Article: A young black man without hope is more dangerous than Aids.(News)

'I wish that... brothers everywhere would reach down deep and summon the will to defy the inner hatred driving them to self-destruct. But everywhere I see them giving in... some wonder if there is something innately wrong with black males." The poignant words of Nathan McCall, in his memoir Makes Me Wanna Holler: a young black man in America.

He is a former gangster, convict and now a respected journalist.

In South Africa, the young black men are no longer a lost generation - but a ticking time bomb. A young black man without hope is more dangerous than the Aids virus. It is the hand of a black man that killed Lucky Dube.

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