Old African Man Thinking Photos – The Silent Tears

Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train.oscar wilde The Thinking African Man "Long years have since passed and life in Accra is still tough," the elderly urban African man below told me as he looks back on his life and the unchartered future. A short silence ensued. Murmuring, he added in his calm, ruminative voice: "Time is funny..." Indeed. Something a lot of struggling older adults from around the world can relate with — accumulation of loss and regrets caused by years of despair and urban struggle. Time — we are all in its way; none of us has the strength to withstand its relentless onslaught. Old African Man Thinking Photo. More than half of the world's extreme poor live in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Bank. Old age poverty in countries such as Ghana and Nigeria are more pronounced due to inadequate social protection. The World Bank fears that nearly 9 out of 10 extreme poor will be in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant An elderly struggling urban man contemplates his life, the passing of years, and the journey towards the unknown. Social security pensions are essential to ensuring that older persons receive stable income after the end of their working life, but many older adults in poorer countries had worked in informal employments that did not provide for such end-of-work protections. © 2019 Muntaka ChasantOld African Man Thinking Photo. Around 90% of the employed population 15 years and older in Ghana are in the informal sector, with 14% of those above the age of 55 in urban areas. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant Are we all fate-bound to brood over our past? Leave your comment below. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant

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