Afrocentric Intervention Paradigm: An Overview of Successful Application by a Grassroots Organization

The significance of African-centered social work for social work practice

“…Key elements of African-centered thought include promoting the fundamental goodness of people, recognizing the importance of family and community, encouraging individual and collective functioning, understanding the role and significance of spirituality, and acknowledging the critical ways that people are interdependent (Bent-Goodley, 2005;Schiele, 2013). These concrete notions of fortitude and linkages encourage a sense of agency that can be interjected into practice, policy and research and in different fields of practice (Borum, 2014;Byrdsong, Mitchell, & Yamatani, 2013;Schiele, 2010).…”