Browsing Category HIV/AIDS & Health

AIDS and Human Rights Research Unit HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTED?, nine southern African country reports on HIV, AIDS and the law
425 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R220
Charts the extent to which human rights are protected in the legal systems of nine southern African states with very high HIV prevalence rates: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The AIDS and Human Rights Research Unit is an initiative of the Centre for the Study of AIDS (CSA) and the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria.
Alexander (P.) et. al. (eds.) GLOBALISATION AND NEW IDENTITIES, a view from the middle
361 pp., map, paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R185
A collection of essays on South Africa, including "Globalisation and New Social Identities: a jigsaw puzzle from Johannesburg" by Peter Alexander, "Black Workers, Fatherhood and South Africa's Gold Mines" by Marlize Rabe,
"Students, Activism and Identity" by Marcelle Dawson,
"A Self-Employed 'Worker' Identity: women garment makers in Ahmedabad and Durban" by Meera Icharam,
"Countering Stigma: collectively counselling an AIDS identity" by Sandra Jane Roberts
and "The South African Broadcasting Corporation and Dilemmas of National Identity" by Kurai Masenyama.

This book comes out of a project funded by South Africa's National Research Foundation (NRF). Research was undertaken by staff and students associated with the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), now the University of Johannesburg.
Arnott (J.) & Crago (A-L.) RIGHTS NOT RESCUE, a report on female, male and trans sex workers' human rights in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
102 pp., colour illus., paperback, (Johannesburg), 2009. R175
The published findings of a study undertaken by The Sexual Health and Rights Project (SHARP) of the Open Society Initiative Public Health Programme. The study, based on interviews and focus groups with eighty-nine female, male and transgender sex workers as well as interviews with eleven NGOs, documents widespread human rights abuses against sex workers, describes organizing tactics among workers to redress these violations and highlights opportunities for NGOs, governments, donors and UN agencies to expand rights-based approaches to sex work.
Ballard (R.) et. al. (eds.) VOICES OF PROTEST, social movements in post-apartheid South Africa
437 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2006. R190
Contributions include "Seeking the High Ground: The Treatment Action Campaign and the politics of morality" by Steven Friedman & Shauna Mottiar,
"The Landless People's Movement and the Failure of Post-Apartheid South Africa" by Stephen Greenberg,
"Reconstructing a Social Movement in an Era of Globalisation: a case study of COSATU" by Adam Habib & Imraan Valodia
and "The Challenges of Inclusion and Transformation" the Women's Movement in democratic South Africa" by Shireen Hassim.
Baxen (J.) & Breidlid (A.) eds. HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, understanding the implications of culture & context
144 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009. R155
This book explores the various contexts in which debate about HIV/AIDS takes place and examines how the pandemic is perceived by scholars, religious leaders and trandtional healers, among others, in communities around South Africa.

Contributions include "What Questions? HIV/AIDS educational research: beyond more of the same to asking different epistemological questions" by Jean Baxen,
"Examining Religious Leaders' and Traditional Healers' Responses to HIV/AIDS in a Modern Community" by Aysha Hattas,
"Performing Masculine and Feminine Identities: sexuality and identity construction among youth in a context of HIV/AIDS" by Mamatsoso Matsoso-Makhate with Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, and
"Cultural Practices, Gender and HIV/AIDS: a study of young women's sexual positioning in the context of HIV/AIDS in South Africa" by Marit Petersen.

Jean Baxen is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Rhodes University.
Anders Breidlid is Professor of International Education at Oslo University College, Norway.
Bilheimer (R.) A CLOSER WALK,
85 minutes, DVD, USA, 2003. R150
Filmed on four continents, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, this film explores the relationship between health, dignity, and human rights and provides an overview of the AIDS pandemic. Includes interviews with MArk Haywood of the Treatment Action Campaign.
Boler (T.) & Archer (D.) THE POLITICS OF PREVENTION, a global crisis in AIDS and education
162 pp., paperback, London & Johannesburg, 2008. R150
Foreword by Mary Robinson.

Tania Boler and David Archer use personal stories from around the world to illustrate "the ways and means of fighting the spread of AIDS through the expansion of education: better schooling, enhancement of public knowledge and understanding of science." Amartya Sen

Tania Boler, a specialist in HIV and education, works for ActionAid and the United Nations. David Archer currently head ActionAid's education team.
Brook (R.) MORE THAN EYES CAN SEE, a nine-month journey through the AIDS pandemic
285 pp., colour illus., paperback, London, 2007. R179
Between January and September 2006 writer Rhidian Brook travelled with his wife and two children to the places most severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, China and India. He was sent by the Salvation Army to record the work they are doing in these areas in response to the pandemic.
Buhlungu (S.) et. al. (eds.) STATE OF THE NATION, South Africa 2007
586 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R190
This is the fourth volume of an annual evaluation of contemporary South Africa.
Contributions include "The State of the African National Congress" by Anthony Butler,
"Taking to the Streets: has developmental local government failed in South Africa?" by Doreen Atkinson,
"Disability and Welfare in South Africa's Era of Unemployment and AIDS" by Nicoli Natrass,
"The ANC, Black Economic Empowerment and State-Owned Enterprises: a recycling of history?" by Roger Southall,
"Old Victories, New Struggles: the state of the National Union of Mineworkers" by Andries Bezuidenhout and Sakhela Buhlungu,
"The Promise and the Practice of Transformation in South Africa's Health System" by Helen Schneider, Peter Barron and Sharon Fonn,
"The State of South Africa's Prisons" by Julia Sloth-Nielsen,
"Violence Against Women in South Africa" by Lisa Vetten,
"Improving Learner Achievement in Schools: applications of national assessments in South Africa" by Anil Kanjee,
"South Africa in Africa: trends and forecasts in a changing African political economy" by John Daniel, Jessica Lutchman and Alex Comninos
and "The Zimbabwean Community in South Africa" by Elinor Sisulu, Bhekinkosi Moyo and Nkosinathi Tshuma.
Cameron (E.) WITNESS TO AIDS, with contributions by Nathan Geffen
138 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2005. R140
Foreword by Nelson Mandela.

Justice Edwin Cameron's study of the many facets of the AIDS pandemic in South Africa, interwoven with the story of his legal work and his personal expeirence of HIV. This book won the Sunday Times Alan Paton Non-Fiction Award in 2006.

Edwin Cameron, now a judge in the Supreme Court of Appeal, co-drafted the Charter of Rights on AIDS and HIV, co-founded the AIDS Consortium and founded and was the first director of the AIDS Law Project.
Campbell (C.) "LETTING THEM DIE", how HIV/AIDS prevention programmes often fail
214 pp., paperback, Cape Town, etc, 2003. R145
Through a detailed study of the Summertown Project, a community-led HIV-prevention programme in a mining community near Johannesburg, Catherine Campbell attempts to understand why people knowingly engage in sexual behaviour that could kill them.

