Kenyan dance company brings physical disability into dance

2009 marks the final year of the African Decade of Disabled People: an initiative led by NGOs and member states of the African Union to further equal access for the continent's 80 million men, women and children living with disabilities. In the wake of this initiative, Kenya passed its Disability Act in 2003, yet its 3 million people with disabilities still face alienation and discrimination. Disability groups have tried to get the government to implement the Act, and to change negative perceptions – but in the absence of government action, some groups are developing their own initiatives to break down barriers and empower people with disabilities. Arusha Topazzini met with one such organization, a pioneering dance company called Uwezo Mix that has brought physical disability into dance for the first time in Kenya.

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