Sarweah Emmaunel Bailey
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Deaf people living and communication in African histories. There is strong documentary evidence that deaf or hearing impaired men and women, girls and boys, did occupy social space and took roles across the full spectrum of life throughout Africa in earlier centuries, living lives like everyone else and also having some different experiences. Traces and signs of deaf people appear in many sorts of historical document, such as travellers' accounts, legal and genealogical records, government, institutional and missionary archives, linguistic studies, literature, folklore, religious narrative, mime, dance and drama. Many of their experiences have involved severe economic poverty and adversity, stigmatising attitudes and exclusionary practices; yet this has not been the norm everywhere in Africa, and many deaf people have shown great resilience, perseverance, humour and ingenuity in their dealings and communications with the non-deaf world.
But in West Africa, Liberia is a different ball game.
Quite interestingly, despite access to information and equal work opportunities being some of the fundamental human right under the declaration of the United Nations Convention on the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities proclaimed by the United Nations, deaf adults and children of school going ages in Liberia are entitled to have their special needs taken into consideration at all stages of economic and social planning.
The deaf children in Liberia of school going ages don't generally enjoy their rights and fundamental freedom in equal circumstances as to hearing children. There is constant violation of human right of deaf children characterized by marginalization, lacked of social services and parental care for independent living.
But in West Africa, Liberia is a different ball game.
Quite interestingly, despite access to information and equal work opportunities being some of the fundamental human right under the declaration of the United Nations Convention on the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities proclaimed by the United Nations, deaf adults and children of school going ages in Liberia are entitled to have their special needs taken into consideration at all stages of economic and social planning.
The deaf children in Liberia of school going ages don't generally enjoy their rights and fundamental freedom in equal circumstances as to hearing children. There is constant violation of human right of deaf children characterized by marginalization, lacked of social services and parental care for independent living.