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Volume 42, 2023 - Issue 2: New Directions in Social Work Education in Africa: Challenges and Prospects; Guest editors: Susan Levy and Uzoma Okoye
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Exploring African-centred social work education: the Ghanaian experience

Augustina Naamia Department of Social Work, University of Ghana, Accra, GhanaView further author information
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Magnus Mfoafo-M’Carthyb Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social, WorWilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 238-248 | Received 21 Feb 2022, Accepted 26 Jan 2023, Published online: 27 Feb 2023

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