Living in Africa with Uneven Bodies

Living in Africa with Uneven Bodies: An Urban Ethnography of Disability and Begging
Yukie Nakao

186 mm x 130 mm
392pages
JPY3,600
ISBN 9784790717690
Pub date: March 2022

In Tanzania, where the welfare system does not operate, how have the disabled, who cannot work “normally,” made a living? This study traces the lives of these people from the colonial period to the present. This is the essence of fieldwork that transcends the frameworks of disability studies, suburban studies, social welfare, and regional studies to depict the living world of people with disabilities who are on the street.

Table of Contents
Introduction Turning to the “natural”: disparate bodies in contemporary African cities

Part I. Colonialism and the Construction of “Disability”

Chapter 1: “Disability”, Modernity, and the World
Chapter 2: The Concept of “Disability” for the British Tanganyika Administration
Chapter 3: The Emergence of the “Disabled” and the “Albino”

Part II Urban Life: Migrating, Earning, and Connecting with Others

Chapter 4: Overview of Interpersonal Research in Dar es Salaam
Chapter 5 Urban Migration, Family Relationships, and Access to Care
Chapter 6: Migration without and without relatives
Chapter 7: Households supported by beggars and the struggles of engaged people
Chapter 8: Begging as a Mutual Act of Creating Lasting Relationships: Turning Strangers into Relatives