PWD’s

“Living in constant fear”: PWDs are paying a hefty price in Nigeria’s raging war with bandits

Zamfara, Nigeria (Minority Africa) — It is a little past two on a June afternoon.…

The reality of women with disabilities and maternal health care

While many countries are debating abortion rights, there is another reproductive right that is being…

Formal education is a farce for blind and visually impaired people in Cameroon

Cameroon’s formal education system is keeping out blind and visually impaired students and it doesn’t stop there.

Audio solar Bible helping blind and low vision Christians in Kenya

Braille Bibles are expensive and one can cost up to $1000, making them inaccessible to…

These Nigerian content creators want to change perceptions about albinism

Image description: A collage of two images. The first is Ayomide Matilda, a fashion content…

The Ugandan TV broadcasting in sign language

SignsTV, an online TV in Uganda broadcasting entirely in sign language is improving access by deaf persons to media content in the country where they are often excluded from mainstream media programming.

How football games between persons with albinism and vitiligo are helping fight stigma in Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya (Minority Africa) — While pursuing his bachelor’s degree at Moi University in Kenya in…

Converting books into accessible digital formats for blind and visually impaired people is illegal in Nigeria. Four years after a United Nations treaty was ratified to address that, it is yet to be made a law in Nigeria. The question is why?
‘A book famine’: In Nigeria, copyright laws mean visually impaired people can’t access many books

Converting books into accessible digital formats for blind and visually impaired people is illegal in Nigeria. They want to change that.

Uganda: Beauty pageant helping to fight skin cancer among persons with albinism

In some countries, a majority of persons with albinism die from skin cancer between thirty to forty years; this beauty pageant wants to change that.