Catherine Campbell is a Reader at the London School of Economics and an External Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Chasi (C.) HARD WORDS, on HIV/AIDS communication
87 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2011. R80
A philosophical reflection on how communication around the HIV/AIDS pandemic fails to address or express the depths of human experience and suffering.

"With consciousness of the need to heedfully establish grounds for common justice in this saddest of eras, it is worthy to raise questions as regards messages on HIV/AIDS. If the kindness of those who try to make things better could respect the sacredness of our living, then their words would not be received with offence. Sending out messages which seek to fundamentally change how another relates to life - to sex, to love, to lack of opportunities, to all the infinite things that HIV/AIDS calls to mind - should be approached with due humility and humanity. Instead, what we unfortunately see too much of is a lack of respect for the choosing other." pg. 11-12

Colin Tinei Chasi is a senior lecturer at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, School of Communication, University of Johannesburg.
Chirambo (K.) ed. THE POLITICAL COST OF AIDS IN AFRICA, evidence from six countries
401 pp., 4to., paperback, Pretoria, 2008. R200
This IDASA publication argues that the young multi-party democracies in Namibia, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa, Senegal and Zambia are being undermined by AIDS-related sickness and death among elected leaders and within the electorate.
Claasen (M.) & Alpin-Lardiés (C.) eds. SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN AFRICA, practitioners' experiences and lessons
224 pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2010. R186
A collection of case studies on social accountability from Africa written by practitioners, providing first-hand experiences of designing and implementing social accountability initiatives.

Contributions include:
"Controlling Power - Africans' views on governance, citizenship and accountability" by Robert Mattes,
"Monitoring Ourselves - the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as a catalyst for accountability" by Terence Corrigan and Steven Grudz,
"Parliamentary Oversight of the HIV and AIDS Pandemic - the case of Mozambique" by Isau Joaquim Meneses,
"Leveraging State Accountability - the South African Commission for Gender Equality" by Janine Hicks,
"Developing Civil Society's Budget Monitoring Capacity of HIV and AIDS Resources in Southern and Eastern Africa" by Teresa Guthrie, Nhlanhla Ndlovu, Rose Wanjiru and Paulina Chiwangu,
"Activating Citizens Through Community-Based Planning: the Case of Johannesburg" by Lesley Hudson and Khadija Richards.
Cullinan (K.) & Thom (A.) ed. THE VIRUS, VITAMINS AND VEGETABLES, the South African HIV/AIDS mystery
211 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009. R170
A collection of essays on Aids denialism by South Africa's political leadership in the Mbeki era.

Contributions include "Love, Courage, Insubordination and HIV/AIDS denialism" by Pregs Govender,
"The President's Panel" by Michael Cherry,
"Garlic, Olive Oil, Lemons and Beetroot" by Liz McGregor,
"Saints and Sinners: the Treatment Action Campaign" by Janine Stephen,
"Speaking Truth to Power" by Claire Keeton, and
"Remembering a Decade of the Treatment Action Campaign" by Zackie Achmat.

Kerry Cullinan and Anso Thom work for Health-e News Service, a non-profit news agency that covers HIV/AIDS and health in South Africa.
de Waal (A.) AIDS AND POWER, why there is no political crisis - yet
147 pp., paperback, Cape Town, London & New York, 2006. R95
Seeks to explain why "social and political life in Africa goes on in a remarkably normal way, and how political leaders have successfully managed the AIDS epidemic so as to overcome any threats to their power".

Alex de Waal is a fellow of the Global Equity Initiative, Harvard; director of the Social Science Research Council program on AIDS and social transformation; and a director of Justice Africa in London.
Dickinson (D.) CHANGING THE COURSE OF AIDS, peer education in South Africa and its lessons for the global crisis
252 pp., paperback, First SA Edition, 2010, Johannesburg. R220
Introduction by Charles Deutsch.

A case study from the South African HIV-AIDS epidemic which demonstrates that regular workers educating one another in the workplace and community can be as, or even more, effective agents of behavioural change than experts who teach about appropriate health care behaviour.

David Dickinson is currently Professor of Sociology at University of the Witwatersrand.
Digby (A.), Phillips (H.), Deacon (H.) & Thomson (K.) AT THE HEART OF HEALING, Groote Schuur Hospital 1938-2008
398 pp., maps, illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2009. R250
A history of Groote Schuur Hospital.

Forewords by Dr Saadiq Kariem and Professor Marian Jacobs.

Contributions include ""The Gaze From Below: patient experiences" by Howard Phillips and Kirsten Thomson,
"General Hospital Workers" by Anne Digby and Kirsten Thomson,
"Clinical Research: the 'fighting arm' of the medical profession" by Harriet Deacon,
""The Waxing and Waning of a Golden Age" and "White Coats and Stethoscopes: doctors and medical students at GSH" by Howard Phillips, and
"Challenge and Change, 1987-2007" and "From Racial Segregation Towards Transformation" by Anne Digby.

Anne Digby is Research Professor in History at Oxford Brookes University. She is also the author of "Diversity and Division in Medicine: health care in South Africa from the 1800s" (2006).
Howard Phillips is Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town. He is also the author of "'Black October': the impact of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 on South Africa" (1990) and "UCT 1918-1948" (1993) and co-editor of and contributor to "The Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19: new perspectives" (2003) and "The Cape Doctor in the Nineteenth Century: a social history" (2004).
Harriet Deacon is currently a freelance researcher.
Kirsten Thomson worked as a research assistant on the History of the Groote Schuur Hospital Project which culminated in this book.
Ditsie (B.) & Newman (N.) dir. SIMON & I, steps for the future
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2001. R275
Gay rights activist and lesbian Bev Ditsie remembers her friend Tseko Simon Nkoli (1957-1998), Delmas Treason Trialist, founder of GLOW, the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand, and initiator of the first Gay Pride March in 1990. He also founded the Township AIDS Project and the Positive African Men's Project and received numerous international awards for his work as an AIDS activist before dying of AIDS complications.
du Preez (M.) ed. OPINION PIECES BY SOUTH AFRICAN THOUGHT LEADERS,
249 pp., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2011. R280
A collection of critical essays on various aspects of contemporary South Africa.

Contributions include:
"Of Jacob, Julius, Jimmy and the Dancing Monkey" by Max du Preez
"Toxic Policies: diary of a bad year" by Njabulo Ndebele
"The South African Nation" by Neville Alexander
"Crime and Policing: how we got it wrong" by Antony Altbeker
"The Judiciary and the Constitution' by Carmel Rickard
"Environment and Sustainability" by Leonie Joubert
"Perspectives on Poverty in a Democratic South Africa" by Len Verwey
"The State of the Nation's Health" by Kerry Cullinan and Anso Thom
"Education" by Eric Atmore, Dylan Wray and Gillian Godsell
"'The Content of Their Character'" by Jonathan Jansen
"After Invictus" by James Myburgh.

