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AIDS in
Africa
A Book of
Hope,Healing, Wisdom & Inspiration
Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo
AIDS in
Africa: An African and Prophetic Perspective by
Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo. Foreword by Ambassador Mary Kanya. (Gateway, 68 pages, US 19.50, softbound)
A highly recommended new book for those in family, NGOs, government,
and education working against HIV/AIDS. The author Mankekolo has
excellent credentials in her various perspectives: African, feminist,
medically trained, theologically trained, and community/pastoral
oriented.
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"Failure to contain this epidemic in Africa will
inevitably affect the whole of humanity. Fortunately, Rev. Dr. Mankekolo
Mahlangu-Ngcobo in this wonderful book gives us the inspiration and the
wisdom, which leads us to the path of HOPE, HELP AND HEALING."
"Introduction" to
AIDS in
Africa
Excellency Mary Kanya,
Swaziland Ambassador to the USA
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" The Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo is the
founder pastor of Kalafong A.M.E.Church in Baltimore. Her names are
South African - she grew up in Soweto, a Christian, and in youth went
into exile after protesting apartheid. In USA since 1981, she has earned
degrees from Morgan, Johns Hopkins (public health), St Mary's Seminary,
and United Theological Seminary. On AIDS she is an authority.
As the count from that pandemic accelerates, passing 25 million dead in
a continental population approaching 800 million, Mahlangu-Ngcobo's
impulse to cry out has resulted in a book
—AIDS in
Africa: An African and Prophetic Perspective
She explains viruses and the immune system: she
allows for the traditional....African family, for tribal health [its
knowledge and its limitations], for the new impoverished urbanization.
She condemns female circumcision. She counsels abstinence or
postponement, [but recognizes that some people will need to use condoms].
She bears in mind . . . the many believers in Islam, in spiritism,—Africans
have many names for God—Modimo, Thixo, Mungu, Oluwa, Chineke....,
And for lingering, painful, unnecessary death."
James H. Brady
BALTIMORE SUN
Sept 9, 2001
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Dr. Ngcobo passionately writes that the war against
HIV and AIDS must be a collective initiative between families,
governments, non-governmental organizations, churches and the community.
She examines the role of each of these entities, and shows how through
the proper information and explanation, the many myths and taboos that
surround this disease can be eradicated . . .
"I want people to talk more about this disease,
change their behavior and be responsible for their bodies", she
says. . .She goes on to describe the HIV virus and its effects on the
body....in a way that gives new light and adds a parable to drive the
point home....she stresses the role of the family as one of the most
important points.
" First we have to back to the position in
African family culture of respecting women and girls. They need to be
empowered, as they are homer and community builders.. Secondly, African
men must protect the ..family. Today African men cannot afford to expose
their daughters and wives to danger."
Another group she targets is the African faith communities. . . . Dr.
Ngcobo visited a young man with HIV in his last days. He was initially
cranky and irritable, but through her prayers and compassion, his heart
was softened and he died telling his sister to let the minister know he
was at peace with God.
She concludes the book with a prophetic sermon and
passionate prayer for Africa. [and a moving rewriting of the beatitudes,
directing them toward people with AIDS and their caregivers].
"Through prayer, prophetic messages, personal responsibility and
the involvement of the government, churches, and business, we can give
hope and healing to Africa."
Leah L. Lakins
Baltimore
Afro-American
August 25-August 31, 2001
Rev. Dr. Mankekolo Mahlango-Ngcobo is the pastor
of Kalafong AME Mission church in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the
first black South African woman to receive a Doctor of Ministry
degree. She is an educator, author, consultant in health and
international social justice.
Correspondence and orders : (US $19.50)/M.
Mahlangu-Ngcobo/3315 Mondawmin Ave./Baltimore, MD 21215, USA/mankekolo@aol.com/(in
Canada to kirkwood@web.ca)
http://www.orgsites.com/md/kalafong-ame-mission-church/index.html
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Greenback Planet: How the Dollar Conquered
the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It
By H. W. Brands
In Greenback Planet, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands charts the dollar's astonishing rise to become the world's principal currency. Telling the story with the verve of a novelist, he recounts key episodes in U.S. monetary history, from the Civil War debate over fiat money (greenbacks) to the recent worldwide financial crisis. Brands explores the dollar's changing relations to gold and silver and to other currencies and cogently explains how America's economic might made the dollar the fundamental standard of value in world finance. He vividly describes the 1869 Black Friday attempt to corner the gold market, banker J. P. Morgan's bailout of the U.S. treasury, the creation of the Federal Reserve, and President Franklin Roosevelt's handling of the bank panic of 1933. Brands shows how lessons learned (and not learned) in the Great Depression have influenced subsequent U.S. monetary policy, and how the dollar's dominance helped transform economies in countries ranging from Germany and Japan after World War II to Russia and China today. He concludes with a sobering dissection of the 2008 world financial debacle, which exposed the power--and the enormous risks--of the dollar's worldwide reign. The Economy |
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Sex at the Margins
Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
By Laura María Agustín
This book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura Agustín makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' serves to disempower them. Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radically different analysis. Frequently, says Agustin, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry, and although they are treated like a marginalised group they form part of the dynamic global economy. Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice. "Sex at the Margins rips apart distinctions between migrants, service work and sexual labour and reveals the utter complexity of the contemporary sex industry. This book is set to be a trailblazer in the study of sexuality."—Lisa Adkins, University of London |
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The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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Ancient African Nations
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