Allucia Lulu Shokane
Biographic Data
| ID | 161933 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allucia Lulu Shokane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allucia Lulu |
| FAMILY NAME | Shokane |
| SIGNATURE | SHOKANE A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zululand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2928-1526 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring the interplay of local language(s) and transformation to facilitate communication and change in (South) Africa
This research explores local language(s) and transformation as key facilitators of a dynamic interplay between the power of communication and the capacity for change. It is argued that language serves as a multifaceted tool that not only conveys thoughts and ideas, but also possesses the remarkable ability to catalyse transformation at various levels – individual, societal and cultural. However, it is noted that while language (e.g. English) can …
Workplace Learning in the Contemporary Supervision Landscape: The Case of Supervision in a Social Service Organisation
The blurring of the boundaries and interconnectedness between learning and work are features worth exploring in the contemporary supervision landscape. Grounded on transition-experiential learning theories, the study analysed a social service organisation as a context for learning and examined how this context facilitated or inhibited supervision learning experiences for first-time supervisors. It draws on the qualitative findings of thirteen in-…
African Thought and Western (European) Misconception: An Afrocentric Paradigm
The present study is a critical examination of a model of African thought in which Afrocentricity as a theory is employed. During both pre-colonial and colonial times, people from the West (Europe) believed themselves to be more intelligent than Africans. This misconception about African knowledge systems led to the labelling of Africa as the “dark continent”. This article explores this controversial issue by engaging with previous contributions …
Socio-economic challenges faced by traditional healers in Limpopo province of South Africa: Conversations from below
Traditional healing remains core to many local communities in South Africa. This research was aimed at fostering stronger relationships between traditional healers and biomedical medicine focusing on their socio-economic challenges. This research involved collaboration between two Universities in South Africa and the USA, focusing on the social welfare and traditional healing, by articulating the experiences and positions of 40 selected tradition…
Creating an Afro-sensed, Community-engaged School: Views from Parents and School Personnel
Schools are important for the development and socialization of children to learn to function as responsible citizens, but there can be obstacles, including differences in culture, expectations, and lack of communication between adults at school and home. Family engagement with schools has been shown to improve learner outcomes and minimize differences in culture between home and school. School social work is a specialized field of practice that c…
Social work as protest: Conversations with selected first black social work women in South Africa
Radical and critical social work has existed since the start of the profession. Still, the history of social work education in South Africa does not put prominence on black women social workers like Ellen Kuzwayo and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, among others. Remarkably, these women also participated in the national women’s protest against the pass laws in 1956 by the apartheid government. The authors espouse radical perspectives, such as feminist,…
Sebata-Kgomo Basadi! Emerging indigenised women leadership patterns: Selected narratives from local rural women’s stokvels in Ga-Sekororo, South Africa
Gender inequality intersects with economic deprivation to produce more intensified forms of poverty for women than men in rural communities. Feminist theory has highlighted the undervaluing of the household and community leadership roles that women perform. This article focusses on the largely unrecognised roles many rural women perform in formal and informal leadership roles in their respective families and communities and their participation in…
Women in polygynous marriages and African Initiated Churches: Selected narratives in Greater Tzaneen, South Africa
Polygynous marriage is practised in some African Initiated Churches (AICs). The article reflects on the stories of women in polygynous marriages within selected AICs in Greater Tzaneen in the Limpopo province. Conversations were held with 25 purposely selected married female believers. The women’s perceptions and status in the church and at their respective family homes are discussed and analysed. The presentation of these conversations is an att…
Sebata-Kgomo Basadi! Emerging indigenised women leadership patterns: Selected narratives from local rural women’s stokvels in Ga-Sekororo, South Africa
Gender inequality intersects with economic deprivation to produce more intensified forms of poverty for women than men in rural communities. Feminist theory has highlighted the undervaluing of the household and community leadership roles that women perform. This article focusses on the largely unrecognised roles many rural women perform in formal and informal leadership roles in their respective families and communities and their participation in…
Women in polygynous marriages and African Initiated Churches: Selected narratives in Greater Tzaneen, South Africa
Polygynous marriage is practised in some African Initiated Churches (AICs). The article reflects on the stories of women in polygynous marriages within selected AICs in Greater Tzaneen in the Limpopo province. Conversations were held with 25 purposely selected married female believers. The women’s perceptions and status in the church and at their respective family homes are discussed and analysed. The presentation of these conversations is an att…
Social work as protest: Conversations with selected first black social work women in South Africa
Radical and critical social work has existed since the start of the profession. Still, the history of social work education in South Africa does not put prominence on black women social workers like Ellen Kuzwayo and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, among others. Remarkably, these women also participated in the national women’s protest against the pass laws in 1956 by the apartheid government. The authors espouse radical perspectives, such as feminist,…
Sebata-Kgomo Basadi! Emerging indigenised women leadership patterns: Selected narratives from local rural women’s stokvels in Ga-Sekororo, South Africa
Gender inequality intersects with economic deprivation to produce more intensified forms of poverty for women than men in rural communities. Feminist theory has highlighted the undervaluing of the household and community leadership roles that women perform. This article focusses on the largely unrecognised roles many rural women perform in formal and informal leadership roles in their respective families and communities and their participation in…
Socio-economic challenges faced by traditional healers in Limpopo province of South Africa: Conversations from below
Traditional healing remains core to many local communities in South Africa. This research was aimed at fostering stronger relationships between traditional healers and biomedical medicine focusing on their socio-economic challenges. This research involved collaboration between two Universities in South Africa and the USA, focusing on the social welfare and traditional healing, by articulating the experiences and positions of 40 selected tradition…
Creating an Afro-sensed, Community-engaged School: Views from Parents and School Personnel
Schools are important for the development and socialization of children to learn to function as responsible citizens, but there can be obstacles, including differences in culture, expectations, and lack of communication between adults at school and home. Family engagement with schools has been shown to improve learner outcomes and minimize differences in culture between home and school. School social work is a specialized field of practice that c…
Workplace Learning in the Contemporary Supervision Landscape: The Case of Supervision in a Social Service Organisation
The blurring of the boundaries and interconnectedness between learning and work are features worth exploring in the contemporary supervision landscape. Grounded on transition-experiential learning theories, the study analysed a social service organisation as a context for learning and examined how this context facilitated or inhibited supervision learning experiences for first-time supervisors. It draws on the qualitative findings of thirteen in-…
African Thought and Western (European) Misconception: An Afrocentric Paradigm
The present study is a critical examination of a model of African thought in which Afrocentricity as a theory is employed. During both pre-colonial and colonial times, people from the West (Europe) believed themselves to be more intelligent than Africans. This misconception about African knowledge systems led to the labelling of Africa as the “dark continent”. This article explores this controversial issue by engaging with previous contributions …
Exploring the interplay of local language(s) and transformation to facilitate communication and change in (South) Africa
This research explores local language(s) and transformation as key facilitators of a dynamic interplay between the power of communication and the capacity for change. It is argued that language serves as a multifaceted tool that not only conveys thoughts and ideas, but also possesses the remarkable ability to catalyse transformation at various levels – individual, societal and cultural. However, it is noted that while language (e.g. English) can …
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Focus group (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works)