For as long as I remember I have enjoyed reading obituaries. Reading about the lives of those who once shared this world makes me more aware of my humanity as well as of my mortality. With the exception of famous people of whom I know some things, most of the obituaries I read are of […]
All Die Be Die
My interest in HIV/AIDS is in changing people’s behaviours and attitudes about their self-perceived risk of acquiring the infection. At this time, the ongoing epidemic in Africa does not stem from ignorance. People know the basics of what HIV/AIDS is and how it is spread. One can blame our religious and political leaders in that […]
Dying of AIDS in 2008 in the United States
Since the mid-1990s when combination antiretroviral therapy became available in the United States, HIV has quickly become a chronic condition. “Like diabetes” we often say. AIDS is a problem of “Africa” and other “overseas” nations, the general consensus goes. Yet, in the United States, tens of thousands of people are newly infected with HIV on […]
Code Blue Bells in Ghana – The Final Countdown
As I type this Europe’s The Final Countdown is doing its rounds over and over again in my head and being mixed up with TKZee’s Shibobo. Oh, it’s already my last week in Ghana. Sobbing! How soon? So soon! I’m already in mourning. Soon I will be wrapped up in many layers of clothing, shovelling […]