TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mutanga,Oliver
TI  - Ubuntu philosophy and disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
T2  - Interdisciplinary disability studies
SN  - 9781032381411
AV  - HV1559.A357 U28 2024
U1  - 362.40967 23/eng/20230911
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Disabilities
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Ubuntu (Philosophy)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "This book uses Ubuntu philosophy to illuminate the voices of people with disabilities from Sub-Saharan Africa. Disability literature is largely dominated by scholars and studies from the Global North, and these studies are largely informed by Global North theories and concepts. Although Disability literature in the Global South is now fast growing, most studies continue to utilise conceptual, theoretical and philosophical frameworks that are framed within Global North contexts. This presents two major challenges: Firstly, the voices of people with disabilities in the Global South remain on the fringes of disability discourses. Secondly, when their voices are heard, their realities are distorted. This edited book, consisting of 11 chapters, provides case-studies from Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda and South Africa to explore disability in various fields: inclusive education, higher education, environment, Open Distance Learning and Technical and Vocational Education and Technical Colleges. By challenging the global hegemonic discourses on disability by contributing to the ways in which Global South disability is understood, this book will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, development studies, medical sociology, and African studies"--
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