What original insights are to be gained from Africancentred psychology studies about, say, some children's multiple traumas, cognitive development among traumatised children, aggression after a traumatic childhood?

We hardly know, it is true. Very little research exists; that is a fact. And extremely importantly, almost nothing exists in the way of testable explanations – what is often called theory – from African-centred psychological perspectives to illuminate how societies around the world consider embodied heart-andmind suffering and embodied mind-and-heart healing.

Aspects of Euroamerican-centred therapies, like psychoanalysis and cognitive-behavioural therapy, can and do help some people in Africa. However, having overtly, surreptitiously and unconsciously contributed to colonial rule, coloniality, apartheid and global supremacist white patriarchal capitalism, Euroamerican psychology often achieves more harm that healing. As a result, although we do not have a solid body of African-centred psychology, there is discernible potential for African-centred psychology to become a real positive force. A massive need exists for African-centred psychological work.