Human sexuality in Africa

Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale holds a Canada Research Chair in Social Justice and Sexual Health. Her research focuses on how sexuality and sexual behaviours are embedded within social and cultural contexts. This has included research on Ethnic variations in sexual behaviours and their relationship to HIV risk. Richmond Tiemoko is the Director of the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC). He has worked extensively in the area of reproduction, family dynamic, and health and migration in West Africa. Dr. Tiemoko's research interests include sexuality, reproduction, children, family dynamics, migration, and social change. Professor Paulina Makinwa-Adebusoye is a formidable presence in the Nigerian and international academic community in the Social Sciences. From her first appointment as Lecturer I in Geography at the University of Benin in 1975, she rose rapidly to become a Professor of Geography in 1982 in the field of Population. Her varied professional experience spans several research institutes including the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), the Food Security and Sustainable Development Division of the United Nations.