ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses findings from an empirical study that explored issues surrounding the development of a culturally relevant social work curriculum for Nigeria. It begins with a focus on conceptualisations of culture within the African social work discourse on indigenisation and culturally relevant social work with reference to ‘indigenising’ social work education. Second, it contextualises this cultural discourse through a discussion of the findings from a literature review of publications on Nigerian social work and from a focus group with Nigerian social work academics. These findings relate to communal and cultural ways of being, ethics, and ethnicity. They show the complexities involved in developing a culturally relevant curriculum that strives to adhere to international social work standards and values in a context with divergent cultural, religious, and ethnic beliefs and traditions. The chapter closes with a reconceptualisation of a culturally relevant social work curriculum and offers three recommendations for progressing towards achieving this outcome.
Isi nke a tulere nchọpụta ndị sitere na otu nchọcha e mere nke nyochara isi okwu ndị metụtara imebe kọrịkulum amụmamụ mwulite obodo nke na-emetụta omenala na Naịjirịa. Nke a ga-amalite site n’ilekwasị anya na nghọta ihe bụ omenala dị ka o si metụta amụmamụ mwulite obodo nke metụtara ime ka ihe bụrụ nke ndị̄, omenala, nnwere onwe na amụmamụ mwulite obodo mbawanye n’Afrịka, na-atụnyere ime agụmakwụkwọ amụmamụ mwulite obodo ka ọ bụrụ ‘nke ndị’. Nke abụọ, ọ na-etinye amụmamụ metụtara omenala n’ọnọdụ site n’itule ihe ndị a chọpụtara site na ntụlegharị zuru oke e mere n’agụmagụ ndị e bipụtara maka amụmamụ mwulite obodo na Naịjirịa, ya na otu mkparịta ụka ajụjụ ọnụ nke e jiri ndị ọkachamara n’amụmamụ mwulite obodo mee. Ihe ndị ahụ a chọpụtara na-emetụta ụzọ mbikọrịta na usoro omenala dị iche iche, usoro ebimndụ, na ebe onye si. Ha na-egosi ihe mgbagwo so n’ihibe kọrịkulum amụmamụ mwulite obodo na-emetụta omenala nke na-agbalị ịgbaso usoro ruru ogogo amụmamụ mwulite obodo na mba ụwa n’ọnọdụ ebe e nwere omenala, okpukpere, na nkwenye sitere n’ebe onye si nakwa ọdịnala dịgasị iche iche. E mechiri isi nke a site n’ịghọtagharị ihe bụ kọrịkulum amụmamụ mwulite obodo na-emetụta omenala ma tụnye aro atọ, ndị ga-enye aka imejupụta mpụtara nke a.
