Preface: Quality of Life in African Societies; Valerie Møller -- Part I. Social Context, Culture and Community -- 1. Cultures of Positivity: Interconnectedness as a Way of Being: Marié P. Wissing, Lusilda Schutte and Angelina Wilson Fadiji -- 2. Communities in Action: The Participation of Communities in two South African Literacy Campaigns; Veronica McKay -- 3. The Development of an Integrated, Multi-level Process to Facilitate the Promotion of Holistic Wellbeing in School Communities; Ansie Elizabeth Kitching -- 4. Wellbeing as Positive Outcome of a Social Connectedness Pathway to Resilience: An Indigenous Psychology Perspective; Janna de Gouveia and Liesel Ebersöhn -- 5. Adolescent Resilience in the Face of Relentless Adversity: The Role of Strong, Black Women; Linda C. Theron and Michael Ungar -- 6. Conversations as Carriers of Meaning to a Common Good; Helena Á. Marujo, Luis M. Neto and Marié Wissing -- Part II. Environment and Technology -- 7. Economic Growth and Quality of Life in Africa; Carolyn Chisadza and Elsabé Loots -- 8. Improving Health Outcomes and Quality of Life for African Adolescents: The Role of Digital and Mobile Games; Tyra M. Pendergrass, Kimberly Hieftje and Lynn E. Fiellin -- Part III. Health -- 9. Research, Innovation and Education Towards Malaria Elimination: Improving Quality of Life in Africa; Christiaan de Jager, Taneshka Kruger and Cheryl Tosh -- 10. How Prioritised Policy Commitment has Improved Food Security and Nutrition in Africa; Nokuthula Vilakazi and Sheryl L. Hendriks -- 11. Changing Trends in the Provision of Psychosocial and Health Resources for Quality Childhood Development in Cameroon; Therese Mungah Shalo Tchombe Cameroon -- 12. Humanizing Silence: The Representation of HIV & AIDS in South African Narratives; Vasu Reddy -- 13. The Use of Support Groups to Facilitate Resilience and Quality of Life in Families Affected by HIV; Michelle Finestone -- 14. Decolonial Approaches to AIDS, Children's Wellbeing, and Education in Malawi; Zikani Kaunda, Nancy Kendall and Upenyu Majee -- Part IV. Education -- 15. An EI Approach to Parent Communication amongst In-Service Teachers; Giulietta Domenica Harrison -- 16. Quality of Life through Capacity Development in Junior Primary Teacher Education; Charmaine Villet and Jan Weiss -- 17. Developing Capacity for Teacher Inservice Education in Rural Tanzania: Embracing Emergent Phenomena; Elaine Simmt, Andrew Binde, Florence Glanfield and Joyce Mgombelo -- 18. Improving Quality of Life through Teaching and Learning Innovations in Multilingual Contexts: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa; Funke Omidire -- 19. The Quality of Life of Teachers in Sudan; Amani Ibrahim Abedelgafar -- Part V. Family -- 20. Traditional Views of Black South Africans on Quality and Successful Family Life; Ruth Mampane, Selogadi Ngwanagwato Mampane and Sylvia Ocansey -- 21. "Whatever Small Thing I have, I Should Be Grateful For": Gratitude as Understood and Experienced by Black South African Adolescents; Tharina Guse and Tshiamo T. Matabane -- 22. Researching Children's Subjective Well-Being in South Africa: Considerations for Method, Theory and Social Policy; Shazly Savahl, Sabirah Adams, Elizabeth Benninger, Maria Florence, Kyle Jackson, Donnay Manual, Mulalo Mpilo and Umesh Bawa -- 23. An Outsider in South Africa: Critical Reflections on Ubuntu; Sheila Trahar -- 24. Narratives of Quality of Life in Africa: A Kaleidoscope of Hope; Irma Eloff. .