Social Work with the Black African Diaspora

Washington Marovatsanga works at the Atlantic Technological University in the Republic of Ireland. He is a qualified social worker and board member of the Irish Association of Social Workers.Paul Michael Garrett works at the University of Galway in the Republic of Ireland. He is an elected member of the Royal Irish Academy.

• 1. Introduction2. Keywords, concepts and terminology3. Decolonising theory 4. Afrocentricity and its critics5. Social Work in neoliberal, ‘multicultural’ Ireland6. ‘When in Rome, you do as the Romans do’? Social work with the Black African diaspora7. Conclusion

"This work expands social work education and explicitly centres diverse, global multicultural theoretical voices, including those platforming economic liberation-orientated concepts and paradigms. As a former service user and a practitioner, I believe this knowledge makes for better social workers." Ethics and Social Welfare