Columnist, editor, film-maker and executive producer Max du Preez has received the following awards: the Louis M Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism (University of Harvard); the Pringle Award for Contributing to Press Freedom (SA Union of Journalists); the Outstanding Journalism Award (SA Foreign Correspondents' Association); and the Nat Nakasa Award (SA National Editors' Forum and Print Media SA).
Edkins (D.) & Vehkalahti (I.) STEPS BY STEPS, the making of the "Steps for the Future" documentary series
220 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, South Africa, 2008. R165
Details the proces of making the 38 award-winning films for the "Steps for the Future" documentary film project, which deals with the problem of HIV and AIDS in southern Africa. Includes a 200 minute DVD with eight of the films.
Epprecht (M.) HETEROSEXUAL AFRICA?, the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS
231 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg & Ohio, 2008. R190
Marc Epprecht explores "the historical processes by which a singular, heterosexual identity for Africa was constructed - by anthropologists, ethnopsychologists, colonial officials, African elites, and most recently, health care workers seeking to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic".

Marc Epprecht is associate professor in the departments of history and global development studies at Queen's University. He is also the author of "Hungochani: the history of dissident sexuality in southern Africa", which won the 2006 Canadian Association of African Studies Joel Gregory Prize.
Epstein (H.) THE INVISIBLE CURE, Africa, the West, and the fight against AIDS
324 pp., map, paperback, Reprint, London, (2007) 2008. R230
"In 1993, Helen Epstein, a scientist working with a biotechnology company searching for an AIDS vaccine, moved to Uganda, where she witnessed first-hand the suffering caused by the HIV virus." Her book recounts the struggle of international health experts, governments and ordinary Africans to understand and respond to the spread of HIV in Africa.
Fassin (D.) WHEN BODIES REMEMBER, experiences and politics of AIDS in South Africa
365 pp., paperback, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 2007. R220
Didier Fassin "explores the experiences of South African HIV/AIDS patients and their families "in the absence of treatment and demonstrates that the history of colonization, domination and segregation remains vivid in the present time through everyday violence and social inequalities, racist accusations, and conspiracy theories".

Translated from the French by Amy Jacobs and Gabrielle Varro.

Didier Fassin is Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris North, Director of Studies in Anthropology at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris and Director of Centre de recherche sur la santé, le social et le politique.
Feinstein (A.) AFTER THE PARTY, a personal and political journey inside the ANC
287 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R170
Andrew Feinstein, a member of the ANC from the mid-1980s and an ANC Member of Parliament from 1994, resigned in 2001 in protest at the party's handling of the infamous arms deal. This is his account of what really happened in the arms deal and provides insight in current South African politics and the culture within the ANC.

Andrew Feinstien now lives in London where he writes, lectures and consults on public policy issues and chairs an HIV/AIDS charity.
Fels (G.) HEALING IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON, a life skills and kinesiology handbook
277 pp., illus., paperback, (Durban), 2009. R220
Kinesiologist Gaby Fels spent three years working with the male inmates of Leeuwkop Maximum Security Prison, teaching them life skills and kinesiology techniques and exercises to help them cope with prison life and to prepare them for a life outside prison. In this book she outlines the programme.
Fourie (P.) THE POLITICAL MANAGEMENT OF HIV AND AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA, one burden too many?
240 pp., paperback, Basingstoke, 2006. R195
Reviews the responses of the National Party and the Mandela and Mbeki governments to the South African AIDS epidemic and explains why the response has failed.

Peter Fourie teaches politics at the University of Johannesburg and is involved in a number of AIDS projects in southern Africa. In 2003-2004 he worked for UNAIDS in London as a researcher on a project regarding the impact of AIDS in southern Africa over the next 20 years.
Geffen (N.) DEBUNKING DELUSIONS, the inside story of the Treatment Action Campaign
236 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2010. R180
Nathan Geffen describes the Treatment Action Campaign's response to the South African government's AIDS denialism.

"An intellectually incisive, engagingly written history of a policy calamity - and the courageous activism it unleashed - that has important implications for our country's understanding of its past, as well as its future course." Edwin Cameron

"Between these covers you will find all the passion and intelligence Nathan Geffen devoted to the fight against quackery in South Africa. The Mbeki government's march of folly is fully exposed here. One hopes that this book will serve, not only as a record, but as a lesson." Jonny Steinberg

Nathan Geffen has been one of the leaders of the TAC since 2000. He was also the editor of the TAC's magazine.
Guest (E.) CHILDREN OF AIDS, Africa's orphan crisis
176 pp., paperback, First S.A. Edition, Pietermaritzburg, (2001) 2003. R125
Emma Guest interviews orphans, street children, grandparents, aunts, foster parents, charity and social workers and donors in South Africa, Zambia and Uganda about AIDS and how it has affected their lives.

Emma Guest is a freelance writer on AIDS-related matters.
Gunn (S.) & Puwana (Z.) eds. LOOKING INSIDE, five South African stories of people living with Albinism
154 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009. R95
This book is the result of a colloboration between the Human Rights Media Centre (HRMC) and the Western Cape Blind Association (WEBA). Includes interviews with Vuyiswa Kama, Vinkosi Sigwegwe, Nomonde Ngcizela, Mandisi Bangelo and Lucky Jackson, who live with Albinism.
Guthrie (T.) & Hickey (A.) eds. FUNDING THE FIGHT, budgeting for HIV/AIDS in developing countries
353 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2004. R200
Examines how governments in South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Kenya and five countries in Latin America are funding the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Haarhoff (D.) ed. SEVEN LETTERS, HIV/AIDS stories from Namibian children
95 pp., illus., paperback, Basel, 2007. R145
In 2006, during writing workshops led by Dorian Haarhoff at the Windhoek College of Education, teachers in training were taught writing skills and asked, during the course of their practice teaching, to encourage children to write stories on HIV/AIDS. A selection of these stories are published in this book.

Writer Dorian Haarhoff is Professor of English at the University of Namibia.
Haddad (B.) ed. RELIGION AND HIV AND AIDS, charting the terrain
430 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2011. R285
A collection of essays that explore the interface between HIV, AIDS and religion.

Foreword by Robin Root and Alan Whiteside.

Contributions include:
"Religion and Policy on HIV and AIDS: a rapidly shifting landscape" by Jill Olivier
"Systematic Theological Reflection on HIV and AIDS: mapping the terrain" by Steve de Gruchy
"African Traditional Religions and HIV and AIDS: exploring the boundaries" by Ezra Chitando
"African Cultures and Gender in the Context of HIV and AIDS: probing these practices" by Nyokabi Kamau
"Transforming Masculinities Towards Gender Justice in an Era of HIV and AIDS: plotting the pathways" by Andriaan van Klinken
"HIV, AIDS and Stigma: discerning the silences" by Gillian Paterson.

