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ETHNIC CONFLICT, THE RELIGIOUS DIVIDE AND A GREEDY AND INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENT THAT HAS YET TO DELIVER ON ITS DEMOCRATIC PROMISE THREATEN NIGERIA'S FUTURE

Contrary to the assumption that attitudes to madness are more benign in traditional cultures, the lot of the insane in Nigeria, at least, is not a happy one

An overview of the disability rights movement in late 20th-century Africa is presented. Although additional financial & medical resources are required to address the problems of Africa's growing disabled population, it is contended that certain African sociocultural perceptions & practices must be abandoned or reformulated, eg, female genital mutilation, to decrease the number of individuals with disabilities. Despite the provision of certain rights & services for disabled individuals in several African nations, it is maintained that disabled people in Africa continue to be marginalized from African societies. Nevertheless, specific nations' attempts to improve the lives of disabled peoples deserve recognition, eg, Zimbabwe's creation of multiple organizations for disabled people. To ensure complete democratic participation in African nations, it is argued that people with disabilities must be consulted & included in decision-making processes affecting their treatment. J. W. Parker

Examines the disability rights movement in East and Southern Africa, focusing on specific organizations in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, and Angola; since 1992, chiefly.

Journalists jostle for pictures, aid agencies hawk their wares in competition one with another, and the UNHCR fortifies itself against the unexpected

'I have devoted all my intellectual and material resources — my very life — to a cause in which I have total belief, and from which I cannot be blackmailed or intimidated.' Ken Saro-Wiwa, 1941-1995