Learning through rediscovery and reclaiming local/ indigenous knowledge and skills

Louw, HumaSchenck, Catherina (Rinie)2013-06-252013-06-252002Louw, H. and Schenck, C. (2002). Learning through rediscovery and reclaiming local/ indigenous knowledge and skills. Africanus Journal of Development Studies: 32 (2): 93 - 1090304-615Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/653In this article the authors explain some of the attempts they make to ``in- digenise'' the training of students in social work, paying special attention to community work to assist the students in discovering the richness of their own knowledge base and in integrating and symbolising the theories so that they learn from within ± to grow their own horns because, as they say in Northern Sotho ``Naka tsÏa go rwesÏwa ga di gomarele hlogo'' (``One cannot stick the horns of one cow on another. The horns have to grow from within'').enCopyright Unisa Press. Permission granted to reproduce the journal article in this Repository.Indigenous knowledgeSocial work studentsCommunity WorkLearning through rediscovery and reclaiming local/ indigenous knowledge and skillsArticle