Handbook of Quality of Life in African Societies

Chapter 1 Cultures of Positivity: Interconnectedness as a Way of Being

Chapter 2 Communities in Action: The Participation of Communities in Two South African Literacy Campaigns

Chapter 3 The Development of an Integrated, Multi-level Process to Facilitate the Promotion of Holistic Wellbeing in School Communities

Chapter 4 Wellbeing as Positive Outcome of a Social Connectedness Pathway to Resilience: An Indigenous Psychology Perspective

Chapter 5 Adolescent Resilience in the Face of Relentless Adversity: The Role of Strong, Black Women

Chapter 6 Conversations as Carriers of Meaning to a Common Good

Chapter 7 Economic Growth and Quality of Life in Africa

Chapter 9 Research, Innovation and Education Towards Malaria Elimination: Improving Quality of Life in Africa

Chapter 10 How Prioritised Policy Commitment Has Improved Food Security and Nutrition in Africa

Chapter 11 Changing Trends in the Provision of Psychosocial and Health Resources for Quality Childhood Development in Cameroon

Chapter 12 Humanising Silence: The Representation of HIV & AIDS in South African Narratives

Chapter 13 The Use of Support Groups to Facilitate Resilience and Quality of Life in Families Affected by HIV

Chapter 14 Decolonial Approaches to AIDS, Children’s Wellbeing, and Education in Malawi

Chapter 15 An EI Approach to Parent Communication Amongst In-Service Teachers

Chapter 16 Quality of Life Through Capacity Development in Junior Primary Teacher Education

Chapter 17 Developing Capacity for Teacher Inservice Education in Rural Tanzania: Embracing Emergent Phenomena

Chapter 18 Improving Quality of Life Through Teaching and Learning Innovations in Multilingual Contexts: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 19 The Quality of Life of Teachers in Sudan

Chapter 20 Traditional Views of Black South Africans on Quality and Successful Family Life

Chapter 21 “Whatever Small Thing I Have, I Should Be Grateful for”: Gratitude as Understood and Experienced by African Adolescents

Chapter 22 Researching Children’s Subjective Well-Being in South Africa: Considerations for Method, Theory, and Social Policy

Chapter 23 An Outsider in South Africa: Critical Reflections on Ubuntu

Chapter 24 Narratives of Quality of Life in Africa: A Kaleidoscope of Hope