In this special extended edition of Let’s Talk Social Work—made in celebration of World Social Work Day 2021—Andy McClenaghan and guests explore the concept of Ubuntu and what it means for social work. In the first section, Joachim Mumba from the International Federation of Social Workers Africa explains what the philosophy of Ubuntu is, how it can be difficult to define and what it means for social work practice. Later, Gerry Nosowska and David Jones from the British Association of Social Workers and Géza Gostonyi from the Hungarian Association of Social Workers discuss the social work response to the rise of populism and nationalism in Europe. They explore how the values or Ubuntu represent a direct challenge to the principles of populism.

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