Beverley Haddad is Director of the Theology and Development Programme and Director of the Collaborative for HIV and AIDS, Religion and Theology at the School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Hassim (A.), Heywood (M.) & Berger (J.) eds. HEALTH & DEMOCRACY, a guide to human rights, health law and policy in post-apartheid South Africa
506 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R230
A comprehensive guide to the health system, health law and health policy, with examples drawn from health activism regarding HIV/AIDS to illustrate the practical implications of law and policy.

Adila Hassim is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa and a member of the Johannesburg Bar. She is head of litigation and legal services at the Aids Law Project. Mark Heywood is head of the Aids Law Project. Jonathan Berger is head of policy and research at the Aids Law Project.
Hunter (M.) LOVE IN THE TIME OF AIDS, inequality, gender, and rights in South Africa
303 pp., illus. ,paperback, First S.A.Edition, Pietermaritzburg, 2010. R220
Mark Hunter lived in Mandeni, an informal settlement in KwaZulu-Natal and by studing love letters, cell phone text messages, oral histories and archival materials, he examines the everyday social inequalities and the ideas about femininity, masculinity, love and sex, that have created the "economies of exchange" that perpetuate the transmission of HIV/AIDS.

"Beautifully, powerfully, and movingly written. The best analysis I have seen not only for the reasons for the HIV/AIDS pandemic in southern Africa, but of its wider socioeconomic, cultural, and political dynamics." Shula Marks, School for African and Oriental Studies, University of London

Mark Hunter is Assistant Professor in Social Sciences/Geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough and Research Associate in the School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Iliffe (J.) THE AFRICAN AIDS EPIDEMIC, a history
214 pp., maps, paperback, Oxford etc, 2006. R160
An introduction to the history of the Aids epidemic that uses medical, anthropological and eye-witness sources but assumes no prior knowledge.

John Iliffe is Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge and as Fellow of St John's College.
Izumi (K.). ed. RECLAIMING OUR LIVES, HIV and AIDS, women's land and property rights and livelihoods in southern and East Africa, narratives and responses
117 pp., map, illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R110
A collection of interviews with women from South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda, who speak about how HIV/AIDS has worsened the situation for women and children, who are often dispossessed of their property, evicted from their homes and forced into destitution.

Kaori Izumi is Land Tenure and Rural Institutions Officer and HIV and AIDS Focal Point for the FAO Sub-Regional Office for Southern and East Africa in Harare, ZImbabwe.
Kasiram (M.), Partab (R.) & Dand (B.) eds. HIV/ AIDS IN AFRICA, "the not so silent presence"
163 pp., paperback, Durban, 2006. R180
Contributions include "Exploring the Link Between Changing Family Patterns and HIV-AIDS in South Africa" by Akin Jasper Mturi and Nompumelelo Mzimande,
"Women, HIV/AIDS, Domestic Violence and Human Rights" by Hugo Kamya,
"Challenges to HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care in a South African Correctional Setting" by Aneetha Moodley,
"Towards Spiritual Competence in HIV/AODS Care" by Madhubala Kasiram, and
"The Silent Survivors of HIV/AIDS: a quest for comprehensive strategies in Botswana" by Tapologo Maundeni.

Madhu Kasiram is Professor in the School of Social Work and Community Development at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where Rubeena Partab and Babalwa Dand are lecturers.


Klaits (F.) DEATH IN A CHURCH OF LIFE, moral passion during Botswana's time of AIDS
352 pp., paperback, Berkeley, 2010. R235
An ethnographic study that explores the healing power of caring and intimacy amongst the members of the Baitshepi Church during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic.

"Klaits's work is not only a major contribution to the anthropology of religion and the social scientific literature on AIDS, but also a significant intervention into debates on how Africanists should approach their understandings of sociality and relatedness." Matthew Engelke, author of "A Problem of Presence: beyond scripture in an African church"

Frederick Klaits, a cultural anthropologist, teaches in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University.
Klepp (K-I.), Flisher (A.J.) & Kaaya (S.F.) eds. PROMOTING ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN EAST & SOUTHERN AFRICA,
344 pp., paperback, Uppsala & Cape Town, 2008. R190
"The basis for this volume emerged out of the extensive collaboration born out of the Adolescent Reproductive Health Network (ARHNe), which lasted from 1997-2001."

Contributions include "From Initiation Rituals to AIDS Education: entering adulthood at the turn of the millenium" by Graziella van den Bergh,
"Public Policy: a tool to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health" by Yogan Pillay & Alan J.Flisher,
Peer Education for Adolescent Reproductive Health: an effective method for program delivery, a powerful empowerment strategy, or neither?" by Sheri Bastien et. al., and
"Quality of Care: assessing nurses' and midwives' attitudes towards adolesecents with sexual and reproductive health problems" by Elisabeth Faxelid, et. al.

Alan Flisher is Professor and Head of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Cape Town, and Professor II at the Research Centre for Health Promotion at the University of Bergen in Norway.
Sylvia Kaaya is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam.
Knut-Inge Klepp is Professor and Head of the Centre for Prevention of Global Infections at the University of Oslo and Director of the Public Health and Welfare Division of the Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs.
Lawson (L.) SIDE EFFECTS, the story of AIDS in South Africa
352 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2008. R180
A historical account that attempts to explain how and why South Africa, one of the richest countries in Africa, has one of the worst AIDS epidemics in the world.

Lesley Lawson works as a freelance writer, photographer and film-maker, covering social and development issues in South Africa.
lKhaxas (E.) comp. & ed. WE MUST CHOOSE LIFE, writings by Namibian women on culture, violence, HIV and Aids
328 pp., illus., paperback, Windhoek, 2008. R250
A collection of stories and poems by Namibian women living with and affected by HIV and Aids. The Women's Leadership Centre held nine Women's Rights, Writing, Culture, and HIV and Aids workshops around Namibia and distributed pamphlets through women's organisations, other civil society organisations and school libraries inviting women to submit writing. The pieces published in this volume were selected from the more than five hundred pieces received.

"This book introduces us to the many different reasons why women and girls become infected with HIV, including the culture of silence surrounding sex and sexuality in Namibia. Our cultures do not allow women and girls, men and boys to talk openly about sex and sexuality matters. As parents, as teachers and as partners we have to learn to talk to each other about issues of sex and sexuality, and I am hoping that this book will help open up spaces for us to do that." Magreth Mensah-Williams, Deputy Chairperson of the National Council of Namibia

Elizabeth lKhaxas is the director of vthe Women's Leadership Centre.
Loewenson (R.) et. al. RECLAIMING THE RESOURCES FOR HEALTH, a regional analysis of equity in health in east and southern Africa
227 pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Harare, 2007. R240
Intended as a resource for institutions and individuals working to improve health and social justice, this analysis outlines "a range of policy and programme options to reclaiming the resources for health within and beyond the health sector". It focuses mainly on "the comprehensive, primary health care oriented, people-centred and publicly-led health systems that have been found to improve health, particularly for the most disadvantaged people with greatest health needs."
Long (C.) CONTRADICTING MATERNITY, HIV-positive motherhood in South Africa
231 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009. R220
Drawing on interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, Carol Long provides a perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view and explores the situation in which two identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, come together.

