Ubuntu, African elderly and the African family crisis
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https://doi.org/10.21504/sajg.v6i2.119Abstract
Ubuntu, the African ethos of caring and sharing, has crucial implications for the elderly throughout sub-Saharan Africa, especially regarding the current situation of family crisis in Africa and African responses to this crisis. Case studies from research on Kenyan elderly illustrate the meanings of Ubuntu in everyday life. Policy implications are also considered.References
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Campbell, C. 1994. Intergenerational conflict in township families: transforming notions of "respect" and changing power relations. Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 3(2): 37-42.
Cattell, M.G. 1990. Models of old age among the Samia of Kenya: family support of the elderly. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 5: 375-394. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00057646
Cattell, M.G. 1993. Caring for the elderly in sub-Saharan Africa. Ageing International, 20(2): 13-19.
Cattell, M.G. 1994. Intergenerational relations among the Samia of Kenya: culture and experience. Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 3(2): 30-36.
Cattell, M.G. 1997. Zulu grandmothers' socialization of granddaughters. Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 6(1): 14-16. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.21504/sajg.v6i1.106
Foner, N. 1984. Ages in conflict: a cross-cultural perspective on inequality between young and old. New York: Columbia University Press.
Mler, V. 1993. Living with adult children: a benefit assessment of co-resident living arrangements among black and white older South Africans. Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 2(1): 10-16.
Mler, V. & Sotshongaye, A. 1996. "My family eat this money too": pension sharing and self-respect among Zulu grandmothers. Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 5(2): 9-19.
Nyanguru, A., Hampson, J., Adamchak, D.J. & Wilson, A.O. 1994. Family support for the elderly in Zimbabwe. Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 3(1): 22-26.
Peil, M. 1991. Family support for the Nigerian elderly. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 22(1): 85-100.
Togonu-Bickersteth, F. 1997. Gender differences in expressed satisfaction with care from adult children among older rural Yoruba. Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 6(1): 3-6.
Weisner, T.S., Bradley, C. & Kilbride, P .L. (Eds) 1997. African families and the crisis of social change. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.
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