Tazania is not the only country where albinos are being killed, now Malwai has followed suit and so far about 6 albinos have been killed in the country since December, according to Local support group, Association for Persons with Albinism (APA). Over 10,000 persons are living with Albinism in Malawi. Four persons suspected of murdering an albino man have been arrested in Malawi. They allegedly abducted him from his village, killed him and removed his body parts and buried them in a riverbed. The killing of albinos is driven by the belief that their body parts have magical powers that can bring goodluck and success, Nobody knows where this murderous belief originated from but it is definitely rooted in magical thinking and in what is considered by the local population as the strange nature of the skin.
The black market of albino body parts sell for thousands of dollars. In Tanzania, albino body parts sell for up to 75, 000 dollars in Dar es Salaam.
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poor thing. why are people so daft? These are God's creation and not to be used as money making machine. God have mercy and the government of Malawi has to do something to protect the lives of these albinos. iit is such a pity that we result to this in Africa
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