An exploration into youthful African masculinities by examining the role of gender in the spread of HIV/ AIDS provides insights into the pliable nature of the heterosexual matrix. An empowering methodology was employed to enable young African men to serve as co-researchers, to explore the nexus between HIV/AIDS and sexualities. The co-researchers engaged in a photovoice activity, interviews and reflective journal writing, and through these activities, they ruptured pre-established ideas about hegemony, young Africans and masculinities. Analytical frames of dominant, complicit and resistant masculinities were used to chart the micromovements of young African men as they engaged in doing African masculinities in diverse ways, and illuminated spaces for transformative social action within the context of HIV/AIDS.

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