Disability in Africa : inclusion, care, and the ethics of humanity /
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.