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The ASWNet aggregates information and resources to facilitate Social Work on the African continent.

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Category: Babekazi

Babekazi means aunt or father’s sister. In Africa babekazi occupies a very important position in families and communities. She is a father (yes father!), mentor, discipliner, confidant, educator, counsellor and offers a critical, political, cultural and gender voice. This space on this website is dedicated to Babekazi, also known as tete or shangazi.

Admin ASWNet…

Kenneth Buchizya Kaunda’s contribution to the philosophy of African humanism (ubuntu) and pan-African theory

6 Jul 2021
Contributors: Jacob Rugare Mugumbate and Joachim Cuthbert Mumba Former Zambian President, Dr Kenneth B. Kaunda On 17 June 2021, former Zambian president and pan-Africanist Kenneth Kaunda died in Lusaka at…
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DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD (DAC): 16 JUNE 2021

16 Jun 2021
Today we join the rest of the African region in commemorating Day of the African Child. In South Africa, 16 June is Youth Day, a public holiday. The theme for…
Babekazi…

Ubuntu and Social Work Resources

8 Mar 202126 May 2021
Ubuntu is a collection of values and practices that Black people of Africa view as making people and their communities authentic. While the nuances of these values and practices vary…

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COVID-19 UPDATE

Africa Infections: 11.5 million people. Deaths 256 000

World infections: 515 million. Deaths 6.3 million

Data aggregated by ASWNet on 20 April 2022

View the COVID-19 references list for Africa

Social Work in:

  • Algeria 🇩🇿
  • Angola 🇦🇴
  • Benin 🇧🇯
  • Botswana 🇧🇼
  • Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
  • Burundi 🇧🇮
  • Cabo Verde 🇨🇻
  • Cameroon 🇨🇲
  • Central Africa Republic 🇨🇫
  • Chad 🇹🇩
  • Comoros 🇰🇲
  • Congo, DR 🇨🇩
  • Congo 🇨🇬
  • Cote D’Ivoire 🇨🇮
  • Djibouti 🇩🇯
  • Egypt 🇪🇬
  • Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶
  • Eritrea 🇪🇷
  • Eswatini 🇸🇿
  • Ethiopia 🇪🇹
  • Gabon 🇬🇦
  • Gambia, The 🇬🇲
  • Ghana 🇬🇭
  • Guinea 🇬🇳
  • Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
  • Kenya 🇰🇪
  • Lesotho 🇱🇸
  • Liberia 🇱🇷
  • Libya 🇱🇾
  • Madagascar 🇲🇬
  • Malawi 🇲🇼
  • Mali 🇲🇱
  • Mauritania 🇲🇷
  • Mauritius 🇲🇺
  • Morocco 🇲🇦
  • Mozambique 🇲🇿
  • Namibia 🇳🇦
  • Niger 🇳🇪
  • Nigeria 🇳🇬
  • Rwanda 🇷🇼
  • Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇹
  • Senegal 🇸🇳
  • Seychelles 🇸🇨
  • Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
  • Somalia 🇸🇴
  • South Africa 🇿🇦
  • South Sudan 🇸🇸
  • Sudan 🇸🇩
  • Togo 🇹🇬
  • Tanzania 🇹🇿
  • Tunisia 🇹🇳
  • Uganda 🇺🇬
  • Western Sahara (SADR)
  • Zambia 🇿🇲
  • Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
  • Aborigines Countries
  • “Dongo”
  • Papua New Guinea
  • ‘Sidi’
  • ‘Wakanda’
  • Umoja waAfrica (African Union)

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