Cultural Representations of Albinism in Africa: Narratives of Change

ISBN-13: 9781800791398 / Angielski

Alison Wilde; Charlotte Baker; Elvis Imafidon

Opis

The challenges currently faced by people with albinism in many African countries are becoming a focus for writers, artists, filmmakers, advocates and activists. This volume focuses on the power of cultural representations of albinism, taking into account their real-world effects and implications for social change.

Spis treści

Contents: Challenging Traditional Understandings: Embedding Accurate Knowledge of Albinism in African Cultures - Literature as Advocacy: Fictional Representations of Albinism in African Contexts - Debunking Stereotypes or Reinforcing Them? The Representation of Albinism in Three Nigerian Films - Albinism between Stigma and Charisma: Varying Interpretations of Two Photographs from South Africa - Sparks of Otherness: Producing Representations of Albinism in Documentary Films from the Global North - Voices that Stand: The Power of Film for Advocacy on Albinism in Africa - Theatre and Stigma Reduction: Can Theatre Raise Awareness on Albinism? - Building Community Understanding of the Genetic Explanation of Albinism through Interactive Performance Art in Tanzania - 'We gon be Alright': The Musical Response to the Killing of People with Albinism in Malawi

O autorze

Charlotte Baker is Professor of French and Critical Disability Studies in the Department of Languages and Cultures at Lancaster University in the UK. She is particularly interested in albinism and has published widely on understandings and representations of albinism in sub-Saharan Africa. She was awarded a Knowledge Exchange Fellowship and Wellcome Trust funding for the Albinism in Africa project, which she set up in 2014. She currently leads the «Alternative Explanations: Disability and Inclusion Africa» project, in collaboration with Elvis Imafidon, which is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Global Challenges Research Fund.

Elvis Imafidon is Lecturer in Philosophy at SOAS, University of London. He holds a PhD and MA from the University of Ibadan and a BA from Ambrose Alli University. Elvis Imafidon is a person with albinism. His primary areas of research are the philosophy of medicine and healthcare and the philosophy of difference in Africa, with particular reference to albinism. He is author, among other books, of African Philosophy and the Otherness of Albinism: White Skin, Black Race (2019). He is Co-Investigator on the «Alternative Explanations: Disability and Inclusion Africa» project.