"'Contradicting Maternity' matters enormously to all the women for whom the mothers of this book speak. We, the readers, are almost certainly not these women; but, for all our sakes, we need to listen. If we do not, our 'cultural aneasthesia' will prevail: our knowledge of what Carol Long has heard as she asked and listened to the world's catastrophes and its people's trauma, will be without meaning. A meaningless knowledge diminishes us all." Juliet Mitchell, Cambridge University, author of Psychoanalysis and Feminism

Carol Long is Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand and a practising clinical psychologist.
McGregor (L.) KHABZELA, the life and times of a South African
240 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R125
Foreword by Zackie Achmat.

A biography of Fana Khaba a.k.a. Khabzela. Born and raised in dire poverty in Soweto he managed to realise his dream of becoming a DJ, only to fall ill with AIDS. He died in 2004, aged 35.
McLaughlin (C.), Swartz (S.), Kiragu (S.), Walli (S.) & Mohamed (M.) OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW, consulting children about sex and AIDS education in Africa
140 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2012. R150
A study, comprising a sample of eight schools in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania, that examines the sources, contents and processes of children's community-based sexual knowledges and explores how these knowledges interact with AIDS education programmes in school.

"The bundle of evidence from the three countries on the gap between children's knowledge of sexuality and the lack of interaction with that knowledge within the school context is rich and convincing. The findings contribute to work in sexuality education that points at the necessity to understand youth's sexual knowledge." Dr Ariane DeLannoy, Children's Institute, University of Cape Town
McNeill (F.G.) AIDS, POLITICS, AND MUSIC IN SOUTH AFRICA,
278 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Cambridge, 2011. R270
An anthropological approach to the AID pandemic in South Africa which demonstrates why AIDS interventions in the former homeland of Venda have failed, and possibly even been counterproductive by analysing the songs of female initation, AIDS education, and wandering minstrels.

"This is the best analysis I've read of how the performance arts play a role on the confounding terrain of AIDS prevention and care in the context of poverty. McNeill neither singles out song, dance, and theatre as the answer to the problem not dismisses them as ineffective. Through careful ethnography of performance events and lyrics, he demonstrates that the failures of HIV/AIDS intervention in Venda lie in the intersection of global conventions of peer education with the politics of traditionalism. This is a humanizing text that keeps a political framework active in every chapter. The author's immersion in the community (and dedicated 'hanging out') registers in his passing humor, nuanced local insights and incisive thinking." Louise Meintjes, Duke University

"This eloquent ethnography exposes the contours of everyday life in the age of AIDS. McNeill reveals, with uncommon sensitivity, how the pandemic pervades existence in the Venda region of post-apartheid South Africa, how it makes visible long-standing tensions and forces new conflicts between 'tradition' and technology, privation and promise, censorship and song. AIDS, he shows, is perversely productive: while it sharpens a crisis of reproduction in the countryside, it also opens up new domains of possibility, knowledge, and creativity. As such, it is both a sign and a vector of uncertain, postcolonial times." Jean Comaroff, University of Chicago

Fraser G.McNeill is a senoir lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Pretoria.
Mendel (G.) photo. A BROKEN LANDSCAPE, HIV & AIDS in Africa
207 pp., illus., hardback, d.w., Reprint, Johannesburg, (2001) 2002. R120
Gideon Mendel, a leading photojournalist, was born in Johannesburg in 1959. He moved to London in 1990 and has been documenting the AIDS pandemic in Africa since 1993. He won the Eugene Smith Award for Humanistic Photography in 1996.

Mendel photographed and recorded personal testimonies from AIDS sufferers in Malwai, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Mkhize (N.), Bennett (J.), Reddy (V.) & Moletsane (R.) THE COUNTRY WE WANT TO LIVE IN, hate crimes and homophobia in the lives of black lesbian South Africans
66 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2010. R50
This book is based on a seminar held during the 2006 16 Days of Activism for no Violence againt Women and Children. It also provides an update of subsequent events and offers recommendations for research, policy and practice. It is not, however, a detailed analysis of the state of affairs concerning lesbians in South Africa.

"This text is long overdue. From 'The Rose has Thorns' campaign in 2003 to now, our communities have spoken out against the infestation of violent hate crimes that invade our lesbian and trans' lives. We are supposed to be protected from discrimination by our laws, but families continue to lose their beloved ones to callous murders, and 'curative rapes'. It is time that we, as citizens in our respective countries, call for an end to these atrocities." Zanele Muholi

"This groundbreaking text emphasises the reality of ongoing violence against black lesbians that has for too long remained hidden and ignored in a country praised for its progressive constitution and forward thinking on LGBT issues. Through an innovative partnership between academics, non-governmental organisations and activists, the text highlights the pain of experience through the voices of those most affected. Anyone who reads this text should be outraged and compelled to act." Vicei Tallis, Programme Manager, HIV and AIDS Programme, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa
Mpofu (E.) ed. COUNSELING PEOPLE OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY,
332 pp., 4to., illus., hardback, New York, 2011. R900
"This volume advances a uniquely Africentric, sociocultural understanding of health maintenance and risk reduction in African cultural heritage populations. It unites a diverse group of leading African and Africanist scholars in an exploration of common cultural values in African heritage communities and their practical applications in contemporary counseling. The chapters highlight the prominent health issues faced in Africanist settings today and use real-world experiences to illustrate core lessons for effective community action." from the book

"'Counseling People of African Ancestry' is a wonderful addition to the psychological literature. In this book, Mpofu and colleagues highlight critical considerations in counseling African peoples. Section one, which addresses foundations, includes chapters on indigenous healing, the oral tradition, and the role of colonization and identity - important considerations in counseling individuals of African descent. Section two addresses both traditional (school, university, family, pastoral) and unique (refugees, vulnerable children, conflict zones) contexts, as does Section three (applications), which focuses on topics from trauma and disability to HIV/AIDS and career counseling. Based on the work of experts from a wide range of nationalities, this book is an essential reference for students and mental health professionals who are interested in Africans on the continent and in the diaspora." Frank C.Worrell, University of California, Berkeley

"'Counseling People of African Ancestry', edited by Dr. Elias Mpofu, is one of the most comprehensive and compelling books of this era. Omitted from most textbooks dealing with people from the African Diaspora is the inimitable connection that people across the diaspora share across family, social, political, and spiritual domains. The distinctive contributions of African and Africanist scholars in one collection make this book seminal, and it will be a benchmark for others to imitate." Keith B.Wilson, Pennsylvania State University

Many of the contributors are South Africans.

