The Bullet in the Pawpaw

Theatre and AIDS in South Africa

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Pub Date 28 Feb 2020 | Archive Date 27 Feb 2020
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Kim, a naïve, poorly educated English girl, is enjoying the delights of London in the ‘Swinging Sixties’ when a chance encounter takes her on a journey to South Africa. Travelling as an actor with a touring Shakespeare company, Kim is irrevocably drawn to the ‘beloved country’, but her abhorrence of the oppressive system of apartheid forces her to return home.

This experience changes the direction of her life, and now, having achieved a longed-for education, she is on a mission: to stop the spread of HIV. She creates the Themba HIV&AIDS Organisation in Johannesburg and recruits and trains young people from the townships to deliver a unique programme of interactive theatre workshops.

Kim, a naïve, poorly educated English girl, is enjoying the delights of London in the ‘Swinging Sixties’ when a chance encounter takes her on a journey to South Africa. Travelling as an actor with a...


A Note From the Publisher

Kim Hope B.Ed, M.A. is a freelance theatre practitioner and drama teacher, a theatre director and voice coach. She is also a non-violence and conflict resolution trainer. She has been engaged in 'theatre-for-change' for three decades, and in South Africa she founded and led the Themba HIV&AIDS Organisation where she was the first Executive Director. The NGO trains young people to become 'actor-educators' and to use experiential theatre practices for HIV prevention and human rights. Themba works in schools, colleges, hospitals and prisons, and has helped well over 500,000 people make informed choices about their lives, their relationships and their sexual health. Themba created a unique 'up-front' interactive theatre presentation which is effective in persuading people to stay safe, and get tested for HIV.

Kim was Head of Theatre Arts at the Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa in Swaziland, and has been Head of Drama/Theatre at schools and colleges in West Sussex, where she lives.

Kim has been an actor, theatre director, journalist, public relations officer, and fundraiser. She is a voice coach and helps people prepare for speaking in public. She teaches drama and theatre skills to adults, and helps young people prepare for their auditions for drama schools.

Kim's first M.A. from the University of Sussex (1988), was in 'Women and Education'. She completed a second M.A. in 2014 in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester.

Kim Hope B.Ed, M.A. is a freelance theatre practitioner and drama teacher, a theatre director and voice coach. She is also a non-violence and conflict resolution trainer. She has been engaged in...


Advance Praise

The Bullet in the Pawpaw is a compelling page-turner that traces Kim Hope’s groundbreaking years as a theatre professional in South Africa. But this is no star-struck memoir. It begins in the years of apartheid and follows the author's growing belief in the power of drama to change lives, her struggle against the odds to found the brilliantly innovative Themba project, and her realisation, during the HIV/AIDS epidemic, that her skills as a director could help break the silence surrounding that terrible disease. Beautifully and atmospherically written, her book shines with optimism, courage and an irrepressible sense of adventure. As it drew to a close I found myself so moved that I went straight back to the beginning and read it again.

Geoffrey Durham, Quaker, and author of The Spirit of the Quakers 


In this enchanting and important book, Kim Hope takes us with her through her years in South Africa involving young people in theatre projects helping to overcome the stain and pain left by apartheid. And confronting and dealing with violence, abuse and HIV & AIDS.

Angela Neustatta, Journalist and author of The Year I Turn: A Quirky A-Z of Ageing


Congratulations to Kim on her vivid and moving account of how she went about the onerous task of setting up and running the innovative Themba (“Hope”) project. At a time when people were beginning to be open to testing for HIV but were overwhelmed by the implications, she and her colleagues helped many to comprehend the enormity of the Aids pandemic. I hope this book will affirm the work she and Themba did, recognise those who were given the courage to be tested, and constitute a tribute to those who did not survive the scourge.

The Most Revd Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town, and author of Faith and Courage Praying with Mandela


The Bullet in the Pawpaw is a compelling page-turner that traces Kim Hope’s groundbreaking years as a theatre professional in South Africa. But this is no star-struck memoir. It begins in the years...


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