Sunday, August 31, 2008

Life as an Albino in Africa - Witch doctors target albinos


Africa - Like most middle-class 14-year-old girls in Tanzania, Joyce Charles enjoys hanging out with her friends, going to school and watching television. But she has albinism, a condition that leaves her without any pigmentation -- white skin, bleach-blond hair and pale blue eyes. At least 20 Tanzanians have been murdered this year alone, mutilated for their body parts, which are then sold on the black market by witch doctors. The estimated 170,000 albinos in Tanzania are on edge, feeling as if they are being hunted. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Fig Leaves