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Africa Social Work and Development Network | Mtandao waKazi zaJamii naMaendeleo waAfrica
Africa Social Work & Development Network | Mtandao waKazi zaJamii naMaendeleo waAfrika

Africa Social Work & Development Network | Mtandao waKazi zaJamii naMaendeleo waAfrika

We create, aggregate and disseminate information and resources to facilitate Social Work and Social Development in Africa.

  • ACADEMICS
    • Lecture Resources
    • Lectures
    • Fieldwork Resources
    • Approaches to assessing learning
    • Types of University Assessments
    • ASWDNet Guide to Writing (Journals)
    • ASWDNet Guide to Writing and Publishing
  • PRACTITIONERS
    • Values and Ethics in Africa
    • Africa Social Work and Development Awards
    • Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
    • Templates, Models, Frameworks, Assessment Tools and Questionnaires
    • African Theories
    • Supervision
  • STUDENTS
    • Social Work and Development Student Conference (SWDSC)
    • 12 Steps to Get Published
    • Tips for Prospective Doctoral Students
    • ASWDNet Guide to Writing (Academic Research Brief| Proposal | Thesis)
    • Writing a journal article could be as easy as making fufu, nsima, ugali or matoke!
    • Lectures
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  • RESEARCHERS
    • Research Methods
    • Qualitative data levels of analysis
    • African Independent Ethics Committee (AIEC)
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    • Publisher/Journal Checker
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    • Reviewers
    • Ubuntu Research Group (URG)
    • Kuumba (Mentoring)
      • SURVEY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES FOR AFRICA
      • Mentees
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      • Guidelines
    • Afrocentric Mentoring Project (AfroME)
  • ASSOCIATIONS
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  • COMMUNITIES
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  • MEMBERS
  • Africa Philosophy
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  • Library | Databases
  • Social Work
    • Social Work Education institutions (SWEI) in Africa
    • Biography of Social Development in Africa
      • Charlotte Makgomo-Mannya Maxeke (1871-1939)
      • Zahia Marzouk (1906 – 1988)
      • Regina Gelana Twala (1908-1968)
      • Mai Musodzi Chibhaga Ayema (1885-1952)
      • Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo (1914 – 2006)
      • Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917 – 1 July 1999)
      • Jairos Jiri (1921 – 1982)
      • Kenneth Buchizya Kaunda (1924-2021)
      • John Samuel Mbiti (1931-2019)
      • Gibson Mthuthuzeli Kent (1932-2004)
      • Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 1936–2016
      • Ngugi wa Mirii (1951 – May 3, 2008)
      • Andrew Chad Nyanguru (28 Mar 1953-14 May 2014)
      • Professor Rodreck Mupedziswa
      • Edwell Kaseke (1954-2017)
      • Lovemore Mbigi
      • Selassie Seyoum Gebre (1936-)
      • Arega Yimam (-c1989)
      • Dr Noel Garikai Muridzo
      • Dr Edmos Mthethwa
      • Phillip Manyanye Bohwasi
      • Wassie Kebede
      • Gidraph G Wairire
      • Wangari Muta Maathai
      • Uzoma Odera Okoye, Dr
    • Social Work Journals and Other Serial Publications in Africa (ASWDNet Index)
    • Association of Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA) – 1965 to 1989
    • Future of Social Work in Africa
    • Environmental Social Work
  • Development
    • Developmental Work Database
  • Ubuntu
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  • Africa
    • African Anthem (African Union)
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    • African symbols and alphabets
    • Fundi – The African Dictionary and Encyclopaedia of Social Work and Development
    • Africa Religion (uAfrica)
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    • The San Code of Research Ethics (San Code)
  • Blog
    • Our Ubuntu-inspired Comments Policy
    • Become a Blogger
    • Admin ASWDNet
    • Babekazi
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    • Rugare Mugumbate
    • Decolonise
    • Writing and Publishing
    • Development
    • Toto
    • Ms. Alexandra Thokozile Mliswa (MSc,LLB, BA)
    • Environmental work
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    • All Posts Basket
  • Mfundo | CPD
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Blog

Dr Mzukisi Xweso’s appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ubuntu | Nyingi waUbuntu

