Sexual and Reproductive Issues Among the Akamba of Kenya

ISBN-13: 9783639164053 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 236 str.

Harrison Maithya

Opis

This book explores sexual and reproductive issues andtheir implication for the management of childbearing, STDand HIV/AIDS in an African community. The destabilisation oftraditional African social institutions that provided support andmaintained a balance between individuals, family and community hasimpacted negatively on reproductive health of both men and women. Thischange has also exposed them to dangers associated with sex. Theauthor further discusses cultural perceptions andexplanations of reproductive successes or failures and drawing onspecific cases from the Akamba of Kenya, he shows that these notionsare embedded in the Akamba theories of disease causation,health and wellbeing. The meaning of STD and HIV/AIDS infectionto women is different from that of men and this calls forgender-specific prevention and management strategies. The book isrecommended for scholars, students and researchers insexuality,social and cultural aspects of health and illness in Africa.

O autorze

Harrison M. K. Maithya, PhD: Studied Social Anthropology at the
University of London,
UK. He is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of
Anthropology at Moi
University, Kenya.