Africa has a long experience with reducing poverty and vulnerability. In the contemporary period, social development and social work are at the forefront of dealing with abject poverty and some of the worlds most difficult problems. This book brings research in Africa to the forefront so that those in other regions of the world can learn from it. It was originally published as a special issue of theJournal of Community Practice.
Foreword James Midgley
1. Introduction: Can Africa Learn From Africa?
Can the World Learn From Africa? Tasse Abye and Alice K. Butterfield PART I:
THEORY
2. Indigenous Welfare and Community-Based Social Development: Lessons
from African Innovations Leila Patel, Edwell Kaseke and James Midgley
3.
Community-Based Juvenile Offender Programs in South Africa: Lessons Learned
Willem Roestenburg and Emmerentie Oliphant
4. Women, Social Networks, and HIV
Wassie Kebede PART II: POLICY
5. Replacement Feeding Experiences of
HIV-Positive Mothers in Ethiopia Bogale Abera Woldegiyorgis and James L.
Scherrer
6. Formerly Abducted Child Mothers in Northern Uganda: A Critique of
Modern Structures for Child Protection and Reintegration Eric Awich Ochen,
Adele D. Jones and James W. McAuley
7. Trafficked to the Gulf States: The
Experiences of Ethiopian Returnee Women Abebaw Minaye PART III: PRACTICE
8.
"We Cant Eat a Road:" Asset-Based Community Development and The Gedam Sefer
Community Partnership in Ethiopia Mulu Yeneabat and Alice K. Butterfield
9.
The Grassroots Londolozi Model of African Development: Social Empathy in
Action Kate Groch, Karen E. Gerdes, Elizabeth A. Segal and Maureen Groch
10.
An Integrated Developmental Model for Poverty Reduction in South Africa: An
NGOs Perspective Antoinette Lombard, Marieta Kemp, Nelie Viljoen-Toet and
Martie Booyzen
11. Promoting Social Development: Building a Professional
Social Work Association in Namibia Janetta Ananias and Elizabeth Lightfoot
12. Conclusion: Learning from Africa: Publication and Research Alice K.
Butterfield and Tasse Abye
Alice K. Butterfield is Professor at the Jane Addams College of Social Work, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. She has been involved in social work education and research in Ethiopia since 2001. Dr. Butterfield is the author of more than 35 journal articles on homelessness, international social work, and community development.
Tasse Abye is Counsellor to the President of the University of Nouakchott, Mauritania. His previous posts include President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Academic Vice President for International Affairs at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, and Directeur Général de l'Institut du Développement Social in Canteleu-Rouen, France.
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