Dr Mzukisi Xweso’s appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ubuntu | Nyingi waUbuntu

Admin ASWDNet
External event: Global to Grounded: Local Wisdom and the Future of International Social Work

External event: Global to Grounded: Local Wisdom and the Future of International Social Work

Decolonise
AU Theme 2026: Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063

AU Theme 2026: Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063

African Union
Overview of the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly

Overview of the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly

African Union
Beyond slogans: A critical reflection on harambee and Ubuntu from a South African Black social worker

Beyond slogans: A critical reflection on harambee and Ubuntu from a South African Black social worker

Global
World Social Work Day 2026 – Harambee is the theme

World Social Work Day 2026 – Harambee is the theme

Global
Free downloads from Journal of Ubuntu | Nyingi waUbuntu

Free downloads from Journal of Ubuntu | Nyingi waUbuntu

Admin ASWDNet
Feedback giving and receiving in publishing: why it matters?

Feedback giving and receiving in publishing: why it matters?

Motivating
Truthfulness and falsification, justice, and Indigenous research ethics: Lessons from Ubuntu and the San Code

Truthfulness and falsification, justice, and Indigenous research ethics: Lessons from Ubuntu and the San Code

Motivating
Research data: a practical guide

Research data: a practical guide

Admin ASWDNet
The Quest for a Corrupt-Free Africa

The Quest for a Corrupt-Free Africa

Admin ASWDNet
Understanding Nego-feminism and its implications for social work and development

Understanding Nego-feminism and its implications for social work and development

Admin ASWDNet
Africa’s future, social work, and development: lessons from Ghana’s address to the UN General Assembly

Africa’s future, social work, and development: lessons from Ghana’s address to the UN General Assembly

Global
Global social work and development: Africa’s position at the UN 2025 General Assembly

Global social work and development: Africa’s position at the UN 2025 General Assembly

Global
Africa’s knowledge for the world: The philosophy of Ubuntu and the value of harambee at SWSD 2026

Africa’s knowledge for the world: The philosophy of Ubuntu and the value of harambee at SWSD 2026

Conferences
When the world visits Africa: a reflection for social work and development

When the world visits Africa: a reflection for social work and development

Conferences
Welcome to 2026

Welcome to 2026

Admin ASWDNet
Stokvels: an opportunity for development at family, community and national level or not?

Stokvels: an opportunity for development at family, community and national level or not?

Development
Long list of African symbols and alphabet characters

Long list of African symbols and alphabet characters

Languages
How many and which systems make up IKS – indigenous knowledge systems?

How many and which systems make up IKS – indigenous knowledge systems?

Advanced knowledge in social work and development
Designing a theoretical framework for research

Designing a theoretical framework for research

Admin ASWDNet
Publishing Dictionary | Fundi

Publishing Dictionary | Fundi

Research
We want lights, not power: The Gen Z uprising in Madagascar and implications for radical social development

We want lights, not power: The Gen Z uprising in Madagascar and implications for radical social development

Admin ASWDNet
African language symbols and alphabets

African language symbols and alphabets

Languages
Decolonising the digital environment: what you can do with Wikipedia

Decolonising the digital environment: what you can do with Wikipedia

Admin ASWDNet
Africa’s knowledge for the world: Ubuntu and harambee at SWSD 2026

Africa’s knowledge for the world: Ubuntu and harambee at SWSD 2026

Conferences
UNETHICAL FUNDRAISING IN THE NAME OF AFRICA

UNETHICAL FUNDRAISING IN THE NAME OF AFRICA

Fundraising
Maathai’s Under the Tree Indaba (MUTI) teaching and learning approach

Maathai’s Under the Tree Indaba (MUTI) teaching and learning approach

Teaching and Learning (Fundo)
Call for Abstracts for the 2026 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development (SWSD 2026) is now open!

Call for Abstracts for the 2026 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development (SWSD 2026) is now open!

Admin ASWDNet
Artificial Intelligence (AI), technocolonial and decolonisation in African Social Work Education and Practice

Artificial Intelligence (AI), technocolonial and decolonisation in African Social Work Education and Practice

Admin ASWDNet

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