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Social Work with the Black African Diaspora Washington Marovatsanga (Independent scholar, researcher and consultant. He is also a qualified social worker and member of the Irish Association of Social Workers.)

Social Work with the Black African Diaspora By Washington Marovatsanga (Independent scholar, researcher and consultant. He is also a qualified social worker and member of the Irish Association of Social Workers.)

Summary

Social work education and interventions with Black African families are frequently impaired because of structural discrimination and racism. Rooted in rich empirical work with practitioners and educators, this urgent, scholarly and accessible book emphasises that 'Black Lives Matter'.

Social Work with the Black African Diaspora Summary

Social Work with the Black African Diaspora by Washington Marovatsanga (Independent scholar, researcher and consultant. He is also a qualified social worker and member of the Irish Association of Social Workers.)

Social work education and interventions with Black African families are frequently impaired because of discrimination, racism and the structuring priorities of neoliberalism. Rooted in rich and fascinating empirical work with practitioners and educators, this urgent, scholarly and accessible book emphasises that 'Black Lives Matter'. Intent on nurturing more progressive and pluralistic practices in pedagogy and practice, the book is a timely and significant contribution seeking to remake social work approaches to issues of 'race', racism and social justice.

About Washington Marovatsanga (Independent scholar, researcher and consultant. He is also a qualified social worker and member of the Irish Association of Social Workers.)

Washington Marovatsanga works at the Atlantic Technological University in the Republic of Ireland. He is a qualified social worker and board member of the Irish Association of Social Workers. Paul Michael Garrett works at the University of Galway in the Republic of Ireland. He is an elected member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Keywords, concepts and terminology 3. Decolonising theory 4. Afrocentricity and its critics 5. Social Work in neoliberal, 'multicultural' Ireland 6. 'When in Rome, you do as the Romans do'? Social work with the Black African diaspora 7. Conclusion

Additional information

NGR9781447363118
9781447363118
1447363116
Social Work with the Black African Diaspora by Washington Marovatsanga (Independent scholar, researcher and consultant. He is also a qualified social worker and member of the Irish Association of Social Workers.)
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Paperback
Bristol University Press
2024-01-01
208
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