Social Work Practice in Africa : Indigenous and Innovative Approaches /
The importance of integrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems into mainstream social work and ensuring context-specific, culturally relevant practice has long been emphasized in Africa and the Global South. This book, based on empirical research, presents a selection of Indigenous and innovative models...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Kampala [Uganda] :
Fountain Publishers
2019.
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| Serie: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2tp73vt |
Sommario:
- About the editors
- About the contributors
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Preface. Indigenous and innovative social work practice: evidence from East Africa / Janestic M. Twikirize and Helmut Spitzer
- Ubuntu as a Pan-African philosophical framework for social work in Africa / Rodreck Mupedziswa, Morena Rankopo and Lengwe-Katembula Mwansa
- Culturally relevant curriculum for social work: an ethical imperative for our time / Linda Kreitzer
- A social work analysis of home-grown solutions and poverty reduction in Rwanda: the traditional approach of ubudehe / Charles Rutikanga
- Umugoroba w'Ababyeyi: an innovative social work approach to socio-economic wellbeing in Rwanda / Consolee Uwihangana, Alexandre Hakizamungu and Theogene Bangwanubusa
- Indigenous and innovative models of problem solving in Tanzania: strengths and obstacles for their adoption / Zena M. Mabeyo and Abigail Kiwelu
- Community organising in Tanzania: learning from the Msaragambo model in Kilimanjaro region / Zena M. Mabeyo, Abu Mvungi and William Manyama
- Culturally responsive social work practice in Uganda: a review of selected innovative and Indigenous models / Ronald Luwangula, Janestic M. Twikirize, Justus Twesigye and Stanley Kitimbo
- Building resilience through Indigenous mechanisms: the case of Bataka groups in Western Uganda / Justus Twesigye, Janestic M. Twikirize, Ronald Luwangula and Stanley Kitimbo
- Traditional fostering in a post-conflict context: the case of Laroo-Pece Women's Association in Norther Uganda / Ronald Luwangula, Janestic M. Twikirize and Justus Twesigye
- Rural older women's survival in Uganda: implications for social work with older people / Sharlotte Tusasiirwe
- Exploring the efficacy of the bashingantahe institution as an Indigenous model of problem solving in Burundi / Susan Muchiri, Jacqueline Murekasenge and Serges Claver Nzisabira
- Ikibiri in Burundian society: an Indigenous model of solidarity and collaboration / Susan Muchiri, Jacqueline Murekasenge and Serges Claver Nzisabira
- The role of mobile phones in social work service delivery: a Kenyan perspective / Elijah Macharia Ndung'u
- Towards integrating Indigenous knowledge and problem solving into contemporary social work in Africa / Helmut Spitzer and Janestic M. Twikirize. Glossary of key Indigenous terms and concepts.