28 Stories of Aids in Africa
Stephanie Nolen is Bureau Chief with the Globe and Mail in Africa.
In this very readable book, she gives us 28 personal views of living with aids in Africa, one for every million people in Africa suffering from this disease. Nolen puts a personal face to a rampant disease. This is not a book to be avoided because it sounds like heavy reading. The stories can be heartbreaking, but they are also courageous, inspiring and thought provoking. For fear of being ostracized, some of the profiled people won't even admit to having the disease while others become champions for better medical care and the rights of those afflicted. Interwoven in the individual stories are facts on the disease itself and why it has become such a plague in Africa. Years of political conflict and the never ending cycle of poverty all play a part, and the author manages to insert this history subtly, yet with great impact.
Recommended reading for anyone over the age of 13, a must read for anyone who has ever complained about something as simple as a hangnail.
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