Although young people in Zimbabwe are becoming sexually active at a very early age, there
is no unified body of knowledge on how they regard sex and construct sexuality and …

Drawing on interview data from rural Nigeria, the article explores male youth perceptions of
the risks and benefits of multiple sexual partnerships. Participants associated having …

This chapter examines some of the changes and selected critical issues arising out of
Christian religious innovation in sub-Saharan Africa. Jacob Olupona has contributed …

This paper investigates local erotic songs and chants circulating among adolescent males in
Nigeria. The purpose is to assess the critical themes which these erotic verses evoke and …

In this article we address experiences, understandings of and responses to dating violence
among a small sample of abused Nigerian female university students. Dating violence …

This article reports findings of a qualitative inquiry on representations of unsafe sexual
conduct among female sex workers in Aba, Nigeria. Participating sex workers viewed their …

Compared to a large body of work on how gender may affect young women's vulnerability to
HIV, we know little about how masculine ideals and practices relating to marriage and …

Communication and public education is vital in reproductive health. It enables awareness of
disease, emergent infections, safety and preventive measures. However, health …

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a public health problem in Nigeria. Although there is an
ongoing national program for its control, disease control programs in other countries have …

The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of school-going
rural males in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on teenage pregnancy. Two methods of data …