A Broken Landscape: HIV & AIDS in Africa

by Gideon Mendel, Gideon Byamugisha (Afterword), Noerine Kaleeba (Foreword)

"Three-quarters of the world's 36 million people living with HIV/AIDS are in Africa, south of the Sahara. These stories and photos depict what the epidemic means to some of the individuals, families, and communities whose lives it has transformed. Every photograph represents an act of courage, and every individual featured takes a stand for AIDS understanding and prevention. The personal testimonies from Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe reveal hope and love in the face of an illness that is ravaging a continent."

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Hattie Long · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very much what it says it is

[Mike Blyth · Rating 4 out of 5]

A First Person Picture Book

This book is an illustrated compilation of brief (1-4 paragraph), first-person narratives by victims, family, and workers in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in southern Africa. There are more pages of photos than of text. Photos are well-done and powerful. The book does much to give the reader an insider's view of the AIDS tragedy and its impact at the personal and family level. It does not address the problem analytically at all; you'll need other books for that. This one is like sitting in the waiting room of the HIV clinic, or on the floor of the hut, and talking to the people about their stories.