CONFLICTING DISCOURSES ON CONCEPTUALISING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN AFRICA

Authors

  • Shimelis Tsegaye Tesemma
  • Susanna Abigaêl Coetzee

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29053/2413-7138/2019/v7a3

Keywords:

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, children with disabilities, positive African cultural, legislative narratives of disability

Abstract

Despite the wide ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, children with disabilities are still marginalised and their status as rights holders not fully acknowledged in many parts of Africa. In response to the call for research to focus on a distinct African conceptualisation of disability , an exploratory desk study was conducted on the disability discourse on children with disabilities in Africa. Though the authors uncovered positive African cultural and legislative narratives of disability, the dehumanising discourse identified, was more pronounced. The authors suggest that any strategy to improve the plight of children with disabilities in Africa will have to take into account and not underestimate the dehumanising discourse. The power of discourse should be used to emphasise the positive African cultural and legislative narratives of disability to counter the dehumanising discourse.

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Published

2021-04-19

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Section

SECTION A: Articles

How to Cite

CONFLICTING DISCOURSES ON CONCEPTUALISING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN AFRICA. (2021). African Disability Rights Yearbook , 7. https://doi.org/10.29053/2413-7138/2019/v7a3

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