There is some consensus that colonial white western social work which centers on western
philosophy, theory and epistemologies is inappropriate, irrelevant for African contexts. The …

But why 'whiteness'? We are using the idea of whiteness deliberately, to emphasise that the
dominance of Western knowledge systems is inherently racialised. The colonialist project …

Abstract In Africa's Great Lakes region, many rural communities face serious challenges
including chronic poverty, lack of infrastructure, high unemployment, inadequate education …

Social work education in Nigeria is largely dominated by Eurocentric knowledge, theories
and beliefs. This has led to a one-sided narrative where Eurocentric ideologies are …

This article identifies some of the key challenges hindering effective social work education
and practice in African nations. These problems include an orientation that is remedial or …

Social work around the world has been, uncritically, defined from a mostly white western
perspective influenced predominantly by the profession's development in Europe and North …

This article examines social work education and training trends in Zimbabwe based on
literature review using the lens of decolonisation of social work education. The article's …

Social work education in Africa is faced with a myriad of challenges that require immediate
attention for a sustainable future. If the principles of social justice, human rights and respect …

The interactions of history, geography, domestic policies, and geopolitics have contributed to
the chronic and pervasive poverty that many African countries find themselves in. The …

In this article, the focus is on social work in sub-Saharan Africa from a female-specific
perspective. The article answers the following two questions: what are the most central …