Aids and land tenure in Africa. Two case studies in Mozambique and Tanzania

Few books, if any books on HIV/AIDS, document the causes and consequences of the disease at the household level in rural Africa. Here, readers will find a lucid, down-to-earth description of the reality faced by rural people living with HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. This book provides a faithful account of the actual causes and consequences of the dissemination of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in agricultural communities of Tanzania and Mozambique. It addresses the impact of existing land tenure patterns on the spread of HIV/AIDS, as well as the impact of HIV/AIDS on land tenure patterns. The book distinguishes itself by taking a close look at the gender, population and migration questions that affect, and are affected by, HIV/AIDS - especially in relation to land tenure. Its clear and simple presentation of the facts in two fieldwork case-studies allows the reader to understand the changes the disease has brought to rural African landscapes and communities. Paolo Palmeri is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'. He has practiced applied anthropology and conducted research throughout Africa on modernisation and traditional societies.Chase Sterne is an economist and staff member of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. She holds a degree in agricultural economics from the University of California, Davis and in public administration from Harvard University.