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HIV/AIDS News South Africa

Art imitates life in Mozambique

"I don't know why you had to go to the hospital," the woman's husband yells furiously. His pregnant wife defends her decision to go to the hospital instead of just trusting the traditional healer. "But I had to know about my health and the health of my baby," she argues. At the hospital, the wife discovers she is HIV positive.
The play, My Husband is in Denial, is based on real events. (Image: Alvim Cossa/GTO Maputo)
The play, My Husband is in Denial, is based on real events. (Image: Alvim Cossa/GTO Maputo)

Her husband screams, "So now you know - that's your health, but I'm healthy. Now get out of my house ... "It's over. It's all over between you and me." She tries to argue but its no use. And the scene is over.

The play, My Husband is in Denial, is based on real events, like all those staged by the Grupo de Teatro do Oprimidos (GTO), "Theatre of the Oppressed Group" in English).

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