Grassroots researchers examine the barriers and ways of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Africa.

IntroductionJeff Grischow & Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy1 Framing Disability Rights within African Human Rights MovementsBonny Ibhawoh2 Legislation as a Care institution? The CRPD and Rights of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in South AfricaCharlotte Capri3 Examining the Implementation of Inclusive Education in ZimbabweTsitsi Chataika & Lincoln Hlatywayo4 Barriers to the Implementation of Education Article 24 of the CPRD in KenyaBillian Otundo5 A Disabled Disability Movement: The Paradox of Participation in UgandaHerbert Muyinda & Susan Reynolds Whyte6 Implementation of the CPRD in Ethiopia: Grassroots Perspectives from the University of Gondar Community-Based Rehabilitation ProgrammeMikyas Abera7 Knowledge and Utilization of the CRPD and Persons with Disabilities Act 715 of Ghana among Deaf PeopleWisdom Kwadwo Mprah & Juventus Duorinaah8 CRPD Article 6 - Vulnerabilities of Women with Disabilities: Recommendations for the Disability Movement and Other Stakeholders in GhanaAugustina Naami & Joana Okine9 Assessing the benefits of the CRPD in Cameroon: The Experience of Persons with Disabilities in the Buea MunicipalityWisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Maxwell Peprah Opoku & Bernard Nsaidzedze Sakah10African Ontology, Albinism and Human RightsElvis ImafidonConclusionJeff Grischow & Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy