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Disabled people in Africa rarely have a voice, they are hidden away by
family and are unseen by the outside world. We have all seen disabled
beggars in Africa but how do the others live? What are their ideas and
dreams? Answers are to be found in the book Helden op Stokken, which offers
twelve portraits of disabled men and women in Africa. The beer trader has
problems with corrupt customs officials, the athlete wants to explode in her
wheelchair race, a deaf gay wants to be a role model and the blind lawyer is
committing herself to human rights. And then there is the child who is
excited about going to school but is turned away on the first day. The
book’s authors and photographers dive into the daily lives of the disabled
in Africa: old and young, men and women, careerists and people for whom it
is a daily struggle just to survive. All of the characters are fighting
their own battles, be they about finding food that day or fighting for
better legislation for people with disabilities, sometimes with humour but
always with determination.
This photo exhibition is based on the heroes of the book, and the
contributors include well-known Africanists such as Petterik Wiggers (Addis
Abeba: NRC Handelsblad, Trouw), Sven Torfinn (Nairobi: De Volkskrant), Ellen
Elmendorp (Johannesburg: Vrij Nederland) and Bernice Siewe (Amsterdam: Het
Parool, Trouw).
The photos are hanging in the corridors and the library of the African
Studies Centre in the Pieter de la Court building, Wassenaarseweg 52 in
Leiden. The exhibition is open weekdays from 9:00 – 17:00 from 26 June 2008
until 3 September 2008. Feel free to come and take a look.
The
opening is on 26 June at 16.30 with an introduction by the Africa
journalist Sybilla Claus and an explanation by linguist Dr Victoria Nyst
about sign language in Ghana and Mali. If requested in advance, an
interpreter for the deaf can be arranged.
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| Photos: Anna Gevers |
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Publisher: KIT Publishers
Special offer: The book can be ordered at Trouw (special offer € 22,-) via
www.trouw.nl/webshop,
and at www.bol.com (€
24,50). You can also find it at your book shop.
More information on the book and the exhibition:
www.heldenopstokken.nl
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