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This article documents this event and summarises the key findings from the discussions that took place.\n\nMethod:\u00a0The workshop included presentations from leading scholars in health professions education, panel discussions with PhD candidates and early career researchers, and small group discussions on what is needed to support emerging researchers.\n\nResults:\u00a0Disability studies was positioned by participants as not only an academic exercise but also a deeply personal pursuit, requiring introspection and conscientisation, with which they felt they needed support. There are also specific ethical concerns related to doing research work with persons with disabilities, which need to be prioritised in postgraduate education in disability studies. The needs identified by participants are summarised as: (1) mentorship, (2) networking, and (3) funding.\n\nConclusion:\u00a0We suggest that the development of African disability scholars and scholarship requires an African ethical approach, which prioritises humanity, community and reciprocity.\n\nContribution:\u00a0African disability studies scholars are well-placed to disrupt ableism in academic, medical and social spheres, as well as hierarchies within academia, which limit development, mutual growth and respect.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/ajod.v13i0.1494","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,29]],"date-time":"2024-08-29T09:20:55Z","timestamp":1724923255000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Seeing the human behind the research: Strengthening emerging African disability researchers"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8436-1230","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michelle","family":"Botha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05bk57929","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Stellenbosch University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2848-003X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chioma","family":"Ohajunwa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/05bk57929","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Stellenbosch University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","unstructured":"Abur, W. & Mugumbate, R.J., 2022, \u2018Experiences of Ubuntu and implications of African philosophy for social work in Australia\u2019, Advances in Social Work Welfare and Education: Social Work in a Climate of Change 23(2), viewed 07 June 2024, from https:\/\/journal.anzswwer.org\/index.php\/advances\/article\/view\/111."},{"key":"ref1","unstructured":"Bell, C., 2012, Blackness and disability: Critical examinations and cultural interventions, Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, MI."},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Blackmore, T. & Hodgkins, S.L., 2012, \u2018Discourses of disabled peoples\u2019 organisations: Foucault, Bourdieu and future directions\u2019 in D. 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