"Watipa Leza": A Critical Re-Engagement of Nsenga (African) Religious Values and Disability

There are many misconceptions about disability in most African contexts. Most of these misconceptions are due to diverse views on disability. Consequently, these misconceptions have been a basis for practices that encourage discrimination against people living with disabilities. The thrust of this a...

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Subtitles:Disability, Religion and Theology: African Perspectives
Main Author: Zulu, Edwin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2016]
In: Journal of disability & religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 84-92
Further subjects:B Disability
B Inclusion
B Discrimination
B re-engagement
B Alienation
B misconception
B Disability studies
B African values
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:There are many misconceptions about disability in most African contexts. Most of these misconceptions are due to diverse views on disability. Consequently, these misconceptions have been a basis for practices that encourage discrimination against people living with disabilities. The thrust of this article is that, by re-engaging the African values on the view of humans and community, negative views on disability could be deconstructed, thereby creating a non discriminatory, non-exclusive and interactive community.
ISSN:2331-253X
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2016.1152937