the vanishing AIDS generation For the first time in modern African history, a prime generation is being eliminated by the AIDS pandemic. As this ‘Prime Generation falls ill, it is the aging mother who takes on the awesome responsibility of not only caring for their desperately ill progeny, but also the eventual care of their grandchildren. The key challenges facing these courageous women, from coping with the daily demands of the afflicted through to the financial burden is staggering. Amon Bwambale is dying of AIDS. His mother reduces the agony of his withered body.
