Developing Culturally Relevant Social Work Education in Africa: The Case of Botswana

Abstract

The debate on using local knowledges to develop non-Western societies is not new. In the case of social work, the concept of localization is linked to the processes of developing culturally appropriate education and practice models to meet the unique needs of diverse cultures in local contexts. The search for appropriateness emerged as social work expanded to non-Western countries, and scholars began to question the relevance of Western social work in developing countries. Criticisms of Western imperialism were spearheaded inter alia by scholars including Branscombe (1961), Brown (1957), Clifford (1966), Dunning (1972), Hoey (1954), Midgley (1983), Robertson (1963), Shawky (1972) and the United Nations (1971).

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