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OverviewAIDS is now the leading cause of death in Africa, where 28 million people are HIV-positive and where some 12 million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS. In Zimbabwe, 45 per cent of children under the age of 5 are HIV-positive, and the epidemic has shortened life expectancy by 21 years. A 15-year-old in Botswana or South Africa has a 1-in-2 chance of dying of AIDS. AIDS deaths are so widespread in sub-Saharan Africa that small children now play a new game called ""Funerals"". ""The Children of Africa Confront AIDS"" depicts the reality of how African children deal with the AIDS epidemic, and how the discourse of their vulnerability affects acts of coping and courage. A project of the Institute for the African Child at Ohio University, ""The Children of Africa Confront AIDS"" cuts across disciplines and issues to focus on the world's most marginalized population group, the children of Africa. Editors Arvind Singhal and Stephen Howard join conversations between humanitarian and political activists and academics, asking, ""What shall we do?"" Such discourse occurs in African contexts ranging from a social science classroom in Botswana to youth groups in Kenya and Ghana. The authors describe HIV/AIDS in its macro contexts of vulnerable children and the continent's democratization movements and also in its national contexts of civil conflict, rural poverty, youth organizations and agencies working on the ground. Singhal, Howard and other contributors draw on compelling personal experiences in descriptions of HIV/AIDS interventions for children in difficult circumstances and present thoughtful insights into data gathered from surveys and observations concerning this terrible epidemic. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Arvind Singhal , Steve Howard , Farid EsackPublisher: Ohio University Press Imprint: Ohio University Press Volume: 80 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780896802322ISBN 10: 0896802329 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 28 October 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA stellar contribution in the best tradition of applied social science while providing a bridgehead into the courageous world of the African orphan. Philip L. Kilbride - Africa Today In compiling these well-researched, harrowing narratives, editors Singhal and Howard remind us that tackling this crisis is an international responsibility. “A stellar contribution in the best tradition of applied social science while providing a bridgehead into the courageous world of the African orphan.” * Africa Today * <p> A stellar contribution in the best tradition of applied social science while providing a bridgehead into the courageous world of the African orphan. <p>Philip L. Kilbride -- Africa Today Author InformationA presidential research scholar and professor of interpersonal communication at Ohio University, Arvind Singhal is the author of Combating AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action and Entertainment-Education: A Communication Strategy for Social Change. Steve Howard is a professor of media studies and African studies and the director of the Ohio University Center for International Studies. A sociologist by training, he has studied and worked all over the African continent. He directed Ohio University’s African Studies Program for twenty-five years and has published several scholarly articles about the Republican Brotherhood Movement. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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