Disability in Africa : inclusion, care, and the ethics of humanity / edited by Toyin Falola and Nic Hamel.

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$a Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; $v volume 91

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$g Part One: Introducing the field -- $t Africanizing Disability: Toward an Articulation of African Disability Studies / $r Toyin Falola and Nic Hamel -- $t Disability Studies: A Disciplinary Overview / $r Toyin Falola, Anna Lee Carothers, and Nic Hamel -- $g Part Two: Theorizing disability in Africa -- $t An African Ethics of Social Well-Being: Understanding Disability and Public Health / $r Maria Berghs -- $t Rethinking African Disability Studies: From the Cultural-Deficit Model to a Socio-Economic Perspective / $r Fikru Negash Gebrekidan -- $t Disability in Africa: A Cultural/Religious Perspective / $r Mary Nyangweso -- $t Disability and Cultural Meaning-Making in Africa / $r Kathryn Linn Guerts -- $g Part Three: Representation and Cultural Expressions -- $t Disfiguration, Trauma, and Disability: Reclaiming the Body and the Case Against Prosthetics / $r Ernest Cole -- $t Paradoxical Dramaturgies: Disability, Ritual, and Resistance in the Plays of Wole Soyinka / $r Nic Hamel -- $t Demonizing Madness: Mental Disorders as Deus Ex Machina in Nollywood Movies / $r Kolawole Olaiya -- $t Masculinity, Disability, and Empire in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians / $r Saloua Ben Zahra -- $g Part Four: Education, Community, and Caregiving -- $t Addressing Poverty and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Fostering Inclusive Education of Children with Disabilities / $r Serges Djoyou Kamga -- $t Inclusive Education and Cultural Relevance in East Africa / $r Angi Stone-MacDonald and Ozden H. Pinar-Irmak -- $t Youth, Women, and Disability Economic Empowerment in Africa: Community Strategies to Leave No One Behind / $r Ntombekhaya Tshabalala, Elizabeth Ladner Babi Agbettor, and Theresa Lorenzo -- $t Caregiving and Support in African Context: A Personal Perspective / $r Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah -- $g Part Five: Activism and Barriers to Inclusion -- $t So that the Stew Reaches Everybody: Women's Negotiations of Leadership and Power in Ghana's Disabled People's Organizations / $r Denise M. Nepveux -- $t Disability Policy, Movement Activism, and the Non-Enforcement of a Disability Act: The Case of Ghana / $r Emmanuel Sackey -- $t Students with Disabilities' Lack of Opportunity for Sport and Recreational Activities: The Case of South African Universities / $r Desire Chiwandire -- $t Rehabilitation and the Realization of Disability Rights / $r Serges Djoyou Kamga -- $t Conclusion: A Research Agenda for African Disability Studies / $r Anna Lee Carothers and Toyin Falola.

$a 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.

$a Sociology of disability $z Africa.

$a People with disabilities $z Africa $x Social conditions.

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