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The miracle workers: obstacles and opportunities for restoring sight to children in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Susan Levine --- Department of Social Anthropology, South Africa Lene Øverland --- Orbis Africa, Kings Cross Corner, South Africa Prasidh Ramson --- Orbis Africa, Kings Cross Corner, South AfricaThe case studies presented in this paper reflect on the experiences of parents and the caregivers of children from the province of KwaZulu-Natal who overcame multiple obstacles to prevent childhood blindness due to cataract. Borrowing Sarah Franklin's metaphor of an... -
Plant knowledge: transfers, shaping and states in plant practices
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: William Ellis --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, and Centre for Humanities Research, South AfricaThis exploratory paper interrogates the various ways in which knowledge about plants has historically been generated. It first examines how plant knowledge is located in and understood by traditional studies of plants, such as ethnobotany. It pushes at the accepted... -
Cognitive Narratology and Disability in Taha Hussein’s Canonical Literary Works
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Shahd Alshammari --- Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait Encarnación Sánchez Arenas --- University of Seville, SpainThe seminal works of Taha Hussein, the Egyptian writer who was sobriquetically labelled ‘The Dean of Arabic Literature’, include the autobiographical trilogy, The Days, and his novel, The Call of the Curlew. Both present complementary explorations of disability narratives and...