Mel Gray (PhD) is Professor Emeritus (Social Work) at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She has a longstanding interest in social work in Africa, having published widely on indigenisation and issues relating to cultural relevance, as well as social welfare and social development. This study of social work in Nigeria follows the first Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Social Development in Africa (2017), which she edited.

Solomon Amadasun is a graduate of the University of Benin in Nigeria and a PhD student at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. He has published widely on Nigerian social work education and practice, and related issues, including human trafficking, disabilities, and the COVID-19 pandemic. He previously published Social Work for Social Development in Africa (September Publishing House, 2020).

This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive account of social work, social welfare, and social development in Nigeria from a postcolonial perspective.

0.Preface. 1.Introduction. 2.Revisiting the development of social welfare and social work in Nigeria. 3.Nigeria's social development record. 4.Child welfare - a system in need of care. 5.Social exclusion, gender, and disability in Nigeria and the social work response. 6.Mental health and ageing. 7.'5Ps' approach to human trafficking and the social work response. 8.Nigerian social work and its quest for professional recognition. 9.Enhancing the relevance of social work education. 10.Conclusion.