Many groups in sub-Saharan Africa have historically linked persons with disabilities with witchcraft as a component of a wider link between accusations of witchcraft <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> socially marginalized populations. It is commonly assumed that traditional prejudices towards persons with disabilities are receding in light of urbanization, education, mass media <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> efforts to confront such prejudice <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> stigma by governments, disability advocates <span class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">and</span> civil society. Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by many African countries is considered an additional impetus for change. Working Paper Series: No. 30