Flocking Together: An Indigenous Psychology Theory of Resilience in Southern Africa
This book describes how those individuals who are often most marginalised in postcolonial societies draw on age-old, non-western knowledge systems to adapt to the hardships characteristic of unequal societies in transformation. It highlights robust indige
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Flocking Together: An Indigenous Psychology Theory of Resilience in Southern Africa
Flocking Together: An Indigenous Psychology Theory of Resilience in Southern Africa
Liesel Ebersöhn
Flocking Together: An Indigenous Psychology Theory of Resilience in Southern Africa
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Liesel Ebersöhn Centre for the Study of Resilience University of Pretoria Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
ISBN 978-3-030-16434-8 ISBN 978-3-030-16435-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16435-5
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