HIV/AIDS has been reported as one of the most destructive
diseases in recent memory, tearing apart communities and
ostracizing the afflicted. But the emphasis placed on death and
despair hardly captures the many and varied effects of the
epidemic, or the stories of the extraordinary people who live and
die under its watch. On a remarkable journey through his native
Nigeria, Uzodinma Iweala opens our minds to these stories, speaking
with people from all walks of life: the ill and the healthy,
doctors, nurses, sex workers, students, parents, and children.
Their testimonies are by turns uplifting, alarming, humorous, and
always unflinchingly candid.
At once a deeply personal exploration of life in the face of
disease and an incisive critique of our ideas of health and
happiness, Our Kind of People goes behind the headlines to
illuminate the scope of the crisis and the real lives it
affects.
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