Soro Soke

Soro Soke
Author: Trish Lorenz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2022-05-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1009211854

Africa's population under 35 now equals almost a billion people. Young Nigerians speak about what it means to be young in an ageing world.

Soro Soke

Soro Soke
Author: Trish Lorenz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2022-05-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1009211838

For the first time in human history, people aged over 65 now outnumber children under five. Yet one region in the world is bucking this trend: the world's top 20 youngest countries by population are all located in sub-Saharan Africa, and Africa's population under 35 now equals almost a billion people. Whilst there has been much research and reportage in the West around the lives of millennials and Gen Z, little has been written on the dreams and aspirations, the fears and hopes, the needs and desires of young Africans. The Yoruba expression Soro Soke, meaning "Speak Up", has become a clarion call for young Nigerians seeking to make their voices heard, resonating across the African continent and around the world via social media. Trish Lorenz speaks to the bright new entrepreneurs, artists, and activists of Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, to understand what it means to be young in an otherwise ageing world. This book is also available Open Access.

Ubuntu Philosophy and Decolonising Social Work Fields of Practice in Africa

Ubuntu Philosophy and Decolonising Social Work Fields of Practice in Africa
Author: Janestic Mwende Twikirize
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2023-10-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000965597

This book addresses a recurrent gap in social work literature by examining Ubuntu as an Indigenous African philosophy that informs social work beyond the largely residual and individualistic conceptualisation of social work that currently prevails in many contexts. Owing to the lack of social work theories, models and generally, literature that is locally and contextually relevant, most social work lecturers based in African context, struggle to access learning materials and texts that centre local indigenous voices and worldviews. It is within this context that the ubuntu philosophy has gained traction. There is increasing consensus that Ubuntu as an African philosophy and way of life, has the potential to be used as a decolonising framework for social work education and practice. Theorising from Ubuntu can influence and be the foundation for African social work theory and knowledge, social work values and ethics, social work research and policy, and Ubuntu informing different fields of social work practice like social work with older people, children and young people, ubuntu and poverty alleviation, ubuntu and the environment, among others. Drawing together social workers engaged in education, research, policy, practice, to theorise Ubuntu and its tenets, philosophies, and values, this book shows how it can be a foundation for a decolonised, more relevant social work education and practice in African contexts.

Strategic Social Media as Activism

Strategic Social Media as Activism
Author: Adrienne A. Wallace
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2023-08-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 100093232X

Drawing on a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives, this volume examines the roles strategic communications play in creating social media messaging campaigns designed to engage in digital activism. As social activism and engagement continue to rise, individuals have an opportunity to use their agency as creators and consumers to explore issues of identity, diversity, justice, and action through digital activism. This edited volume situates activism and social justice historically and draws parallels to the work of activists in today’s social movements such as modern-day feminism, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, Missing Murdered Indigenous Women, and We Are All Khaled Said. Each chapter adds an additional filter of nuance, building a complete account of mounting issues through social media movements and at the same time scaffolding the complicated nature of digital collective action. The book will be a useful supplement to courses in public relations, journalism, social media, sociology, political science, diversity, digital activism, and mass communication at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Bread, Cement, Cactus

Bread, Cement, Cactus
Author: Annie Zaidi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2020-05-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108840647

In this prize-winning exploration of the meaning of home, Annie Zaidi reflects on places, cultures and conflicts that shape identity.

Poetry Speaks

Poetry Speaks
Author: Elise Paschen
Publisher: Sourcebooks Mediafusion
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

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Hausa-English

Hausa-English
Author: Charles Henry Robinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1925
Genre: English language
ISBN: