Abstract
Setting: a village in Tanzania. Characters: Mkwaju, a heavy-drinking and promiscuous truck driver who abandoned his family and contracted HIV; Tunu, his wife, who has supported their children since Mkwaju left. Mkwaju: Tunu, pleaselistent o me. Tunu: Mkwaju, you cannot trick me anymore. You thought I was a fool, but.. Mkwaju: (coughing) I now understand and have come home. Tunu: Home? Home? You think that this is your home? Your home is at Tila's, your concubine. Mkwaju: But Tunu, I can't bear life without you. Tunu: Stupid lies. What about the time you infected me with a venereal disease? (Henderson, 2000).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Governing the Female Body |
| Subtitle of host publication | Gender, Health, and Networks of Power |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Pages | 186-205 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781438429533 |
| State | Published - 2010 |
