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Issues – current and past

18 May 2025 - Extended-abstracts for students conference
10 May 2025 - In Memory of thinker Mzee Mudimbe
3 May 2025 - Africa Day conversations
25 April 2025 - New Ethics Officer|New students leadership
17 April 2025 - A focus on religion
13 April 2025 - A decolonised curriculum
1 April 2025 - A STUDENT DEVELOPS A NEW MODEL
21 March 2025 - Basics of Developmental Social Services
14 March 2025 - Nominations open for Day of the African Child Conference leaders
9 March 2025 - Posts for International Women's Day
8 March 2025 - New book now available
2 March 2025 - South Africans affirm land return policy
21 February 2025 - Call for Book Chapters (Mental - Health African Understandings)
15 February 2025 - Dead Aid Theory - aid as a weapon
7 February 2025 - Learning from Dogon people and culture
13 January 2025 - AI ethical use
4 January 2025 - Welcoming 2025
12 December 2024 - Final reminder Ubuntu Lecture
11 December 2024 - Ubuntu Lecture Tommorrow
2 December 2024 - Registration open - Ubuntu Lecture
28 November 2024 - 3rd Annual Ubuntu Lecture 2024
12 November 2024 - 3rd Annual Ubuntu Lecture 2024
21 October 2024 - All Details - Wazee Day 2024
16 October 2024 - Call for papers on development
8 October 2024 - Standard AI Policy
2 October 2024 - Ubuntu Ndaba 2024
20 September 2024 - Mpox - what you need to know
14 September 2024 - Nile floods in South Sudan
3 September 2024 - Africa PhD scholarships for female students
26 August 2024 - Kenule Saro-Wiwa and Shell Company
20 August 2024 - Help us with contacts
14 August 2024 - Migration impact on Africa—questions to ponder on
8 August 2024 - Developing and validating theories
1 August 2024 - Keynotes, speeches and presentations published
22 July 2024 - Demographics of survey participants so far
9 July 2024 - Biased western discourse of sexuality in Africa
30 June 2024 - Invite - Survey on Social Problems
18 June 2024 - Hongera conference organisers
13 June 2024 - 155! registered for conference
7 June 2024 - Students Conference Program
31 May 2024 - Indaba Video & Awards Speeches
25 May 2024 - Hongera! to those awarded
18 May 2024 - Have you registered for Africa Day Indaba?
10 May 2024 - Abstracts date extended for Students Conference
5 May 2024 - New student in DAC Conference Committee
30 April 2024 - Africa Day Indaba 2024 Registration Now Open
21 April 2024 - Reviewing Training/Educational Programs
12 April 2024 - Matching Curricula to Needs
7 April 2024 - Key events in 2024
28 March 2024 - Last Chance to Nominate for Awards
23 March 2024 - Webinar & Book Launch Invitation
16 March 2024 - AU theme for 2024 - Relevant learning in Africa
9 March 2024 - Africa, Gender and Development Journal Special Issue
1 March 2024 - Africa Environment Day/Wangari Maathai Day 2024
23 February 2024 - Research utilisation approaches and checklist
16 February 2024 - Looking for information about each country
9 February 2024 - AJSW Special Issue on The Social Development Approach
4 February 2024 - Awards nominations still open
26 January 2024 - Help us identify ASWEA members (1977 meeting)
20 January 2024 - Free Zoom and website accounts available
12 January 2024 - Call for Papers - Disability
6 January 2024 - Tunakutakia mwaka wa mafanikio wa 2024
27 December 2023 - End of Year Messsage from ASWDNet
23 December 2023 - Certificates | New Journal | Kwanzaa
14 December 2023 - Videos & Survey Results from Ubuntu Lecture
7 December 2023 - Reminder to attend Ubuntu Lecture/Fundo yaUbuntu
1 December 2023 - Meet Lecturer 1 (Fundo yaUbuntu 2023)
24 November 2023 - End of year events in the region
19 November 2023 - AU Protocol on Disability
11 November 2023 - Innovative fieldwork ideas
5 November 2023 - Integrated Musha/Nyumba Theory of Socio-economic Development
28 October 2023 - AU, Palestine-Israel Conflict

03/08/2023 – Happy Women’s Day
03/03/2023 – Call for ethics committee members
02/28/2023 – Longwe Framework for Gender Analysis
02/09/2023 – Call for Ubuntu literature reviews
01/18/2023 – Happy 2023 | Awards 2022
12/19/2022 – End of Year Message
12/10/2022 – Videos from Ubuntu Lecture
11/16/2022 – Ubuntu Lecture – 10 days to go
10/25/2022 – 11 Decolonial Digital Apps for African Children
10/07/2022 – Africa Ageing Theory – Nyanguru’s Model
09/21/2022 – African research methods (examples, literature etc)
08/25/2022 – African research methods (examples, literature etc)
07/29/2022 – JDA now indexed in the AJOL database
07/01/2022 – 7 VIDEO RECORDINGS FROM AFRICA DAY INDABA
06/16/2022 – Today is Day of the African Child (DAC)
06/03/2022 – SLIDES_THEMES_HANDOUTS FROM AFRICA DAY INDABA
05/25/2022 – HAPPY AFRICA DAY 2022 POSTER AND BLOGS
05/07/2022 – UPCOMING AFRICA DAY INDABA
03/21/2022 – WEBINAR ON RESEARCH GRANT WRITING
03/18/2022 – WEBINAR INVITATION_ALL ABOUT RESEARCH GRANT WRITING

How to cite Owia Bulletin using ASWDNet style

Author surname and initial, if specified (year) OR Africa Social Work and Development Network (ASWDNet) (Year). Owia Bulletin for Social Work and Development Work, Issue Number.

Owia Kokroko – what this means

In the Adinkra alphabet in West Africa, Owia represents the strengths, vitality and renewal of the sun, which we are using to mean strengths and vitality of Africa’s knowledge. Owia kokroko means greatness of the sun – the sun is the ultimate source of all life and vitality on earth. We are using Owia to represent strengths, renewal and vitality of Africa’s knowledge.

Editorial and Creative Board

Kudzai Mwapaura, Lecturer and Fieldwork Coordinator, Department of Social Work, Women’s University in Africa, Zimbabwe

Dr Agness C Tembo, Course/Stream Coordinator Postgraduate Advanced Studies Intensive Care Nursing, Lecturer intensive and Critical Care, University of Sydney, Australia

Yuvan Sankar, Chief Executive Officer – National Integrated Welfare and Development Trust (NIWAD), India

Willard Muntanga, Master in Disaster Risk and Livelihoods Studies, Zimbabwe