Write a short essay (one-two pages) analyzing Caroline Bledsoe’s “The Politics of AIDS,
Condoms, and Heterosexual Relations in Africa: Recent Evidence from the Local Print Media.”
What is Bledsoe’s main argument? What relationship does she establish between African
newspapers, AIDS, and the African culture? Why does AIDS seem to be out of control in
Africa? When answering, you should state and explain if there are religious, cultural, and
political factors that contributed to the spread of AIDS in Africa (and in the world).