Religion, Disability, and Sustainable Development in Africa

This book investigates the interplay between disability and religion in Africa in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. Overall, the book invites researchers to consider how African religious, theological, and philosophical ideas can help towards the inclusion of people with disabilities in the 2030 development agenda in Africa.

Dr Chioma Ohajunwa is Senior Lecturer at the Africa Centre for Inclusive Health Management, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, and also worked at the Division of Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Global Health, Stellenbosch University. Her work is in the areas of disability, spirituality, Indigenous knowledge, wellbeing, decoloniality, and, more recently, how these inform an inclusive framework for health and wellbeing within the African context. She is published locally and internationally. Kudakwashe 'AK' Dube is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Africa Disability Alliance and has over 30 years of experience designing, managing, evaluating, and monitoring development and disability programmes with international and grassroots movements. He is also chair of trustees of ADD International, which fights for independence, equality, and opportunities for disabled people living in poverty, alongside organisations of disabled people. Ezra Chitando serves as Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. He is also Extraordinary Professor, the Desmond Tutu Centre for Social Justice, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

1. Introduction: Religion, Disability and Sustainable Development in Africa SDGs, Disability and Religion In the context of Poverty and socio-cultural factors 2. Positive Perspectives on Disability in the Old Testament: Pathways to Breaking the Disability-Poverty Nexus and Leaving No-One Behind in Africa's Quest to Achieve Sustainable Development 3. Disentangling Disability in Africa: A Panoramic view from critical disability studies on Religion, Disability and Poverty in Africa 4. The African Network for Evidence-to-Action in Disability (AfriNEAD) on its quest to be a Regional Disability Network guided by African wisdom 5. Socio-Cultural Perspective on Disability as a Barrier to Sustainable Development in Africa SDGs, Disability and Religion in the context of health and wellbeing 6. Exploring the intersection of disability and religion in the context of Covid-19 and sustainable development in Africa 7. Understanding Epilepsy in The Context of African Indigenous Religions 8. Care Development: Botho Ethics, Ageing and Disability 9. Sustainable Development Goal Achievements for People With Disabilities In Africa: Role Of Christian-Muslim Religions In Tanzania SDGs, Disability and Religion in the context of the disciplines 10. An examination of the relationship between disability and the law and religion: The Zimbabwean Disability Practice 11. Eco-Justice and Disability Inclusion in Lusaka, Zambia: Towards an African Women's Theology of Disability 12. Religion, Disability and Education in Africa: Perspectives from Uganda 13. The Interplay of South African Indigenous Religions, Disability and Sustainable Development Goals: Reconceptualizing Disability in Inclusive Education SDGs, Disability and Religion in the context of Gender 14. Disability, Gender-based violence and Development in Africa: The Case of Eswatini 15. Women with Disability's Access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Well-being in Nairobi, Kenya: Towards a Theology of Belonging 16. Transformative Work of Pentecostal Groups in Addressing Gender-Based Violence against People Living with Disability in Nigeria 17. Obstetric Fistula - A disability that affects the health and well-being of women: Reflections from the Malawian Context