Indigenising Social Work in Africa
- ISBN-10
- 9964303521
- ISBN-13
- 9789964303525
- Category
- Social work education
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Authors
- Gloria Jacques, Kwaku Osei-Hwedie
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