Multicultural social work and national trauma: Lessons from South Africa

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peace and security

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paper

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Som

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SAG

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This article explores the role of multicultural social work at community level in the context of national trauma. Drawing on the records of South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), it examines the South African experience with a view to deriving preliminary guidelines on multicultural practice that can assist social workers in these and similar circumstances.

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