In 1987 an African President told the world his son had died of AIDS. Almost No Leader Dared To Say That Word
In the 1980s, AIDS was a disease most governments would not name. Families hid it. Leaders stayed silent. Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president, did the opposite. In 1987 he announced in public that his son Masuzyo had died of an AIDS related illness It was a rare step for any head of state, anywhere in […] The post In 1987 an African President told the world his son had died of AIDS. Almost No Leader Dared To Say That Word first appeared on The Zambian Observer .