28 Stories of AIDS in Africa

There are 28 million people infected with the HIV virus in Africa. Why should we care? Here, in 28 powerful, unforgettable stories, are 28 reasons why.

From Nelson Mandela's decision to go public about the cause of his son's death, to the miraculous outcome of a Tutsi woman's horrific ordeal at the hands of Hutu soldiers, and the priests, doctors and aid workers determined to help the suffering, here we meet 28 individuals whose lives have been affected by the disease. Taking these personal experiences as starting points, Nolen's book also tells the bigger story of how the continent reached this crisis - a story that touches on famine, genocide, sexual politics, prostitution, government corruption, north-south relations, the economics of drug treatment, and the devastation of war.