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African Canadian women living with HIV/AIDS share their lives on camera
"The woman I have become" is a documentary film that follows the lives of eight women of African and Caribbean descent living with HIV/Aids in Toronto. The documentary first released in 2007, is still being used as an educational tool on HIV/AIDS in schools and clinics in Canada and abroad. Yet some of the women who shared their stories were afraid of being shunned by their community. Our Link Africa reporter Awa Dlodlo tells us why these women took that risk by being in the documentary.
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The Link Africa is dedicated to stories that connect Canada to Africa. We tell stories of Canadians...