AIDS And 'Building A Wall' Around Christian Country In Rural Papua New Guinea

AIDS And 'Building A Wall' Around Christian Country In Rural Papua New Guinea Alison Dundon, 2010   This paper explores an ongoing dialogue about Christianity in light of the recent influx of HIV and AIDS into the villages of the Gogodala of Western Province, Papua New Guinea. I argue that a suggestion by a woman in late 2004 to ‘build a wall’ around the Gogodala region in Western Province in order to stop or slow the spread of HIV/AIDS reflects a recent concern with the sustainability of...

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