TY - JOUR AU - Cheela Chilala PY - 2021/10/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - ENABLED OR DISABLED? PORTRAITS OF DISABILITY IN AFRICAN LITERATURE JF - ZANGO: Zambian Journal of Contemporary Issues JA - ZJOCI VL - 33 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journals.unza.zm/index.php/ZJOCI/article/view/650 AB - This article evaluates the portrayal of disability and disabled characters in African literature. Disability, in this article, refers to any form of physical, mental or cognitive development condition, such as blindness, deafness, dumbness, being crippled, among others. The study as presented in this article analysed several African texts, from both the oral and the modern African traditions, with a view of determining the nature of the portrayal of the disabled. Are there stereotypes, and are these stereotypes negative or positive? According to the study, there are some positive as well as negative portrayals of the disabled, although most of them are negative. Although the study was not exhaustive, it still provides a glimpse into the portrayal of disability in different types of African literature. ER -