Old Age, Gender, Social Security in Africa and Europe

In the 'Decade of Healthy Ageing' (UN/WHO), this collection of essays contains interdisciplinary contributions by authors from African and European cultures who address questions about the situation of old people in the past and present, comparing the situation of men and women and focussing on their protection and care within society. While at first glance it appears that the phenomena in the 'young' African countries are completely different from those in European countries, there is a certain