The Value of Life: AIDS in Africa Revisited
A remorseful image was painted in my mind when AIDS and Africa are put in the same sentence. What I see is an image of death everywhere, not to mention the poverty. When I press “play”, I prepare myself for the worst. The video starts with children singing, in English! Illiteracy is out of my Africa check list! They are in a clean home, well maintained on a low budget. They are happy.
Steve, a renowned journalist, is the main attraction of the day. Graca Marcel who accompanies Stephen is not the guest of honor according to the children’s expressions here. She, however, asks the questions, all the right questions as I learn later on. Stephen acts as a catalyst that encourages the talk. He must have interacted with children for long to be at ease with this bunch!
There was no gross image shown. No death talk or images. Where are the parents in this film? They are not in a school set up. It must be an orphanage. As the film develops, my speculation it
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Why does he want to be president? In Africa, most of the presidents are corrupted and power hungry; Mugabe is your evidence. They love their women too! The South African president got married to the sixth wife. I am sure that this young is not interested in that many women. He has enough problems to fight: poverty, corruption, family, education, and women; most probably in that order. He must want to have a changed society, the one where every child will live in a loving home with parents or guardians. A world where going to school is a routine, not a dream. A place where infrastructure and resources are used for the needs they are meant to address. A better world than the one he is living in. I need a moment right now to reflect. What can I do for the world? How can we who have luxuries change the lives of those who are less fortunate? They may not be necessarily in Africa; they may be just the persons next door, the people I see