| Disability in Africa: Inclusion, Care, and the Ethics of Humanity Contributor(s): Hamel, Nic (Editor), Falola, Toyin (Editor), Berghs, Maria (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 158046971X ISBN-13: 9781580469715 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | People With Disabilities - Health & Fitness | Physical Impairments - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 362.409 |
| LCCN: 2020056460 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.95 lbs) 452 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |