Nkosi Johnson Quotations

Nkosi Johnson was the longest living person born with HIV/AIDS. His keynote speech at the Thirteenth International AIDS Conference proved instrumental in changing attitudes towards the disease.

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Care for us and accept us - we are all human beings. We are normal. We have hands. We have feet. We can walk, we can talk, we have needs just like everyone else - don't be afraid of us - we are all the same!
- Closing lines of his address to the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, in July 2000.

Do all you can with what you have in the time you have in the place you are.