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Reports on an international symposium, "Social Sciences and AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) in Africa," held Nov 1996 in Sali Portudal, Senegal. The conference brought together English- & French-speaking researchers & AIDS activists working in various sub-Saharan countries. Central themes included the relationship between the spread of AIDS & geographic mobility, demographic correlates of AIDS in Africa, the need for better social science research to inform prevention & treatment, the relationship between research & advocacy, the ethics of AIDS research, & indigenous interpretations of AIDS. It is concluded that such symposiums reinforce participants' sense of purpose & allow evaluation of methodologies & resource allocation. 18 References. E. Blackwell

The book draws on first hand research and in-depth investigations carried out by a team of researchers from Britain, Zambia and Tanzania, and focuses on the gendered aspect of the struggle against AIDS

Tanzania Gender Networking Programme: Gender Profile of Tanzania
(TGNP, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1993).


Beyond the Impasse: New Directions in Development Theory

byFrans J. Schuurman (ed), Zed Books, London 1993.


African Perspectives on Development: Controversies, Dilemmas and Openings

byUlf Himmelstrand, Kabiru Kinyanjui, Edward Mburugu (eds), James Currey, London 1994.