Elias Mpofu is Professor and Head of Discipline of Rehabilitation Counseling at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Mpongo (N.) et. al. WHISPER NOT, 15 Africans speak out on life and love beyond HIV
352 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2011. R200
Fifteen Africans from diverse backgrounds write about living with and being affected by HIV.

Published by The Openly Positive Trust, an organisation founded in 2007 with the aim of helping to build a supportive, stigma-free environment for people living with HIV and AIDS.
Nattrass (N.) MORTAL COMBAT, AIDS denialism and the struggle for antiretrovirals in South Africa
257 pp., illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2007. R170
A history of AIDS policy in South Africa.

Nicoli Nattrass is Director of the AIDS and Society Research Unit and Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town.
Nattrass (N.) THE MORAL ECONOMY OF AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA,
224 pp., paperback, Reprint, Cambridge, (2004) 2006. R140
Nicoli Nattrass presents a history of AIDS policy in South Africa and analyses the social and economic implications of the pandemic.

Nicoli Nattrass is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Social Science Research at the University of Cape Town.
Ndinga-Muvumba (A.) & Pharoah (R.) eds. HIV/AIDS AND SOCIETY IN SOUTH AFRICA,
265 pp., paperback, Pitermaritzburg, 2008. R190
Contributions include "From State Security to Human Security" by Nana Poku and Bjorg Sandkjaer,
"The Burdens of the Past" by Shula Marks,
"Human Rights in the Context of Human Security" by Edwin Cameron and Marlise Richter,
"The Treatment Action Campaign's Activism" by Dean Peacock, Thokozile Budaza and Alan Greig,
"The Development Agenda and HIV/AIDS" by Alan Whiteside, and
"The United Nations and the Securitisation of HIV/AIDS" by Pieter Fourie.



Nolen (S.) 28 STORIES OF AIDS IN AFRICA,
408 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Reprint, London, (2007) 2008. R170
28 individual stories of people infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS, including Zackie Achmat and Nelson Mandela.

Journalist Stephanie Nolen has spent the last six years covering the story of the Aids pandemic in Africa, as well as reporting on the wars in Uganda and Sudan and the peace process in Sierra Leone. Her coverage of these stories for Canada's "Globe" and "Mail" newspaper won the National Paper Award for International Reporting in 2003 and 2004 and the Amnesty International Awards for Human Rights Reporting in 2003, 2004 and 2006. A Canadian citizen, she currently lives in Johannesburg.
Okorafor (O.A.) PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SPENDING, striving for equity under fiscal federalism
180 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2010. R202
Okore Apia Okorafor "highlights key factors that can help to achieve equity in the allocation of primary healthcare resources within fiscal federal systems and decentralised health systems in general" and "explores a wide range of ways of spending found in fiscal federal systems around the world and how they impact on the equitable distribution of healthcare resources". from the back cover

Okore Apia Okorafor is a health economist currently working in the private medical industry in South Africa.
Oppenheimer (G.M.) & Bayer (R.) SHATTERED DREAMS?, an oral history of the South African AIDS epidemic
266 pp., hardback, d.w., New York, 2007. R280
The story of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa, based on interviews with physicians and nurses working in hospitals and clinics across the country.

Gerald Oppenheimer is a Professor at Brooklyn College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Ronald Bayer is Professor and CoDirector of the Centre for the History and Ethics of Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
Page (J.) et. al. WORKING WITH HIV/AIDS,
126 pp., illus., paperback, Revised Edition, Cape Town, 2006. R124
Discusses what HIV/AIDS is, how it is spread, what can be done to avoid becoming HIV positive and how to live positively if infected. All these issues are discussed in the context of the workplace.
Palitza (K.), Ridgard (N.), Struthers (H.) & Harber (A.) eds. WHAT IS LEFT UNSAID, reporting the South African HIV epidemic
358 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2010. R195
A collection of articles and transcripts on the South African AIDS epidemic produced by journalism fellows, staff and research associates of the HIV/AIDS and the Media Project, an initiative spearheaded by Professor Anton Harber of Wits Journalism and Helen Struthers of Anova Health Institute.

"A useful collection of articles and transcripts that document some of the seminal events and discussions during the troubled period of the South African government's AIDS denialist response to the epidemic." Nathan Geffen, author of "Debunking Delusions"

Contributions include:
"What is Left Unsaid: HIV and tabloids in South Africa" by Kylie Thomas.
"Ethical Journalism in a Time of Aids" by Franz Krüger,
"Shaping the Conflict: factors influencing the coverage of conflict around HIV policy in the South African press" by Alan Finlay,
"'Sometimes I feel like sleeping without waking up or just disappearing': participants of a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme speak about their experiences" by Charis Labuschagne,
"'Zama needs to take out the burden and tell': secrecy and disclosure in the lives of young children living with HIV in South Africa" by Glynis Clacherty,
"Discrimination Rampant At All Levels of Paediatric HIV Treatment" by Christina Stucky,
"Sex,'Soaps' and HIV: multiple and concurrent partnerships in South African soap operas" by Natalie Ridgard,
"'If you love them, let them know': stories from a men's HIV support group" by Phiippa Garson,
"Traditional HIV medicines: 'We need basic evidence" by Zanele Buthelezi.
Patterson (A.S.) THE POLITICS OF AIDS IN AFRICA,
226 pp., paperback, Boulder & London, 2006. R180
Focusing on the politics of how states respond to AIDS, Amy Patterson examines why some African states commit more effectively than others to the fight against the epidemic.

Patterson is associate professor of political science at Calvin College.
Pick (W.) THE SLAVE HAS OVERCOME,
292 pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R170
The autobiography of William Pick, who grew up in Elsies River, a coloured suburb of Cape Town. He is Professor Emeritus and former Head of the School of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand. William Pick holds honorary professorships at the universities of Cape Town and the Western Cape and was a Fellow in International Health at Harvard University, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He was also Temporary Advisor to the World Health Organisation, and is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.
Pisani (E.) THE WISDOM OF WHORES, bureaucrats, brothels, and the business of AIDS
372 pp., map, paperback,, Reprint, London, 2008 (2009). R160
Epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani has worked in the fields of HIV prevention since 1995 for the World Bank, UNAIDS, the World Health Organisation and other international institutions. Most of the research on which this book is based was done in Asia, particularly Indonesia.

"A fascinating and revelatory account of a world in which AIDS has become a fashionable cause to which the West now pledges billions of dollars - money that has introduced corruption and greed into an already complex equation" Stephanie Merritt, Observer

"This book will make her many enemies among the 'Aids mafia', but it cuts through much of the cant that surrounds the subject." David Sinclair, Tribune
Prince (B.) et. al. (eds.) EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF HIV/AIDS, seminar proceedings
67 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R90
The presentations and discussions delivered with partners by the SAHARA Network of the HSRC at the two satellite sessions of the 16th International AIDS Conference, Toronto, 2006.

