Children of AIDS: Africa's Orphan Crisis, 2nd edition

Children of AIDS: Africa's Orphan Crisis, 2nd edition

University of Natal Press/Stylus Publishing, 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166-2012. ISBN 0-7453-2076-7, 0-7453-2-075-9pbk. $75.00, $19.95pbk.
Emma Guest. 2003.

"Deadlier than war, deadlier than tyranny, deadlier even than malaria, AIDS is silently tearing Africa apart. The epidemic is throwing millions of households into turmoil. Often the middle generation is wiped out, and children and the elderly are left to fend for themselves." This book looks at the lives of some of these survivors in Uganda where the AIDS epidemic is mature. This was a difficult book for the author to write since she was a white outsider who was not totally accepted into the country's society. She, however, was able to get some of the individuals to open up and relate their stories, which is most cases are very bleak. It is full of stories of extraordinary resilience. It is a book for social workers who need to understand how these orphans are coping from day to day. This second edition is two years later than the first edition but the facts are the same and the number of orphans is growing. "The UN estimates that 42 million children under 15, in 41 African countries, will have lost one or both parents by 2010, about half to AIDS." The sad thing is that little is being done to curb the epidemic with the exception of Uganda, Senegal, and Thailand where some progress is being made. This is small book with a big impact on the reader. Recommended for all academic libraries.

Keywords: Children; Africa
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