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Ubuntu Philosophy and Disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
About this book
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, Uganda, and South Africa, explores disability in various fields: Inclusive education, higher education, environment, Open Distance Learning, and Technical and Vocational Education and Technical Colleges.
The book contributes to the ways in which disability is understood and experienced in the Global South thereby challenging the Western hegemonic discourses on disability. This collection of contributions will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, development studies, medical sociology, and African studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Summary
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Ubuntu philosophy and disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Successes, promises, and challenges for inclusive development
- 2 The relevance of Ubuntu in disability: A political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental (PESTLE) analysis
- 3 Disability and inclusion in South African higher education: An Ubuntu philosophical perspective
- 4 A review of students with disabilities’ experiences in higher education: Implications of adopting the Ubuntu philosophy to human resource development
- 5 Botho attitude towards people with disabilities: Inclusion in Lesotho Higher Education
- 6 Injecting Ubuntu in designing accessible virtual learning for students with disabilities
- 7 Ubuntu philosophy: A pathway to decolonising participatory research in the Global South
- 8 Staff experiences with inclusive education at Technical Vocational Education and Training institutions in Botswana: A Botho philosophical lens
- 9 Translating the Ubuntu philosophy into practical disability inclusive interventions: The Obuntu bulamu experience from Uganda
- 10 Ubuntu philosophy and the experiences of Deaf people in Ghana
- 11 The Ubuntu philosophy: Implications and recommendations for addressing disability-related challenges
- Index