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Thank you so much for this honour. By affirming decolonial scholarship, and here, the small part that my work contributes, ASWDNET strengthens this project. I firstly want to acknowledge those with whom I have written in this area of scholarship and who should therefore also be named: Shahana Rasool; Motlalepule Nathane; Robel Afeworki-Abay; Francine Masson;…
Citing African authors contributes directly to increasing their visibility, citation rates, and the impact of the journals they publish in. Unfortunately, many African scholars still overwhelmingly reference authors from outside the continent—authors who, in most cases, rarely cite African research in return. This imbalance perpetuates the dominance and prestige of non-African journals and researchers, while…
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Following the meeting at the White House where Africa was humiliated by the Americans led by President Trump on 21 May, our readers may be wondering what is the correct position. My own position is that the USA, Trump, Musk and their supporters, including AfriForum are wrong about ‘genocide’ and land. Below are some reliable…
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Mzee Ngugi, son of Thiongo died at the age 87 on 28 May this week. Rest well, pumzika, Mzee. He was born 1938, Kamirithu, Kenya. He studied at the renowned Makerere University in Uganda. His family participated in decolonisation of Kenyan land from the British. One brother was killed in the Mau Mau Uprising and…
The restorative learning model supported by these researchers from South Africa originates from Ndlovu-Gatsheni who said “You need to unlearn that one geographical space in the world cannot be teacher of the world. And then relearn that all human beings are born to valid and legitimateknowledge.” Key elements of the restorative learning model are: Readings…
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Title: Decolonizing International Social Work Education February 27, 2025, 12-2pm EST The Council of Social work Education (CSWE) Council of Global Social Issues, is starting an educational series on a range of topics related to Global Social Work Education, supported by Kathrine Kendall Institute Grant. We are inviting you to join us (and invite your colleagues)…
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Case study 2 – mass murder in Uganda In Uganda, in the year 2000, a Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God motivated by Mary of the Bible set 500 people on fire until they died Kanungu District, and about 400 other bodies were found buried at different locations killed by stabbing…
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Socio-economic development studies are crucial for development al social work, which has been promoted as the best approach to social work and development in Africa. The body of knowledge of socio-economic development in Africa is growing and new models and theories are emerging. A model that emerged in 2021 is the integrated musha/nyumba. This is…
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Cite as: Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa and Africa Social Work and Development Network (2023). Key points and actions from Wazee/Older Persons Webinar, 6 October 2023 Key Points and Actions (PDF version, PowerPoint version, Image/Picture/PNG version
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Cite as: Mugumbate, R. (2023). Ubuntu-Inspired Workshop or Seminar – An Example and Skills for Facilitators. Blog post at https://africasocialwork.net/blog Context I am a social work academic who values and uses decolonised methods in education and research. In this blog, I will share my experience running an Ubuntu-inspired workshop as part of World Social Work…
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