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Journal website: www.ubuntu.africasocialwork.net Supported by Zivo Publishing, the Journal of Ubuntu/Nyingi waUbuntu provides a platform for the publishing of high…
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There are many women who contributed significantly to social development and social work in Africa. Some of these women are…
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Developed by Sara Hlupekile Longwe of Zambia in 1995, this is one of the world’s most persuasive gender theories. The framework…
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May – Africa Day Indaba Africa Day Webinar June – Day of the African Child Conference Indaba yaWatoto October –…
Case study 2 – mass murder in Uganda In Uganda, in the year 2000, a Movement for the Restoration of…
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The JDA has an open call for papers. Submit to people-centred@africasocialwork.net You will be fully supported to get published. Important…
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The ASWDNet is happy to announce its first two Online Courses (Free) — Visit our Mfundo Training Portal for Research Ethics Courses…
May – Africa Day Indaba Africa Day Webinar June – Day of the African Child Conference Indaba yaWatoto October –…
The Adinkra people are an Akan tribe of Ghana, West of Africa. Their symbol is a bird called Sankofa. Like…
Cite as: Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa and Africa Social Work and Development Network (2023). Key points…
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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
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…
A United States of America based sexuality activism organisation, Synergía – Initiatives for Human Rights, together with other Western-funded organisations,…
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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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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The IASSW recently published its 2020 directory of SWEIs. The directory shows the Africa had 290 SWEI by 2020 although…
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There are several methods and techniques of research that are African because they existed in Africa before modern science or…
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By Rugare Mugumbate My first research article was published in 2013 in an African journal published in Zimbabwe by the…
Excerpts from a seminal article by Adbul Karim Bangura. To access the full article, use this link. More African social…
From welfarist and charitable to developmental and decolonial methods Cite as: Africa Social Work Network (2022). Ubuntu values and ethics…
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“My blood, like the heroic blood of many great Kenyans who have fallen in the course of this war, shall…
