There are approximately thirty-five million people living with HIV in the world, and around six million of them live in South Africa. Almost one fifth of the South African population dies of AIDS-related diseases and the number of new infections continues to grow. The fall of the apartheid regime in 1994 left the country in ruins and the epidemic was free to spread with a fast pace. The political leadership saw other issues as more pressing, which resulted in weak social and cultural responses in raising awareness about HIV and AIDS. This book takes a closer look at the literary responses to...