Political activism as a social work strategy in Africa

International Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Mmatli, Tlamelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Activism; Africa; Rights; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349097981     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807083913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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