article
Infect one, infect all: Zulu youth response to AIDS epidemic in South Africa
Medical anthropology • 17 • Published In 1997 • Pages: 363-380
By: Leclerc-Madlala, Suzanne.
Abstract
The province of KwaZulu-Natal leads South Africa in HIV/AIDS infection, with over two-thirds of the currently estimated 1.8 million cases. Recent studies show that the spread of HIV is accelerating, especially among young people under the age of 25. For Zulu township youth, HIV infection has come to be accepted as a new and inevitable part of growing up. Ongoing political violence and high levels of crime characterize the townships, from which has emerged a youth culture where young people who suspect theyt may be infected with HIV will avoid a definite diagnosis while at the same time seek to spread the infection as widely as possible. This response to the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic is examined aginst the cultural ethos of UBUNTU and the strategies once used by youth to forge solidarity in their struggle against the former white regime. The social impact of this response, which may include increasing rape incidence, is discussed (p.363).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Biological Anthropologist
- Medical Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1982-1995
- Coverage Place
- Townships around Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
- Notes
- Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-380)
- LCCN
- 78643782
- LCSH
- Zulu (African people)