Nolen, Stephanie creator Stephanie Nolen, We Made This Portobello text xx London Portobello 2008 9999 monographic und

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vi, 401 pages Colour illustrations, maps 19 cm In the introduction to the book Ms. Nolen explains her rationale behind choosing twenty-eight as the number of people she would profile in the book {u2014} one person for roughly every ten million infected with the AIDS virus. She also says in the same introduction that she fears that even the thirty million figure quoted above is a conservative estimate based on how deeply rooted AIDS has become in Africa and how often she witnessed case numbers far exceeding official estimates in areas she visited researching this book. While Ms. Nolen's skills as a journalist make the introduction invaluable reading, what makes 28 Stories Of AIDS In Africa so compelling are the stories of the twenty-eight people of the title. Some of them will be known to you, like Nelson Mandela, who in 2005 announced to the world that his son had died of AIDS. Since his retirement from the presidency of South Africa, Mandela has dedicated himself to the fight against the pandemic. Others, like Manuel and Philomena Cossa, a migrant gold miner from Mozambique and his wife, you'll have never heard of, and their stories will break your heart. Adult Stephanie Nolen. Originally published: 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index. South Africa 362.1969792 NOLE 9781846 270383 RDA 210817 20250708084340.0 ENGLISH