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*Dear colleauges* *Hope this email finds you well. Please find below a call for book chapters below:* *Call for book chapters* *Text (working title): *Disability and Development in Africa: Lessons Learnt and the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda *Editors: *Dr Tsitsi Chataika (University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Foundations) & Prof Charles Ngwena (University of Pretoria, Centre for Human Rights) *Publisher:* Ashgate Publishing Limited, Surrey, United Kingdom *Rationale:* The purpose of this book is to document African experiences of disability and development, with the intention of sharing best practices, challenges and lessons learnt within the region, and forging the way forward towards the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. We urge potential contributors, regardless of their fields of training, to articulate their ideas about disability and development from an activist, policy, practice, research and conceptual perspectives. Possible areas include but are not limited to: - Disability politics and activism in Africa - Disability mainstreaming in development processes - Inclusive Education (from early childhood to higher education) - Disability, human rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Disability, human rights and the African Charter - Children and youth with disabilities - Disability and access to the physical environment, transportation, information and communication - Health and Social Development - Employment Access - Social Protection - Gender and disability - Political participation, conflicts and disability - Culture, ethics, religion and disability - African philosophies, human dignity and disability - Postcolonialism, development and global partnerships Interested contributors are invited to submit, via email, a *250- 300 word abstract* using Microsoft Word (.doc), British English, font size 12, and Times New Roman by latest *9 May 2014 *to Dr Tsitsi Chataika - [log in to unmask] and Prof Charles Ngwena - [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> **Please Note that an invitation to submit an abstract does not guarantee contributing to the book. If your abstract is selected, we will expect you to write a full paper, which is between 5000 and 7 000 words including references. We will provide more information to those whose abstracts will have been selected.* *We are looking forward to getting your abstracts.* *Regards* *Dr Tsitsi Chataika and Prof Charles* Ngwena -- Dr Tsitsi Chataika (Senior Lecturer) Department of Educational Foundations University of Zimbabwe Faculty of Education P.O. Box MP167, Mt Pleasant Harare, Zimbabwe Work: +263 (0)4 303 211 Ext. 16503 Mobile:+263 (0) 774 429 687 Skype: tcblessed Email: [log in to unmask] http://uz-ac.academia.edu/TsitsiChataika Host of Inclusive Development (Disability Mainstreaming) fb Group - http://www.facebook.com/groups/346410018799635/439468526160450/?notif_t=group_comment *International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2013: Theme: "Break barriers, open doors: for an inclusive society for all"* ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.