Africans with disabilities face compounding challenges in the Anthropocene, but they insist on intentional inclusion and the merging of all talents as the path to adaptation.
Due to physical limitations, communication barriers, and vulnerable support systems, Africans with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by the Anthropocene’s devastations. Stemming from far-ranging environmental, political and social upheavals, these impacts show up in acute and intimate ways in disabled people’s lives, often intersecting with multiple other vulnerabilities. From the struggle to get to work or school, to social stigmas exacerbated by environmental crises, the Anthropocene presents unique and compounding challenges for differently-abled people.
Speaking from rural villages and booming cities, our protagonists in this episode describe how different disabilities present unique needs while revealing broader systemic issues that affect everyone. They also tell us that disability is not a defect. Instead, they insist that to adapt to the Anthropocene requires intentional inclusion and the merging of all talents.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Featuring Monica Waithera Njau / Peter Muraya / Dr. Alice Gathoni / Phylis Muthoni
Executive Producer Wangui Kimari Creative Director Jim Chuchu Producer Njeri Gitungo Research Lead Brock Hicks Project Communications Cynthia Kemunto Post Production Africa Post Office (APO) Post Production Supervisor Carole Kinyua Editor Gloria Ndiritu