ISSN 1012—1080 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Editorial The Role of Informal Clubs in Youth Development: A South African Case Study Valerie Miller, Theresa Mthembu, Robin Richards AIDS, The Individual, Family and Community: Psychosocial Issues Kwaku Osei-Hwedie Women's Education and the Use of Bank Credit in Nigeria: Challenges for the Twenty-first Century J C Anyanwu Family Planning and the Malawian Male Paul Kishindo Empowerment and Social Work Education and Practice in Africa Stephen C Anderson, Martha K Wilson, Lengwe-Katembula Mwansa, Kwaku Osei-Hwedie Impact of Poverty on Health in Urbanising Communities Fidelia Maforah Book Reviews Volume 9 No 2 1994 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 poor and marginalised in society. 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Advertising rates on request, exchange advertising by arrangement Journal of Social Development in Africa Vol 9 No 2 1994 Editorial 3 Articles The Role of Informal Clubs in Youth Development A South African Case Study Valerie Miller, Theresa Mthembu, Robin Richards 5 AIDS, The Individual, Family and Community: Psychosocial Issues Kwaku Osei-Hwedie 31 Women's Education and the Use of Bank Credit in Nigeria: Challenges for the Twenty-first Century JCAnyanwu 45 Family Planning and the Malawian Male PaulKishindo 61 Empowerment and Social Work Education and Practice in Africa Stephen C Anderson, Martha K Wilson, Lengwe-Katembula Mwansa, Kwaku Osei-Hwedie 71 Impact of Poverty on Health in Urbanising Communities Fidelia Maforah 87 Book Reviews 101 Revolution and Political Change in the Third World, Barry Schultz & Robert O Slater (eds). Social Work Practice A Systems Approach, Benyamin Chetkow- Yanoov. Quantitative Methods in Social Work: State of the Art, D F Gillespie & D Glisson (eds). Aids Action Now: Information, Prevention and Support in Zimbabwe, Helen Jackson. Quality of Life in Unemployment, Valerie M0ller. Homelessness and Drinking: A Study of a Street Population, Bernard Segal. Social Change Economic Reform in Africa, Peter Gibbon (ed). 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