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Current Feed ContentIntrouducing Oumie Maisa Ngum...busy on debut albumOumie Maisa Ngum, is among the many sprouting Gambian female mbalax stars with potentials to reach stardom. Descending from a long line of griots , she was born in Jokadu District in the northern part of The Gambia. Unlike most of her colleagues, she found herself drawn to music at an early age. Her mum Ndey Mbaye was a renowned griot in Kuntair village. Little Oumie used to follow her at festivities and ceremonies. Her desire to become a musician was shattered, when she became handicapped at...SENEGAL: Disabled students conquer daily challengesOn the campus of Cheikh Anta Diop University in the Senegal capital Dakar, physically handicapped students can often be seen crawling unaided up concrete staircases or across dirty bathroom floors. With a few exceptions – such as the main library and a new amphitheatre – buildings on the sprawling, sandy campus have no handicap accessibility. "Users of hand-powered or motorised wheelchairs have to crawl to access certain buildings," the disabled students association said in a recent letter to...ZIMBABWE: Disability is much more than a physical constraintThe disabled are becoming increasingly marginalised, with the state and civil society neglecting their basic needs, says The forgotten tribe, people with disabilities in Zimbabwe, a new report. Data for the report, recently published by Progressio, an international development agency, in collaboration with the Zimbabwe National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped, was provided by a 2006 survey based on interviews with experts on disability, and disabled people themselves. ... |
