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Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986) was born in Thieytou, Diourbel Region of Senegal. His philosophy and theories are important in social…
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Just like making fufu, writing a journal article can be as easy for students if you start early. The staple…
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Voting in Africa – colonial or liberating
Niger is the 7th largest producer of uranium all of which go to Europe yet it is the 7th poorest…
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Professor Lovemore Mbigi was a social worker, philosopher, theorist, consultant, entrepreneur and motivational speaker whose work in South Africa has…
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An important requirement for published work is to have other sources cited within it. This serves a number of purposes,…
An academic, scholarly or scientific journal is a book that contains a collection of independent articles. It is published periodically…
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Incentives in Research
In your journey as a student, you may end up researching as part of a subject (e.g. in weeks 9-10…
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The African Union (AU) anticipated guns to be silent in Africa by 2020, as part of Agenda 2063, however, with…
In your journey as a student, you may end up researching as part of a subject (e.g. in weeks 9-10…
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The Nigerien (not Nigerian) presidential guard detained the president and announced the dissolution of government last month. The National Council…
On 16 June, Africa commemorated the Day of the African Child. In South Africa, 16 June is Youth Day, a…
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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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As we approach Africa Day, we do a sankofa of the Association of Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA). The…
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Timbuktu manuscripts, Mali In an area called Timbuktu in Mali, scholarship (that is formalised learning and teaching) was established around…
Working with and aligning social work in Africa with the work of the African Union is an easier way of…
Cite as: Mugumbate, R. (2023). Ubuntu-Inspired Workshop or Seminar – An Example and Skills for Facilitators. Blog post at https://africasocialwork.net/blog…
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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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Cite as: Mugumbate, R. (2023). Types of University Assessments – A Developmental Approach. Blog post at https://africasocialwork.net/blog Learning at home,…
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What are artifacts? Artifacts are works of art that are inspired by people’s religion, philosophy and culture. In fact, artifacts…
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Recognising, valuing and using Adinkra symbols from West Africa Like any other part of the world, Africa has symbols. These…
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The Rights of the Child in the Digital Environment On 16 June, Africa commemorates the Day of the African Child….
Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo was a born in Lesotho and lived in South Africa. She was a teacher, social worker…
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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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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The journals below are looking for authors interested in submitting literature review articles on the following topics: 1. Ubuntu and…
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Are you involved in monitoring and evaluation (M and E) in your organization? Do you teach it? Are you are…
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In social work and development, decolonisation has become a key word in learning, teaching, practice and research but it has…
