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Edited by Jaco Hoffman & Katrien Pype

A collection of in-depth ethnographic analyses
of the impact of local and global transformations on the care or lack of care received by older people in sub-Saharan Africa, this book provides the pan-African evidence and enquiry needed to advance debates about how to address (and who should address) the long-term care needs of this vulnerable
population. Contributors from the United Kingdom, the Congo, Kenya, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and France use case studies from eighteen different countries in all regions of sub-Saharan Africa to examine formal and informal care, including inter- and intra generational care and retirement homes, as well as care in the context of poverty, HIV/AIDS,
and migration.

Edited by Vera Roos

This volume describes the development and application of the Mmogo-method as a projective visual data-gathering method, applied in different contexts and with different groups of people. “Mmogo” means togetherness in Setswana, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. The
Mmogo-method provides a deep understanding of personal, relational and group experiences and is particularly useful in cross-cultural contexts and across age groups. By allowing visual expressions of the self as a complex, dynamic social system it overcomes some of the limitations of traditional data collection methods, such as questionnaires or
interviews. The book draws together contributions by leading social scientists to show how this flexible, visual data-collection method can be used independently or jointly with other data-gathering techniques.