Ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Spaces and Practices of Care

Introduction: Spaces and practices of care for older persons in Sub-Saharan Africa - Jaco Hoffman and Katrien Pype

Will families in Ghana continue to care for older people? Logic and contradiction in policy - Sjaak van der Geest
Caring for people “without” value: movement, reciprocity and respect in Kinshasa’s retirement homes  - Katrien Pype
Older persons providing care for older persons in Tanzania: Against conventions – but accepted - Peter van Eeuwijk
Place matters. The home as a key site of old-age care in coastal Tanzania - Brigit Obrist
Care and identity in rural Malawi - Emily Freeman
Making sense of neglect in northwest Tanzania - Josien de Klerk
Negotiating care for older persons in South Africa: between the ideal and the pragmatics - Jaco Hoffman

Afterword: Discourses of care for older persons in Sub-Saharan Africa – towards Conceptual Development - Andries Baart.