Social work practice in Africa : indigenous and innovative approaches / edited by Janestic Mwende Twikirize, Helmut Spitzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Twikirize, Janestic M., editor.

Spitzer, Helmut, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Africa.

Social service--Africa.

Physical Description:

xiv, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Kampala [Uganda] : Fountain Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

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 and approaches of problem solving that will inspire social work practice and education. At the core of these models lies a conceptual understanding of the community as the overarching principle for effective social work and social development in African contexts. The empirical part of the book has a focus on East Africa and highlights case examples from Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, burundi, and Kenya. The book is intended for use by those involved in social work and social development practice, social work educators, students, as well as policy markers. it is relevant not just for audiences in Africa but also the global social work community, especially those interested in promoting culturally relevant social work.

Contents:

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 / Consolée Uwihangana, Alexandre Hakizamungu and Théogène 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9970617923

9789970617920

OCLC:

1083572999

Publisher Number:

99980787163