Introduction

Explanations

Criteria

Context

Resources

HIV-AIDS

Diamonds

DEALING WITH AFRICAN CRISES IN THE CLASSROOM:
Example One: HIV-AIDS--A South African Case Study

I. The Problem:
Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa

link to photoalbum/crises

II. Making Sense of the Aids Crisis in South Africa

a) South Africa Demography
http://www.geohive.com/cd/sf.php

b) Blame it on Culture?
*** traditional values--
*** The Four"P's": patriarchy, patrilinealism, polygamy, promiscuity

c) Government: Ambiguities of AIDS policy
*** Apartheid Regime: "African/Black Problem"
*** Making AIDS Invisible: AIDS & the Post-Apartheid Reconstruction Agenda
*** Prevention versus Treatment

d) The International Connection:
*** The battle over patent rights

e) Setting the Historical Context: The Political Economy of HIV-AIDS in Northern KwaZulu-Natal
*** Racial Capitalism
*** Homelands
*** Labor Migration
*** Disintegration of family structure
*** Poverty and the diseases of poverty

On November 25 & 26, 2001, the New York Times published a articles on the HIV-AID pandemic in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Link to the Stories:

November 25, 2001
November 26, 2001
November 30, 2001