Disability and Media - An African Perspective

Chapter 1. Introduction Tafadzwa Rugoho.- Chapter 2. MOBILE MEDIA AND THE SIGN LANGUAGE OF ZIMBABWE'S DEAF COMMUNITY Martin Musengia, Chenjerai Muwanikib and Esther Musengic.- Chapter 3. Girlchild with Disability in Africa: Accessing the Role and opportunities of media for inclusive development. Olayinka Oluwakemi Adeniyi and Theophilus Michael Odaudu.- Chapter 4. MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF DISABILITY AND DISABILITY ISSUES IN NIGERIA: STEREOTYPES AND SOLUTIONS Okechukwu Chukwuma, & Omokhunu Julius.- Chapter 5. Marginalization and Misrepresentation: Framing Disability in Nigeria Olusola John Ogundola & Carol Liebler's.- Chapter 6. Unpacking Zimbabwean media's representations of Persons with disabilities (PWDs) vending-a critical social work perspective Tatenda Nhapi.- Chapter 7. Disability, Language and the Media in Zimbabwe: Perspectives of Media Industries towards People with Disabilities Phillipa Mutswanga).- Chapter 8. SOCIAL MEDIA AND DISABILITY POLITICS IN ZIMBABWE: Should We Celebrate 'liberation' or Resist a New Form of Social Oppression? Kudzai Shava &Isheunoziva Chinyoka.- Chapter 9. The Postcolonial Commodification of Gloria Huang's Black, Disabled Body: A Case Study in Media Ethics Gia Alexander.- Chapter 10. Medicine Murders, Witchcraft and Humanitarian Mercy: Western Media Portrayals of Albinism in Tanzania Giorgio Brocco.- Chapter 11. Inclusion of persons who use AAC in the media: A South African perspective Samuels, Alecia and Morwane, Refilwe Elizabeth.- Chapter 12. Book chapter Can web 2.0 salvage the gains of disability rights advocacy in Africa? By Nqobani Dube.- Chapter 13. The Voices of Persons with Sensory Impairment versus their Portrayal by Mass Media in Zimbabwe (By Phillipa Mutswanga).- Chapter 14. Disability in government-controlled media

Tafadzwa Rugoho PhD is currently at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He was a lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University in the Department of Development Studies. Tafadzwa holds an MA in Policy Studies, an MSc in Development, an MSc in Strategic Management and a BSc in Sociology. He has authored more than 25 book chapters as well as a number of journal papers on disability issues. Tafadzwa has presented several papers at local and international research conferences in this area over the past five years. Tafadzwa is also a guest lecturer at the University of Pretoria, where he teaches Sexuality and social media. He coauthored a book titled Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents with Disabilities.