Book Description

In his moving, informative and eloquent Massey Hall lectures, the UN Secretary General’s special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa , Stephen Lewis, addresses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the context of the troubled continent and its plight with the debilitating disease. With deft political insight and heartrending stories from personal experience, he masterfully articulates the immense urgency of the situation and evaluates the MDGs’ capacity to affect change. His criticisms of the international community’s inattention thus far reveal the extent of the injustices that the people of Africa face and his suggestions of alternative actions are not only workable but inspire optimism in the most hopeless of circumstances. Race Against Time is a must-read for everyone, because we all have a stake in the future of our fellow human beings.