Positively Me: :Daring to Live and Love beyond HIV
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I am a devout Christian who did everything by the book: worked hard, got good marks, found a steady job and helped to make life better for my family. In our neighbourhood, I was the girl other parents pointed to as a role model. Until a few months before my diagnosis at age 22, I was a virgin.
Women like me don't get HIV. But then I did.
It took me years to accept my new reality. Speaking out freed meand completely changed my life. Being HIV-positive wasn't my first challenge and it won't be my last, but it has been the hardest. It also taught me an important lesson: behind every statistic is a person with a name, a family, a story. This is my story.
My name is Nozibele Mayaba, I am HIV-positive, and I am still positively me.
An HIV-positive diagnosis may no longer be a death sentence, but it still changes everything. In this frank, vulnerable memoir, as told to acclaimed writer Sue Nyathi, activist and TV host Nozibele Mayaba talks about finding purpose when you think your life has come to an end.
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NOZIBELE MAYABA is a HIV activist, internationally recognised podcaster, speaker and TV host. She recently partnered with Jacaranda FM and East Coast Radio to launch a youth podcast, Don’t hold back, Say it loud. Her TV show, #YesIHaveHIV on HONEY, DStv channel 173, has helped many to disclose their HIV statuses to their loved ones. It's currently on its second season.
SUE NYATHI is an analyst by profession and a writer by passion. She has authored four critically acclaimed novels, including The Gold Diggers and A Family Affair and also edited a nonfiction anthology, When Secrets Become Stories: Women Speak Out.
