How can we make disability research accessible in Africa? | Gubela Mji | TEDxTableMountain

In this talk, Dr Mji tells the story of how her grandmother inspired a global human rights mindset in her from a young age. This planted the seeds for her work in human rights and the disability sector. Gubela talks about the power of networks to affect change, through the example of AfriNEAD - a disability network that has successfully connected experts across Africa to build a research evidence base that is being translated into action and thus resulting in improving the quality of life of people with disabilities (PWDs) in Africa. Among AfriNEAD's successes is the accreditation of its own academic journal - the African Journal of Disability (AJOD).
Dr Gubela Mji is at the forefront of various collaborative disability research projects and networks at both African and international levels, all with the aim of the realisation of rights for people with disabilities.
Gubela's work includes issues of development, transformation and indigenous knowledge systems. She is the director of the Centre for Rehabilitation Studies at Stellenbosch University where she leads a vibrant Division which aims to improve the quality of life and level of community integration of people with disabilities.
She is also the current chairperson and visionary behind the African Network for Evidence-to-Action in Disability (AfriNEAD).
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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go Prof Gubela! you are a true inspiration

[@maxwellagyarko]

Very good ideas on research for persons with disabilities

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