Karibu. Mauya. Wamkelekile. እንኳን ደህና መጣህ. Olandiridwa. Barka. Murakaza neza. Amohelehile. Siyalemukela. Tukusanyukide.

The ASWDNet creates, aggregates and disseminates information and resources to facilitate Social Work and Development on the African continent. We cordially invite you to join our network. Please feel free to contact us. We believe in African knowledges (rifa), often termed indigenous (vene) knowledges and recognise their roles in building an African social and development work knowledge base that emancipates social work students, academics, practitioners, librarians, publishers, leaders, communities and researchers. At the centre of this facilitation is use of African languages and values such as those espoused in Ubuntu. Our work is transformational.

Social work is an academic discipline and profession that embraces and enhances long-held methods of addressing life challenges in order to increase social functioning, development, cohesion and liberation using diverse indigenous knowledges and values enshrined in the family, community, society, environment and in spirituality (ASWDNet, 2021).

Development is a process of ensuring that a community has all the tangible and non-tangible goods, infrastructure and services required to satisfy their short- to long-term needs.

The ASWDNet values and recognises African histories, philosophies, practices, founders, writers, languages and literature, and hopes you, the reader and user of our information, will do the same.

  • Amadou Hampate Ba (1901 – 1999), Mali
    Amadou Hampate Ba (1901 – 1999), Mali
Africa Anthem by African Union (AU)

We hope the information on this website will inspire you. We have valued and recognised African histories, philosophies, practices, founders, writers, languages and literature, and we hope you, the reader, will do the same. You are welcome to contribute to our blog, books, journal on development, journal on social work and other publications.

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Thanking words in Africa languages