Tanzania, a country beset by lack of education n fueled by blind superstition of albinism, has been unable to bring more potent measures or means to inform many of its people albinism is a congenital condition. Superstitiously held as accursed by illiterates or potent ingredients for magic charms by witchdoctors, many with albinism live in fear of losing an arm, held by witchdoctors to be powerful ingredients, or their life, and to impose upon their living social exclusion and general discrimination.
72 with albinism have been murdered and only 5 killers have been convicted since 2000. Horrifically, the vicious attacks or killings are blind to age or gender. Salum Khalfani Bar'wani became the first with albinism to be elected as MP in 2010. In a statement by UN human rights chief Ms Navi Pillar said 4 attacks were documented with one fatality of a 6 year old boy, two brutality of losing left arm with one being 39 years old woman and a 10 year old boy, between end of Jan 2013 and mid of Feb; five suspects were arrested.
Tanzania, being one of the poorest countries and least schooled in the world, people with albinism may not be protected even by family members. I hope the footage above would bring certain insights and, hopefully, awareness and pressing assistance for people with albinism. The fatal effects have spilled over to Burundi and Kenya too. It is utmost inhumane these people are being hunted and traded like elephant tusks. The hunters and the witchdoctors must be brought to justice, and the governments must step up their feet. It is clear complexity to try to sketch the people with albinism mean mental life and what reality really means to them....
The video by Al Jazeera and many more can be found in YouTube. Please share. Thank you, Nathan.
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