Fonds AG3303 - Association for Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA)

Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6

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ZA HPRA AG3303

Title

Association for Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA)

Date(s)

  • 1972 - 1989 (Accumulation)

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Extent and medium

6 hardcopy volumes, 1 DVD

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Administrative history

The Association for Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA) was organized in 1971 as a non-profit organization dedicated to social work education in Africa. ASWEA is no longer in existence but has been superseded by the Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA).

Archival history

Between 1971 and 1989, ASWEA seminars were held with documents written up about each seminar. A group of social work academics, lead by Dr. Kreitzer from the University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work, came across a set of documents that few people knew about. As it would transpire, these were the reports of the seminars of ASWEA. From 2004 onwards, Dr. Kreitzer then set out to find all seminar documents, which could not be located across the African continent, but were found in academic institutions in the United States, and compiled them in their entirety. With the help of funding provided by the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), these documents were printed and bound in 6 hardcopy volumes. The aim of this project was, through the dissemination of these documents, to give African institutions and individuals the opportunity to analyze these documents and use them in the classroom, thereby contributing to enhance the knowledge and information about African social work and adding to the global history of the profession of social work.

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Scope and content

The collection contains documents originating from the work of the Association for Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA), being reports of the seminars of ASWEA that were published between 1971-1989, and a booklet explaining the historical background, objectives, governing body, functions and activities of ASWEA.

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Permission to publish must be obtained from the Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa (ASSWA).

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  • English
  • French

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Note

Four of the ASWEA publications are still missing, which is indicated in the description.

The dates that have been provided for each publication are the dates of publication and not the dates when the seminars were held.

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Archivist's note

All 6 volumes have been digitized.

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