Includes "The complexity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa and the need for creative responses" by Dr Zola Skweyiya,
"Unfolding continental developments in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa" by Professor Eric Buch, and
"'Missing the women: exploring key challenges in policy responses to HIV/AIDS" by Dr Olive Shisana and Julia Louw.

Prince (B.), Pugh (S.) & Kleintjies (S.) (eds.) SKILLS-BUILDING FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN HIV/AIDS, research and practice, seminar proceedings
80 pp., map, illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R70
Presentations delivered at the gender and HIV/AIDS-themed sessions held during the 3rd African Conference of the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA), held in Dakar in 2005.

Papers include "A Critical Look at the Use of Gender Theory in Responses to HIV/AIDS" by Tamara Shefer,
"Gender Mainstreaming and HIV/AIDS in Swaziland" by Doo Aphane,
"Sexual Identities and Men Who Have Sex with Men" by Sarah Pugh,
"Women, Poverty and Vulnerability in the Face of HIV/AIDS" by B Lévi Tshizubu Mutombo, and
"Masculinities: implications for the HIV/AIDS epidemic" by Joseph Amuzu.

Reddy (V.), Sandfort (T.) & Rispel (L.) eds. FROM SOCIAL SILENCE TO SOCIAL SCIENCE, same-sex sexuality, HIV & AIDS and gender in South Africa, conference proceedings
252 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009. R190
This publication grew out of the conference, "Gender, Same-Sex Sexuality and HIV/AIDS", held in Pretoria in May 2007 and jointly convened by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioural Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University.

Contributions include "Researching Same-Sex Sexuality and HIV Prevention" by Peter Aggleton,
"Sexuality Research in South Africa: the policy context" by Robert Sember,
"Gender, Same-Sex Sexuality and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: practical research challenges and solutions" by Pierre Brouard,
"From Social Silence to Social Science: HIV research among township men who have sex with men in South Africa" by Tim Lane,
"Sexing Women: young black lesbians' reflections on sex and responses to safe(r) sex" by Zethu Matebeni,
"A Bird's-Eye View of HIV and Gay and Lesbian Issues in Zimbabwe" by Samuel Matsikure,
"Mobilising Gay and Lesbian Organisations to Respond to the Political Challenges of the South African HIV epidemic" by Nathan Geffen, Zethu Cakata, Renay Pillay and Paymon Ebrahimzadeh, and
"Lessons Learned from Current South African HIV/AIDS Research Among Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Populations" by Dawie Nel.
Richardson (N.) ed. BROKEN BODIES AND HEALING COMMUNITIES, the challenge of HIV and AIDS in the South African context
208 pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2009. R110
This book grew out of a research project conducted by the School of Religion and Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo. The research focused on "the social impact of HIV and AIDS, the means of coping with that impact developed by communities, and the part played by the churches in response to the impact", and centered on the township of Mpophomeni in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. The project culminated in an international conference held in Natal in 2005. The chapters of this book are based on the material presented at this conference.

Contributions include "Shielding Girls at Risk of AIDS by Weaving Zulu and Christian Ritual Heritage" by Jone Salomonsen,
"Male and Female Bodies in the Teaching of Isaiah Shembe: possible implications for HIV and AIDS" by Gerald West,
"What Goes In and What Comes Out: reading Mark 7 and Zulu Culture in the context of communal healing" by Jonathan Draper, and
"The Ministry of Presence in Response to Shame and Judgement: learning to be caregivers to people living with HIV and AIDS" by Edwina Ward.
Rupiya (M.) ed. THE ENEMY WITHIN, southern African militaries' quarter-century battle with HIV and AIDS
218 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2006. R100
This book is the product of a research initiative by the Institute for Security Studies - thorugh its MilAIDS Project - to document the efforts of the armed forces in Botswana, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe to counter the impact of HIV and AIDS in their ranks over the past 25 years.

Rödlach (A.) WITCHES, WESTERNERS AND HIV, AIDS & cultures of blame in Africa
247 pp., illus., paperback, Walnut Creek, 2006. R390
Investigates and compares beliefs about witchcraft and conspiracies surrounding HIV/AIDS in Africa and their importance for HIV/AIDS advocacy and public health programmes.

Anthropologist and Catholic priest Alexander Rödlach works in the editorial department of the journal, Anthropos, at the Anthropos Institute, St. Augustine, Florida.
Servais (N.) dir. SOWING IN TEARS,
60 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R100
Based on the book, "HIV/AIDS, a call to action, responding as Christians" by Bishop Hugh Slattery MSC, Bishop of Tzaneen, this film documents the response of the Diocese of Tzaneen in Limpopo Province to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Diocese has adopted a three pronged approach which involves implementing the "Education for Life" programme, home-based care and the care of orphans and needy children.

Winner of the Fraternity Prize at the Religion Film Festival in 2007 and the 22nd International Catholic Film and Multimedia Festival in Poland in 2007.
Servais (N.) dir. THE CHANGE IS ON, tools for pure living, education for life from Uganda to South Africa
49 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R100
A sequel to the award-winning DVD, "Sowing in Tears", this DVD focuses on the educational and preventative aspect of the Diocese of Tzaneen's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, especially their implementation of the "Education for Life" programme developed in Uganda.
Shisana (O.) et. al. SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL HIV PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE, BEHAVIOUR AND COMMUNICATION SURVEY, 2008, the health of our children
75 pp., 4to., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2010. R160
This report presents research findings from a population-based household survey on the health of South African children 0-18 years of age conducted in 2008 by a consortium led by the Human Sciences Research Council. The report includes morbidity, utilisation of health facilities, immunisation coverage, HIV status and associated risk factors, as well as the exposure of children and adolescents to HIV communication programmes. It also presents data on male circumcision and the acceptability of the practice.
Steinberg (J.) THREE-LETTER PLAGUE, a young man's journey through a great epidemic
342 pp., paperback, Reprint, Johannesburg., (2008) 2010. R170
Jonny Steinbeg's investigation into why HIV-positive people who live close to well-administered antiretroviral treatment choose to stay at home and die. He explores the relationship between "Sizwe Magadla", a successful 29 year old trader who fears he has AIDS but refuses to be tested, and Hermann Reuter, a doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières who establishes an antiretroviral treatment programme in "Sizwe's" village in rural Transkei.

Washington Post Book of the Year, South African Sunday Times Book of the Year 2008, and winner of the Recht Malan Prize 2009.

