| | The editors of ROAPE are sad to have to mark the death of one of its longest-standing editors. Carolyn Baylies died on 1 November 2003 aged 56. Below we include a number of tributes to her memory and a bibliography of her work.
Lionel Cliffe writes: Carolyn Baylies' death from cancer was a source of great sadness to the many who thought of her as a colleague in so many endeavours, and as a comrade and friend, as she was for many of us in the ROAPE family. She achieved that rare combination of being both scholar and activist; a sociologist of health, a development specialist, one of the first feminists to link gender and development issues, an active trade unionist, a dedicated and respected teacher - and crucially an investigator and campaigner on the social impact of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. For us she will be remembered as one of the longest standing and most committed and conscientious members of the ROAPE editorial working group. Her loss will be keenly felt, and the sadness is all the greater as she was still at the peak of her so active life. She and her husband, Morris Szeftel, have been active editors of ROAPE for over 20 years, playing a major role in its consolidation. She was always one of the most industrious and devoted editors, taking on - as she did in all walks of her life - more than her share of chores and commenting helpfully and at length on submissions. She herself edited special issues on AIDS, gender, cultural production and democratisation and had a major hand on several other issues. Her own contributions covered a wide range of articles, from the effects of AIDS to political conditionality. |
