This book addresses the need for an exploration of indigenous knowledge of psychological healing within the context of African cultures and politics and afterlives of colonial historical harms. Taking into account the various abuses to which the discipline of psychology in Africa has been put, it focuses on closing the gap between theory and practice, and examines the manifestation of coloniality and colonialism for Africa. In this regard, it demonstrates that African psychology must be embedded within the cosmologies of Africentric and Afrocentric thought. It interrogates the area of therapeutic practice, while incorporating it an empirical context. Both researchers and practitioners interested in African psychology will find a thoughtful and scientifically -based exploration of this area.

Uniquely adapted to African healing though and practice Addresses questions of ontology, methodology and practice Connects theory and practice

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Peace Kiguwa (PhD) is Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She works within the rubric of critical psychology, affective politics of gender and sexuality, racism and racialization and the nuances of teaching and learning.

Jude Clark (PhD) is an African feminist clinical psychologist with expertise in group process, trauma and gender. She is the founder of 'Deep Wellness', an initiative and social enterprise focused on the collective care, healing and radical well-being of Black womxn and marginalised groups.

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Chapter 1. Decolonizing psychological science and practice in Africa: Barriers and bridges .- Chapter 2. The Fallacy of Meritocracy: Situating Diversity in Professional Psychology.- Chapter 3. The Power of Naming: An exploration of the concept of Indigenous Psychology.- Chapter 4. Pathologising Radical Women's Resistance Work: A Reflexive Analysis .- Chapter 5. Thinking with and against African Psychology: Some Reflections.- Chapter 6. Nocturnal Turn, The Flop of the Black Psyche.- Chapter 7. Racial hauntology.- Chapter 8. Unresolved Historical Trauma and the Pursuit of Healing and the Truth in post-Marikana.- Chapter 9. Addressing historical trauma and community through trauma-informed leadership and governance: case of AmaMfengu of Tsitsikamma, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa .- Chapter 10. Through the eyes of those who have walked the path.- Chapter 11. African-centred Grief Therapy Process: Decolonising Therapy by Embracing African Bereavement Management Practices.- Chapter 12. Decolonizing methods and training in psychotherapy in Senegal.- Chapter 13. The Two Chairs: Decolonising the Healing Space.- Chapter 14. The search for 'Ichambawilo' (an encounter) with refugee and asylum-seeker parents to develop an African drama therapy intervention model.- Chapter 15. Learning, Living and Leaving Psychology: My journey to a decolonial feminist healing praxis.- Chapter 16. Intersection of African spiritual practices and clinical psychology through the lens of my dual identity as a clinical psychologist and Igqirha kwaXhosa (Xhosa divine healer): I love my 'dirty work'.- Chapter 17. Woza emanzini: Come to the waters; reconnecting to ancestral, land, water wisdom and healing.