"If you want to know why AIDS is devastating southern Africa, you have to read this book. It is a brilliant exploration of the secret, intimate decisions that turn an epidemic into a catastrophe." Robert Guest, former Africa editor for The Economist

Jonny Steinberg has won the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for literary non-fiction twice for his books, "Midlands" (2002) and "The Number" (2004). "In a Different Time" was shortlisted for the 2009 Alan Paton Award.
Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (comp.) VOLKSGENEESKUNS IN SUID-AFRIKA, 'n kultuurhistoriese oorsig, benewens 'n uitgebreide versameling Boererate
640 pp., hardback, Pretoria, 2010. R275
A collection of 8705 traditional Afrikaner home remedies.

Text in Afrikaans.
Terry (P.E) BREAKING STONE SILENCE, giving voice to AIDS prevention in Africa
282 pp., illus., paperback, Trenton, 2006. R195
Discusses AIDS prevention in Africa, particularly in Zimbabwe, and looks at the difficulties of changing behaviour and of putting knowledge into action in situations where political strife and cultural forces like racism and sexism seriously hamper efforts.

Paul Terry is the President and C.E.O of the Park Nicollet Institute in Minnesota and co-founder of Shape Zimbabwe, an NGO committed to HIV prevention in Africa.
Thornton (R.J.) UNIMAGINED COMMUNITY, sex, networks, and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa
282 pp., illus., paperback, Berkeley, 2008. R295
An anthropological approach to the AIDS pandemic in Africa which explores why HIV prevalence fell during the 1960s in Uganda despite that country's having one of Africa's highest fertility rates, while during the same period HIV prevalence rose in South Africa, the country with Africa's lowest fertility rate.

"Thornton's audacious ambition is to reveal the collective causes of intimate personal behaviour; he takes as the critical zone of his investigation the hidden network linking sexual partners to society at large. Unimagined Communities succeeds as a compellingly original study of AIDS and as a work of deep anthropology. This book is a tour de force, reflected in the consistently high quality of the writing, which never flags." Keith Hart

Robert J.Thornton is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Witwatersrand.
Treatment Action Campaign FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES, the history of the Treatment Action Campaign, 1998-2010
120 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2010. R186
A history of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), an NGO founded in 1998 to ensure that people living with HIV got access to treatment, especially antiretroviral medicines. Includes interviews with people, mostly women, whose lives have been saved by TAC.

"But what really got me involved directly was observing TAC volunteers at their workshops. So many organisations speak on behalf of other people 'less fortunate than themselves'. TAC was made up of those most affected - mostly women, young, impressive, well organised, challenging and extremely well informed. I was and remain inspired." Ann Grant, former British High Commissioner to South Africa
van der Merwe (K.) dir. THE BOTTOM LINE, paying the price
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2000. R265
A documentary about the effect international patent laws and drug prices have on the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. Includes interviews with Edwin Cameron, Zackie Achmat and Nkosi Johnson.
van Niekerk (A.A.) & Kopelman (L.M.) eds. ETHICS AND AIDS IN AFRICA, the challenge to our thinking
222 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2005. R190
Foreword by Edwin Cameron, author of "Witness to Aids" (2005).

Reviews the ethical implications of the Aids pandemic in Africa.

Contributions include "AIDS in Africa: facts, figures and the extent of the problem" by Alan Whiteside,
"Through a glass, darkly: data and uncertainty in the AIDS debate" by Alan Whiteside, Tony Barnett, Gavin George & Anton van Niekerk,
"Rolling Out Antiretroviral Treatment in South Africa: economic and ethical challenges" by Nicoli Nattrass,
"HIV vaccine trial participation in South Africa: an ethical assessment" by Keymanthri Moodley, and much more.
Viljoen (F.) & Precious (S.) eds. HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THREAT, four perspectives on HIV, AIDS and the law in southern Africa
195 pp., paperback, Pretoria, 2007. R220
In 2006 the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria began a research project on issues related to HIV, AIDS, law and human rights. Four researchers, hosted by four different research institutions in southern Africa, were selected to prepare research papers, which are published here:
"Pandora's Box: the crimilisation of HIV transmission or exposure in SADC countries" by Patrick M.Eba,
"Routine HIV Testing of Individuals Attending Public Health Facilities: are SADC countries ready?" by Nyasha C.Chingore,
"The Human Rights and Public Health Implications of Restricting Prisoners' Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment in SADC Countries" by Babafemi Odunsi, and
"The Realsiation of Access to HIV and AIDS-related Medicines in Southern African Countries: possibilities and actual realisation of international law obligations" by Dorothy Mushayavanhu.
Walker (L.), Reid (G.) & Cornell (M.) WAITING TO HAPPEN, HIV/AIDS in South Africa - the bigger picture
143 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, etc, 2004. R150
Foreword by Edwin Cameron.

Examines the social, cultural and historical aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The book draws on papers presented at the AIDS in Context conference convened by the History Workshop at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2001.

Liz Walker and Graeme Reid are researchers in the Culture of Sexuality and Power programme at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER).
Wells (K.), MacDowell (M.), Dewhurst (C.K.), Dewhurst (M.) eds. SIYAZAMA, art, AIDS and education in South Africa
174 pp., colour illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2012. R225
The Siyazama Project enables rural traditional craftswomen from KwaZulu-Natal to express their concerns about AIDS and all its complexities through beaded cloth dolls and beadwork. This volume grew out of a collaborative project of the Durban University of Technology and Michigan State University Museum to bring to wider audiences, via exhibitions and publications, the lessons learnt through the project. It includes biographical profiles of key artists involved in the project, and essays which chronicle the development of the project and analyse impacts the project has had on participants and their communities as well as on institutions engaged in the project and on other communities around the world.

Siyazama, a Zulu expression, means "we are trying".
Whiteside (A.) HIV/ AIDS, a very short introduction
147 pp., illus., paperback, Oxford, 2008. R95
Explores the unfolding catastophe of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, explains the science, and focuses on the profound impact of the disease on the lives of people and communities in South Africa and around the world.

Alan Whiteside is Professor of Health Economics and HIV/AIDS, and Director of the Research Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal. In 2003 he was appointed by Kofi Annan to the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa, and has been an elected member of the Governing Council of the International AIDS Society since 2000.
Zevenbergen (A.) SPOTS OF A LEOPARD, on being a man
250 pp., map, paperback, Cape Town, 2009. R195
Originally published in 2007 in Dutch as "Vlekken van een luipaard".

Travelling through Africa meeting men from different cultures and backgrounds Zambian-born journalist Aernout Zevenbergen explores the question of what it means to be a man today on a continent ravaged by war, economic troubles, sexual violence and AIDS.

"[Spots] is a penetrating collection of stories about AIDS ruining societies, of poverty without hope of rapid improvement and the disintegration of values and norms. The author does not judge anything; instead, he provides a well-documented and thorough image of backgrounds and situations. An extremely well written work on a topic for which there has been little attention." Biblion