Disability in Africa: inclusion, care, and the ethics of humanity

Exploring issues of disability culture, activism, and policy across the African continent, this volume argues for the recognition of African disability studies as an important and emerging interdisciplinary field

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Weitere Verfasser: Falola, Toyin 1953- (HerausgeberIn), Hamel, Nic ca. 20./21. Jh (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Rochester University of Rochester Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora
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Zusammenfassung:Exploring issues of disability culture, activism, and policy across the African continent, this volume argues for the recognition of African disability studies as an important and emerging interdisciplinary field
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Part One: Introducing the field -- - Africanizing Disability: Toward an Articulation of African Disability Studies - Toyin Falola and Nic Hamel -- - Disability Studies: A Disciplinary Overview - Toyin Falola, Anna Lee Carothers, and Nic Hamel -- - Part Two: Theorizing disability in Africa -- - An African Ethics of Social Well-Being: Understanding Disability and Public Health - Maria Berghs -- - Rethinking African Disability Studies: From the Cultural-Deficit Model to a Socio-Economic Perspective - Fikru Negash Gebrekidan -- - Disability in Africa: A Cultural/Religious Perspective - Mary Nyangweso -- - Disability and Cultural Meaning-Making in Africa - Kathryn Linn Guerts -- - Part Three: Representation and Cultural Expressions -- - Disfiguration, Trauma, and Disability: Reclaiming the Body and the Case Against Prosthetics - Ernest Cole -- - Paradoxical Dramaturgies: Disability, Ritual, and Resistance in the Plays of Wole Soyinka - Nic Hamel --
- Demonizing Madness: Mental Disorders as Deus Ex Machina in Nollywood Movies - Kolawole Olaiya -- - Masculinity, Disability, and Empire in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians - Saloua Ben Zahra -- - Part Four: Education, Community, and Caregiving -- - Addressing Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Fostering Inclusive Education of Children with Disabilities - Serges Djoyou Kamga -- - Inclusive Education and Cultural Relevance in East Africa - Angi Stone-MacDonald and Ozden H. Pinar-Irmak -- - Youth, Women, and Disability Economic Empowerment in Africa: Community Strategies to Leave No One Behind - Ntombekhaya Tshabalala, Elizabeth Ladner Babi Agbettor, and Theresa Lorenzo -- - Caregiving and Support in African Context: A Personal Perspective - Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah -- - Part Five: Activism and Barriers to Inclusion -- - So that the Stew Reaches Everybody: Women's Negotiations of Leadership and Power in Ghana's Disabled People's Organizations
- Denise M. Nepveux -- - Disability Policy, Movement Activism, and the Non-Enforcement of a Disability Act: The Case of Ghana - Emmanuel Sackey -- - Students with Disabilities' Lack of Opportunity for Sport and Recreational Activities: The Case of South African Universities - Desire Chiwandire -- - Rehabilitation and the Realization of Disability Rights - Serges Djoyou Kamga -- - Conclusion: A Research Agenda for African Disability Studies - Anna Lee Carothers and Toyin Falola
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 439 Seiten)
ISBN:9781787446717
DOI:10.1017/9781787446717

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