Citing sources: how to decolonise it
An important requirement for published work is to have other sources cited within it. This serves a number of purposes,…
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An important requirement for published work is to have other sources cited within it. This serves a number of purposes,…
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A United States of America based sexuality activism organisation, Synergía – Initiatives for Human Rights, together with other Western-funded organisations,…
Text in this blog was cited verbatim from the original sources, and details or link of the original source or…
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The text below has excepts from: Mayaka, B. van Breda, A. D. Uwihangana, C. and Mugumbate, R. (2023). The Ubuntu…
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In social work and development, decolonisation has become a key word in learning, teaching, practice and research but it has…
There are many models that fall under the African Ageing Theory (AAT). In this blog, Nyanguru’s model is shared. Nyanguru’s…
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