THE ISSUE OF PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM IN TANZANIA.
If you are born with albinism in Africa you are likely to be ostracised and violently abused by your community. Since 2006 dangerous witchcraft beliefs have led to 75 people with albinism being brutally killed in Tanzania for their body parts, used in witchcraftrituals throught to bestow good fortune and wealth.Those who have surved have been left mutilated.
Vulnerable to attack,women and children are at particular risk,Since the killings began,hundreds of children with albinism have been moved by the government to live in special protectorate centres accross the country.