DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD (DAC): 16 JUNE 2023
The Rights of the Child in the Digital Environment On 16 June, Africa commemorates the Day of the African Child….
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Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo (1914 – 2006)
Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo was a born in Lesotho and lived in South Africa. She was a teacher, social worker…
Sankarism – Thomas Sankara’s idea of development and implications for social work
Image source. Sankarism refers to the ideologies of Thomas Sankara, a Burkinabé military officer, revolutionary and Pan-Africanist. Sankara was Burkina…
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Ubuntu: Africa’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Framework?
by Ms. Alexandra Thokozile Mliswa (MSc,LLB, BA) It won’t be the first time that us Africans are ‘taught’ what we…
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Call for special journal literature review articles
The journals below are looking for authors interested in submitting literature review articles on the following topics: 1. Ubuntu and…
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Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) approach – what it is and how to use it
Are you involved in monitoring and evaluation (M and E) in your organization? Do you teach it? Are you are…
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Eleven (11) Digital Apps, Games And Storytellers to Help African Families Decolonise and Give Kids Pride Early in Life
In social work and development, decolonisation has become a key word in learning, teaching, practice and research but it has…
Africa Ageing Theory
There are many models that fall under the African Ageing Theory (AAT). In this blog, Nyanguru’s model is shared. Nyanguru’s…
School Work Educational Institutions (SWEI) in Africa – Stats from IASSW Directory
The IASSW recently published its 2020 directory of SWEIs. The directory shows the Africa had 290 SWEI by 2020 although…
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Over 60 African research methods and techniques
There are several methods and techniques of research that are African because they existed in Africa before modern science or…
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Getting Published- A 7-step Process
By Rugare Mugumbate My first research article was published in 2013 in an African journal published in Zimbabwe by the…
12 steps to get published
12 Steps to Get Published Whether you are a student, practitioner or new to academics, at one point you will…
‘Ubuntugogy’: An African educational paradigm that transcends pedagogy, andragogy, ergonagy and heutagogy
Excerpts from a seminal article by Adbul Karim Bangura. To access the full article, use this link. More African social…
UBUNTU VALUES AND ETHICS IN FUNDRAISING, RESOURCE MOBILISATION AND DONOR ENGAGEMENT
From welfarist and charitable to developmental and decolonial methods Cite as: Africa Social Work Network (2022). Ubuntu values and ethics…
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DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD (DAC): 16 JUNE 2022
To learn more about Day of the African Child Africa, visit this African Union (AU)’s African Committee of Experts on the…
KEY MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF AFRICA
Today, 25 May 2022 is Africa day. The day marks the founding of the Organization of African Unity in 1963,…
Dedan Kīmathi of the Mau Mau – contribution to Kenya independence and how he was killed by the British imperialist forces during their colonial occupation of Africa
“My blood, like the heroic blood of many great Kenyans who have fallen in the course of this war, shall…
Senzeni na: the Anti-colonisation Song that Inspired Africans and its Role in Decolonising Social Work Today
Senzeni na (2005) song by Soul Brothers, South Africa. Senzeni na (1993) song with video by Albert Nyathi, Zimbabwe. Senzeni…
AFRICA’ CONTINENTAL ANTHEM BY THE AFRICAN UNION (AU): ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN SOCIAL WORK
The African anthem was composed by Ethiopian poet Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin as a poem. In 1986, it was adopted as the…
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How journal metrics and rankings deceive African writers, publishers, readers and universities
In recent years, several online based measurements of publications and research quality have emerged. Most (if not all) of these…
IS A DEFINITIONAL THRESHOLD OF 18 YEARS FOR WHO A CHILD IS, PRACTICALLY APPLICABLE AND FEASIBLE?
A DISHARMONY IN CHILD RIGHTS ADVOCACY: CONTENDING FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT by Mutape J. D. S. Sithole Is a definitional…
WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY 2022
African environmental, ecological and green social work must prioritise environmental decolonisation, repossession and justice Happy World Social Work day. WSWD…
Twelve (12) Tips and Information for Prospective Doctoral Students
The four types or levels of degrees are associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral. The bachelor’s and master’s degree are usually…
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Heri za Kwanzaa (26 Dec – 1 Jan 2024): African American and Pan-African celebration of family, community, culture and heritage
Theme and message for this year Founding of Kwanzaa Seven principles (nguzo saba) of Kwanzaa How is Kwanzaa celebrated? The…
IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS IGNITED ANGER OVER COLONIAL AND STRUCTURAL INJUSTICES FOLLOWING THE JAILING OF FORMER PRESIDENT JACOB GEDLEYIHLEKISA ZUMA. What are the lessons for social work?
On 8 July 2021, former South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was jailed for 15 months by the Constitutional Court…
Kenneth Buchizya Kaunda’s contribution to the philosophy of African humanism (ubuntu) and pan-African theory
Contributors: Rugare Mugumbate and Joachim Cuthbert Mumba On 17 June 2021, former Zambian president and pan-Africanist Kenneth Kaunda died in…
‘Come through the door, not the window’: The San Code of Research Ethics (San Code)
The San Code: A great resource for social and development workers Cite the Code as: South African San Institute (SAAI)…
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DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD (DAC): 16 JUNE 2021
Today we join the rest of the African region in commemorating Day of the African Child. In South Africa, 16…
ድር ቢያብር አንበሳ ያስር – THERE IS SO MUCH SOCIAL WORK KNOWLEDGE IN AFRICAN PROVERBS, A LOOK AT SOME PROVERBS FROM ETHIOPIA
ድር ቢያብር አንበሳ ያስር፡፡ means when webs of a spider join together, they can trap a lion. Ethiopian people have…
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF SIDI PEOPLE BELOW, YOU WOULD THINK THEY ARE SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA, BUT NO, THIS IS INDIA! How did these 850 000 African descendent Bantu end up in Asia?
Sidi is not a country but the BaSidi, VaSidi or The Sidi are African diaspora people in Asia, mainly in…
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