Ubuntu Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UBUNTU IN SOCIAL WORK, DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE

Abur, W. and Mugumbate J. R. (2022). Experiences of Ubuntu and implications of African philosophy for social work in Australia. Advances in Social Work & Welfare Education, 23(2), 21-37.

Achebe, C. (1958). Things Fall Apart. London: Heinemann.

Africa Social Work Network (ASWNet) (2022, 17 October). Ubuntu. https://africasocialwork.net/motsi/ubuntu/

Bangura, A. K. (2005). ‘Ubuntugogy’: An African educational paradigm that transcends pedagogy, andragogy, ergonagy and heutagogy. Journal of Third World Studies, XXII (2), 13-53.

Bangura, A., K. (2012). From Diop to Asante: Conceptualizing and Contextualizing the Afrocentric Paradigm: The Journal of Pan African Studies, 5(1), 103-125. http://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol5no1/5.1FromDiop.pdf

Chigangaidze, R. K. (2022). Environmental social work through the African philosophy of Ubuntu: A conceptual analysis. International Social Work. Onlinefirst.

Chilisa, B. (2020). Indigenous Research Methodologies. (2nd ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

Council of Social Workers Zimbabwe (CSW) (2012). Social workers code of ethics. Statutory Instrument 146 of 2012.

Diop, C. A. (1974). The African Origin of Civilisation: Myth and Reality. Lawrence Hill Books, Chicago, Illinois.

Dudzai C (2021). The value of Ubuntu towards the fight against corruption in Zimbabwe: A social work perspective. African Journal of Social Work 11(1): 48–51.

Gade, C. B. N. (2011). The historical development of the written discourses on Ubuntu. South African Journal of Philosophy, 30, 303-329.

Gatwiri, K., Tusasiirwe, S. (2022). Afrocentric Feminism and Ubuntu-Led Social Work Practice in an African Context. In: Cocker, C., Hafford-Letchfield, T. (eds) Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 

Government of Botswana (2016). Vision 2036. Gaborone: Government of Botswana.

Kaunda, K. (1966). A Humanist in Africa. London: Longman Greens

Kissi, E. (2018). Sankofa: The Critical Nkrumahist Theory. The Journal of Pan African Studies, 12(7), 154–174.

Lim, L., Baez, J. C.; Pataky, M. G.; Wilder, E., and Wilhelmina van Sittert, H. (2022). School Social Workers in the Milieu: Ubuntu as a Social Justice Imperative. International Journal of School Social Work, 6(2). Online.

Mabvurira, V. (2020). Hunhu/Ubuntu philosophy as a guide for ethical decision making in social work. African Journal of Social Work, 10(1), 73-77.

Mararike, C. G. (1998). African Philosophy and Human Factor Development. Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications.

Mayaka, B. and Truell. R. (2021) Ubuntu and its potential impact on international social work profession. International Social Work 64: 649–662.

Mbiti, J. S. (1969). African religions and philosophy. Johannesburg: Heinemann.

Metz, T. (2016). Recent philosophical approaches to social protection: From capability to Ubuntu. Global Social Policy, 16(2), 132–150

Mugumbate, J. (2020). Samkange’s theory of Ubuntu and its contribution to a decolonised social work pedagogy. In Morley, C. (Ed.), Ablett, P. (Ed.), Noble, C. (Ed.), Cowden, S. (Ed.). Routledge Handbook of Critical Pedagogies. London: Routledge.

Mugumbate, J. R. and Chereni, A. (2020). Now, the theory of Ubuntu has its space in social work. African Journal of Social Work, 10(1), v-xvii.

Mugumbate, J., & Chereni, A. (2019). Using African Ubuntu theory in social work with children in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Social Work, 9(1), 27-34..

Mugumbate, J., & Nyanguru, A. (2013). Exploring African philosophy: The value of Ubuntu in social work. African Journal of Social Work, 3(1), 82-100.

Mupedziswa, R., Rankopo, M. and Mwansa, L. (2019). Ubuntu as a Pan-African Philosophical Framework for Social Work in Africa. In Social Work Practice in Africa Indigenous and Innovative Approaches. Eds J. M. Twikirize and H. Spitzer. Kampala: Fountain.

Nabudere, D. W. (2005). Ubuntu philosophy: memory and reconciliation. Document. Kigali, Centre for Basic Research.

Nyanguru, A. C., & Hampson, J., & Adamchak, D. J., & Wilson, Adrian. (1994). Family support for the elderly in Zimbabwe. Southern African Journal of Gerontology. 3. 22-26.

Nyerere, J. K. (1968). Ujamaa: the basis of socialism. In: Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism. Dar Es Salaam.

Nziramasanga C. T. (1999). The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Education and Training. Nziramasanga Commission, Zimbabwe.

Ramose, M. B. (1999). African Philosophy Through Ubuntu. Mond Books.

Rankopo J. M. and Diraditsile K. (2021). The interface between botho and social work practice in Botswana: towards Afrocentric models. African Journal of Social Work, 10(1), 1-4.

Robert K. Chigangaidze (2022) Utilising ubuntu in social work practice: ubuntu in the eyes of the multimodal approach, Journal of Social Work Practice, 36:3, 291-301.

Samkange, S. and Samkange, T. M. (1980). Hunhuism or Ubuntuism: A Zimbabwean indigenous political philosophy. Harare: Graham Publishing.

Tusasiirwe, S., Kansiime, P., Eyaa, S., Namisango, F., & Bulamu, N. (2021). Living and Revitalizing Ubuntu: Challenges of Passing on Ubuntu Values to the Younger Generation and Attempted Strategies to Overcome Them. In J. Mukuni, & J. Tlou (Ed.), Understanding Ubuntu for Enhancing Intercultural Communications (pp. 85-101). Online. IGI Global.

van Breda, A. D. (2019). Developing the notion of Ubuntu as African theory for social work practice. Social Work55(4), 439-450.

Wa Thiongo, Ngugi. (1986). Decolonising the Mind. The politics of language in African literature. Nairobi, Heinemann Kenya/Harare, Zimbabwe Publishing House.

Wiredu, K. (1980). Philosophy and an African Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wiredu, K. (2002). Conceptual decolonization as an imperative in contemporary African philosophy: some personal reflections. Rue Descartes, 36, 53-64.

Xiang, Y., and Leung, C. T. -L. (2022). The utilisation of Ubuntu across cultures: A case study of a rural development programme in China. International Social Work, 0(0). Onlinefirst.