JOURNAL OF 
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 
IN AFRICA 
Editorial 
The Public Good and the Welfare State in Africa 
Howard J Karger 
Animal Production Level - A Measure of 
Social Development in Southern Africa 
CTKadzere 
Social Work Education for Social Development 
MGray; FMazibuko &FO'Brien 
Disparities in Educational Provision: 
Zimbabwe & South Africa 
Fred Zindi 
Role of "Theatre for Development" in Mobilising 
Rural Communities in Malawi 
E Kalipeni &. C Kamlongera 
Cultural Practices Associated with Death in 
North Nyanga District of Zimbabwe 
R S Drew; G Foster; J Chitima 
The International Year of the Family: 
Reflections from an African Perspective 
Edwin Kaseke 
Book Reviews 
Volume 11 No 1 1996 
ISSN 1012—1080 1
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA 
School of Social Work, P/Bag 66022 Kopje, Harare, Zimbabwe 
The Journal publishes critical analyses of social development issues as they affect the pen 
and marginalised in society. It deals with concerns, especially, but not exclusively, relevai 
to southern Africa, and is addressed to development practitioners, social workers, planner 
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sociology, psychology, social administration, and to other concerned individuals. 
Published twice annually, the Journal seeks to enhance understanding of the soci< 
development processes that contribute to the planning and implementation of appropriai 
intervention strategies at different levels. Its goal is to discover how best to target relevant an 
successful projects to those most in need, and how to maximise popular participation, thereb 
creating egalitarian and productive communities. 
Editor 
Nigel Hall 
Editorial Board 
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Journal of Social Development in Africa 
Vol 11 No 11996 
Editorial 
Articles 
The Public Good and the Welfare State in Africa 
Howard Jacob Karger 5 
Animal Production Level - A Measure of Social Development in 
Southern Africa 
CTKadzere 17 
Social Work Education for Social Development 
M Gray; F Mazibuko & F O'Brien 33 
Towards the Elimination of Disparities in Educational Provision: 
A Look at Zimbabwe and South Africa 
FredZindi 43 
The Role of "Theatre for Development" in Mobilising Rural 
Communities for Primary Health Care: The Case of 
Liwonde PHC Unit in Southern Malawi 
Ezekiel Kalipeni & Christopher Kamlongera 53 
Cultural Practices Associated with Death in the North Nyanga 
District of Zimbabwe and their Impact on Widows and Orphans 
R S Drew; G Foster & J Chitima 79 
The International Year of the Family: Reflections from an Africa 
Perspective 
Edwin Kaseke 87 
Book Reviews 97 
State of the Environment in Southern Africa, Munyaradzi Chenje & Phyllis 
Johnson (ed). Social Policy and Administration in Zimbabwe, School of Social 
Work, Harare. Alleviating Hunger in Zimbabwe: Towards a National Food 
Security Strategy, M Rukuni & T S Jayne. From Another Place: Migration and 
the Politics of Culture, Gillian Bottomley. The Black Elderly: Satisfaction and 
Quality of Later Life, Marguerite Coke & James A Twaite. Markets, Civil 
Society and Democracy in Kenya, Peter Gibbon (ed). 
List of Books Received 111 
Abstracting Services and Index 113
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Dictionary of Portuguese-African Civilization 
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An Annotated Bibliography 
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Achebe or Soyinka? A Re-Interpretation and 
a Study in Contrasts 
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ISBN 0-905450-38-8 
(New Perspectives on African Literature, 3) 
Louis Taussig 
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