THE PLIGHT OF ALBINOS

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IT’S common thing that people with albinism are targeted in Africa. The question would come; what do they want from them?

In 2017, Malawi recorded a huge increase in the number of murders of people with albinism amid reports of criminal gangs working with parents and relatives according to CAJ news.
In the same year, at least 19 individual with albinism were killed and five went missing since then crime against people with albinism, including attempted abduction and the opening up of graves in search of the bones of dead persons with albinism have been reported..
The bones are allegedly sold to practitioners of traditional medicine in the country and neighbouring Mozambique for use in charms and magical potions.
There is a belief they bring wealth and good luck. The trade is also fuelled by a belief that the bones of people with albinism contains gold. Also women with albinism are too at risk of sexual violence on the basis of harmful cultural beliefs.
According to activists working with people with albinism and medical professionals, there is widely held belief that having sex with a woman with albinism can cure a man of HIV/Aids.
The activist
2018 @walusungu7

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