FYI- working on a paper on inclusion with faculty working in Tanzania- they are working
with on inclusion issues with children with disabilities who are Albino- I had to look it
up for background- and came across this piece from the BBC- holy smokes! It sounds like
something off of Netflix.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170425-the-silent-killer-of-africas-...
“Tanzania has a dark relationship with albinism. Witch doctors hunt those suffering from
the condition for their body parts, which are used in potions to bring good luck and
wealth. Victims can be kidnapped and then dismembered by hired killers, or even sold by
unscrupulous family members, with body parts fetching up to $75,000 (£60,000). The UN
estimates around 80 people with albinism in Tanzania have been murdered since 2000.”
https://bmcinthealthhumrights.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12914-0...
Apparently it is a rare genetic disorder that has co-morbidity with deafness.
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/589/albinism-deafness-syndrome
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