Ida Susser
Ju/’hoansi Encounters with HIV/AIDS [anthology chapter reviews, part 3]
Confident attitudes of Ju/’hoansi women may help protect them against HIV/AIDS, but several trends in rural Namibia and Botswana threaten their future safety. Ida Susser, who has taken numerous research trip with Richard B. Lee to the two countries since 1996 to investigate the ways the disease affects the Ju/’hoansi, provides detailed reasons for the […]
Ju/’hoansi Contract AIDS Less than Other Africans
Anthropologist Richard B. Lee, adding a new dimension to his research on the Ju/’hoansi, has recently emphasized the importance of their experience for understanding the rapid spread of AIDS. Lee explained his current research on the AIDS epidemic in Africa, and particularly in the Ju/’hoansi society of Northern Botswana and adjoining Namibia, at a lecture […]
