Stand up and walk! Brief remarks about the past, the present, and the future of the handicapped Africas

Authors

  • João Vicente Ganzarolli de Oliveira Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X15402

Keywords:

Africa, Impairment, Missionaries.

Abstract

Why are so many blind children in Ruanda? Why is physical impairment still a scourge and a stigma in African lands? What is going to be the legacy of this generation for the handicapped people of year 2050, when human population on Earth is estimated to be of 10 billion? This article focuses the effort of European missionaries to fight physical impairment in Africa. Setting aside the anti-European clichés and political correctness, one has to admit that Western performance in Africa has brought vital benefits for the handicapped as well as for African people in general.

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Author Biography

João Vicente Ganzarolli de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

professor do Centro de Tecnologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

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Published

2015-05-11

How to Cite

Oliveira, J. V. G. de. (2015). Stand up and walk! Brief remarks about the past, the present, and the future of the handicapped Africas. Special Education Magazine, 28(52), 487–496. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X15402

Issue

Revista Educação Especial, v. 28, n. 52, maio/ago. 2015

Section

Continuous Demand

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