Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability research
In 2020, the African Network of Evidence to Action on Disability (also known as AFRINEAD) hosted its 10th conference in Cape Town. This paper synthesises inputs by the three authors as plenary addresses, particularly focusing on the challenges and opportunities of centring African voices in disabili...
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| description | In 2020, the African Network of Evidence to Action on Disability (also known as AFRINEAD) hosted its 10th conference in Cape Town. This paper synthesises inputs by the three authors as plenary addresses, particularly focusing on the challenges and opportunities of centring African voices in disability research. Our concern in this article is to engage with the question of exclusion as an issue not just in the everyday lives of people with disabilities but also in the world of ideas – the ideational space. We suggest that a reimagined disability study depends on the centring of African experiences, voices and knowledges. This is especially so as there are African concepts that are not rigorously pursued in research. African Renaissance thinking makes allowance not only for critically reflecting on the historical and contemporary constructs of disability but also for fashioning a higher civilisation in which people with disabilities can exist within society as worthy and valued human beings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db2b363767904994a65df6b06ce5d2882022-12-22T03:56:04ZengAOSISAfrican Journal of Disability2223-91702226-72202022-10-01110e1e410.4102/ajod.v11i0.1089311Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability researchLieketseng Y. Ned0Kudakwashe Dube1Leslie Swartz2Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape TownAfrica Disability Alliance, PretoriaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape TownIn 2020, the African Network of Evidence to Action on Disability (also known as AFRINEAD) hosted its 10th conference in Cape Town. This paper synthesises inputs by the three authors as plenary addresses, particularly focusing on the challenges and opportunities of centring African voices in disability research. Our concern in this article is to engage with the question of exclusion as an issue not just in the everyday lives of people with disabilities but also in the world of ideas – the ideational space. We suggest that a reimagined disability study depends on the centring of African experiences, voices and knowledges. This is especially so as there are African concepts that are not rigorously pursued in research. African Renaissance thinking makes allowance not only for critically reflecting on the historical and contemporary constructs of disability but also for fashioning a higher civilisation in which people with disabilities can exist within society as worthy and valued human beings.https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/1089disabilityafrineadpolitics of voiceideational spaceafrican renaissance. |
| spellingShingle | Lieketseng Y. Ned Kudakwashe Dube Leslie Swartz Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability research African Journal of Disability disability afrinead politics of voice ideational space african renaissance. |
| title | Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability research |
| title_full | Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability research |
| title_fullStr | Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability research |
| title_short | Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability research |
| title_sort | challenges and opportunities of centring the african voice in disability research |
| topic | disability afrinead politics of voice ideational space african renaissance. |
| url | https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/1089 |
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