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More than 80m people live with some form of disability across Africa according to the United Nations. Most suffer discrimination and exclusion, often in poverty, and face barriers in all areas of life. These are some of the issues that will be discussed at this year's virtual Global Disability Summit hosted by Ghana and Norway. The summit offers a concrete mechanism for collecting new, ambitious, and widespread commitments which are critical to achieving real change for persons with disabilities. Ashura Michael is a young activist from Kenya who is deaf and is one of the participants at the virtual event. She has been speaking to Focus on Africa's Esau Williams about campaigning for change and says she does not mind being described as a person with disability. Photo: Ashura Michael. Credit: Evans Dims.