: Education, Community, and Caregiving -- Part Five: Activism and Barriers to Inclusion --
"While the disability rights movement of recent decades has a rich and well-documented history, it is a history mostly focused on the Global North. Disability in Africa presents an interdisciplinary approach to cultural, health, and policy challenges that disability issues have raised throughout the African continent. The volume draws on the achievements of disability studies while acknowledging the demands and challenges of particular African contexts. The authors bring diverse methodological approaches and expertise to bear on these issues, ranging from anthropology and bioethics to special education and community rehabilitation. Essays consider indigenously African definitions of disability as well as exploring disability at the intersection of poverty, geography, and globalized biopolitics. Contributors analyze the difficulties of implementing disability policy across the continent while also being mindful of successful approaches taken at local, national, and international levels. Disability in Africa thus charts new avenues for disability studies research in and about Africa"--
9781787449909 9781787446717
2020056461
Sociology of disability--Africa.
People with disabilities--Social conditions.--Africa
HV1559 / .A35D53 2021
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Africanizing Disability: Toward an Articulation of African Disability Studies / Disability Studies: A Disciplinary Overview / An African Ethics of Social Well-Being: Understanding Disability and Public Health / Rethinking African Disability Studies: From the Cultural-Deficit Model to a Socio-Economic Perspective / Disability in Africa: A Cultural/Religious Perspective / Disability and Cultural Meaning-Making in Africa / Disfiguration, Trauma, and Disability: Reclaiming the Body and the Case Against Prosthetics / Paradoxical Dramaturgies: Disability, Ritual, and Resistance in the Plays of Wole Soyinka / Demonizing Madness: Mental Disorders as Deus Ex Machina in Nollywood Movies / Masculinity, Disability, and Empire in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians / Addressing Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Fostering Inclusive Education of Children with Disabilities / Inclusive Education and Cultural Relevance in East Africa / Youth, Women, and Disability Economic Empowerment in Africa: Community Strategies to Leave No One Behind / Caregiving and Support in African Context: A Personal Perspective / So that the Stew Reaches Everybody: Women's Negotiations of Leadership and Power in Ghana's Disabled People's Organizations / Disability Policy, Movement Activism, and the Non-Enforcement of a Disability Act: The Case of Ghana / Students with Disabilities' Lack of Opportunity for Sport and Recreational Activities: The Case of South African Universities / Rehabilitation and the Realization of Disability Rights / Conclusion: A Research Agenda for African Disability Studies / Toyin Falola and Nic Hamel -- Toyin Falola, Anna Lee Carothers, and Nic Hamel -- Maria Berghs -- Fikru Negash Gebrekidan -- Mary Nyangweso -- Kathryn Linn Guerts -- Ernest Cole -- Nic Hamel -- Kolawole Olaiya -- Saloua Ben Zahra -- Serges Djoyou Kamga -- Angi Stone-MacDonald and Ozden H. Pinar-Irmak -- Ntombekhaya Tshabalala, Elizabeth Ladner Babi Agbettor, and Theresa Lorenzo -- Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah -- Denise M. Nepveux -- Emmanuel Sackey -- Desire Chiwandire -- Serges Djoyou Kamga -- Anna Lee Carothers and Toyin Falola. Part One: Introducing the field -- Part Two: Theorizing disability in Africa -- Part Three: Representation and Cultural Expressions -- Part Four: Education, Community, and Caregiving -- Part Five: Activism and Barriers to Inclusion --
"While the disability rights movement of recent decades has a rich and well-documented history, it is a history mostly focused on the Global North. Disability in Africa presents an interdisciplinary approach to cultural, health, and policy challenges that disability issues have raised throughout the African continent. The volume draws on the achievements of disability studies while acknowledging the demands and challenges of particular African contexts. The authors bring diverse methodological approaches and expertise to bear on these issues, ranging from anthropology and bioethics to special education and community rehabilitation. Essays consider indigenously African definitions of disability as well as exploring disability at the intersection of poverty, geography, and globalized biopolitics. Contributors analyze the difficulties of implementing disability policy across the continent while also being mindful of successful approaches taken at local, national, and international levels. Disability in Africa thus charts new avenues for disability studies research in and about Africa"--
9781787449909 9781787446717
2020056461
Sociology of disability--Africa.
People with disabilities--Social conditions.--Africa
HV1559 / .A35D53 2021