, in 2013The book profiles 28 Africans who have
HIV/AIDS, who have worked in healthcare or advocacy, or have otherwise been affected by the pandemic in
sub-Saharan Africa, noting that 70% of global HIV cases are in sub-Saharan Africa. The book opens with background material about the work of Nolen, an explanation of HIV/AIDS in lay terms, and notes that 28 stories have been chosen because 28 million people had been infected with HIV/AIDS. • Chapter 2 Tigist Haile Michael, an Ethiopian school girl orphaned by AIDS • Chapter 3 Mohammed Ali a Kenyan truck driver • Chapter 4 Prisca Mhlolo from Zimbabwe who was assaulted by her own family when she told them her positive HIV status • Chapter 5 Regine Mamba, a grandmother • Chapter 6 Lydia Mungherera, a Ugandan doctor • Chapter 8 Christine Amisi a
Médecins Sans Frontières nurse • Chapter 12 Andualem Ayalew an Ethiopian soldier who lost his job and who was denied the opportunity to study abroad because of his HIV status • Chapter 13 Alice Kadzanja, a nurse in
Zomba • Chapter 15 Lefa Khoele from Lesotho who struggled with HIV until he was given medication at age 12 • Chapter 19 Mpho Segomela a South African child who died of AIDS • Chapter 21
Gideon Byamugisha the Ugandan priest who speaks about the good things he has done, and his failings • Chapter 22 Ida Mukuka an AIDS counselor from
Lusaka • Chapter 23 Anita Manhiça a
Mozambique housewife who was infected by her husband, but who was accused of infecting him • Chapter 24 Morolake Odetoyinbo who is struggling to live with the virus in Nigeria • Chapter 25 Moleen Mudimu who stopped being able to afford the medicine that help keep her alive once the Zimbabwean economy collapsed • Chapter 27
Nelson Mandela whose son died of AIDS The book ends with a chapter about how readers can help. == Critical reception ==