Nana Araba Apt (1942 – 2017) was a gerontologist, researcher, author and advocate of social work education in Ghana.
She was a professor in Sociology and Social Work and founder and director of Centre for Social Policy Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. She was also the founder of HelpAge Ghana (part of HelpAge International), the first aging advocacy organisation of its kind in Ghana and a founding member and past president of the African Gerontological Society.
Professor Apt's life-long passion began with concern for street children. This then expanded to the lack of education opportunities for particularly girls in rural parts of Ghana. She founded 'College for Ama (CoFA)' in 2005, a charitable foundation that ran annual summer camps for girls to challenge them to understand the value of education and delay marriage.
After retiring from University of Ghana, Professor Apt was the founding Dean of Academic Affairs at Ashesi University.
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Coping with Old Age in a Changing Africa: Social Change and the Elderly Ghanaian (1996) Learning How to Play to Win (2007) Positioning Ghana: Challenges and Innovations (2015)
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