Navigating Disability, HIV, Relationships and Abuse for Christian Women in Nigeria
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- ISBN 9781041133070
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Navigating Disability, HIV, Relationships and Abuse for Christian Women in Nigeria contains poignant stories of formidable women who, because of their gender and disabilities, were sexually assaulted and infected with HIV by people known and loved by them. Focusing on the Christian women of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, the book brings together the often under-represented voices of women with disabilities and HIV in an under-researched area of Nigeria.
Fubara-Manuel builds on long-term ethnographic research to bring together the isolated cases of disability, HIV, gender-based violence and Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa. In so doing, she critically examines the perpetuation of rape culture and the role of faith communities and support groups in shaping women’s responses. The author’s work moves beyond victimhood frameworks to document the agency of women living with both disability and HIV, and their resilience and faith-based solidarities as resources for survival, resistance and liberation from abuse.
The book advocates a conversation between men and women for the dismantling of patriarchal structures that promote and legitimise the rape culture of women by men. By integrating lived theology, gender analysis and disability studies, this book advances existing literature through relational and narrative-driven accounts that re-centre marginalised voices and rethink the role of Christian faith in contexts of sexual violence.
Jessie Ini Fubara-Manuel is the Pastoral Assistant with Edinburgh Northwest Kirk (Cramond and Pennywell), Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Adjunct Lecturer with Essien Ukpabio Presbyterian Theological College, Itu, Nigeria. She holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK, with research interests in faith, gender, disability and HIV.
