Title: Before HIV : sexuality, fertility and mortality in East Africa, 1900-1980 /
Authors: Doyle, Shane
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Mortality; Colonialism; Sexual Behavior; Mortality history; History, 20th Century; History, 19th Century; Fertility; Colonialism history; Sexual Behavior history; Sexual Behavior ethnology; Sex Africa, East History; HIV infections Africa, East History; Africa, Eastern; Africa, Eastern
Abstract: Two of the most important questions in modern African history are the causes of its population explosion, and the origins of the HIV pandemic. 'Before HIV' shows that the more permissive sexual culture which permitted HIV to spread so quickly can be traced back to the mid-20th century, when new patterns of socialization and sexual networking emerged.