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Author:   Gubela Mji
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9783031985485

ISBN 10:   3031985486
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   27 September 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Quest to Develop an African Disability Research Network (Gubela Mji).- Chapter 2. “Nothing about us without us”: Persons with disabilities’ active participation in the development of AfriNEAD (Gubela Mji and Washiela Sait).- Chapter 3. The African Network for Evidence-to-Action in Disability: A role player in the realisation of the UNCRPD in Africa(Gubela Mji).- Chapter 4. AfriNEAD considerations and response in conductiong  ethical driven disability research (Gubela Mji).- Chapter 5. AfriNEAD conferences (Gubela Mji, Callista Kahonde, Marcia Cleophus, Antony Edusei, Allister Munthali and Hillary Lane).- Chapter 6. The contribution of AfriNEAD to Disability Research in Africa (Callista Kahonde, Gubela Mji and Malcolm MacLachlan).- Chapter 7. The Development of Disability Research Country Working Groups (Gubela Mji, Hillary Lane, Dagnachew Wakene, Nondwe Mlenzana, Rosemary Choma, Patrick Devlieger and Victor Locoro).- Chapter 8. African perspective on disability (Gubela Mji, Nomvo Dwadwa-Henda and Chioma Ogochukwo Ohajunwa).- Chapter 9. The guidance of African thinking to assist AfriNEAD achieve sustainability (Gubela Mji, Chioma Ogochukwo Ohajunwa and Nomvo Dwadwa-Henda).- Chapter 10. The Future of Disability Research in Africa (Gubela Mji).-Appendix 1: Guideline for researchers and research ethics committees.

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Gubela Mji is Emeritus Professor and previous Director for the Division of Disability and Rehabilitation Studies within the Global Health Department at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She is the past chair of the African Network for Evidence- to- Action in Disability (AfriNEAD). Her work focuses on disability, indigenous knowledge systems, and rural health, and in 2015 she produced a TED talk on how to make disability research accessible in Africa.

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