While Africa is the youngest continent with a rapidly growing population, a silent, growing older population—aged 60 and
over—is also predicted to be the fastest growing globally by 2055 (Aboderin, 2017). The complexities of aging, such as declining mental and physical health, diminishing agency, and limited formal and informal support structures, make this group particularly vulnerable to poor health, discrimination, and isolation (Gyasi, 2020). With this growing population and increased vulnerability of the older population, there is increased interest in identifying occurrence rates and the risk and protective factors of mental health concerns in the continent’s older population
