ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the intersection of HIV or AIDS and Christianity in Nigeria and focuses on understanding the social processes whereby HIV risk is equated with religious immorality. The survey questionnaire included modules on migration history, education and employment, religious affiliation and practices, sexual history and behaviour, HIV or AIDS awareness and sociodemographic background. Young migrants' behavioural choices made in relation to moralistic understandings of sexuality and HIV or AIDS pose some obvious dangers in terms of negotiating risk. Among young people who are sexually active, religious interpretations of the disease and moral assessments of personal sexual behaviour create obstacles to accurately evaluating risk for both those in moral partnerships and those participating in more stigmatized sexual relationships. Risk is projected onto variously constructed others in a process that intertwines biological infection, sexual immorality and religious identity. In Aba, and especially in Kano, countless young migrant women worked in taverns and restaurants that facilitated sexual connections.
