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Rights for albinos.(TANZANIA)(Brief article)
Albinos in some African countries have always struggled to overcome the superstitions that surround them. They face daily discrimination and are often shunned by their community. They are also vulnerable to skin cancer-which kills many of them before the age of 30--and poor eyesight, which results in children failing to finish school and leads to the perception that albinos are intellectually weak.
In Tanzania, whose population 36 million includes at least 8,000 albinos, a new and more sinister threat has arisen. In the last year up to 20 have been killed for a growing trade in albino body parts. Many Tanzanians believe that albinos have magical powers and their hair, skin and bones are used by witch doctors to make 'get rich quick' potions-which have become more lucrative as food prices ...
- Tanzania albinos killed for witch doctors.
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack October 21, 2008 700+ words
...protection for albino citizens amid a...killings linked to witch doctors. About 30 albinos have been killed...do more to keep albinos safe, the BBC...killings are linked to witch doctors who use the body parts of albinos to brew up potions...
- Albinos - The Hunted Species.
- News wire article from: This Day (Nigeria) April 2, 2009 700+ words
...parts of Africa where albinos are haunted and murdered...Mary Ekah spoke to some albinos recently on their challenges...but alive. The single albino leg will fetch upwards...by powerful Tanzanian witch doctors, who grind the bones...described the travail of albinos in Tanzania. ...
- UN concerned about murders of albinos in Tanzania.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. December 25, 2008 700+ words
...albinism. Witch doctors say albino blood and...murders of albinos in Tanzania...to "ensure albinos like other...s north. Witch doctors have convinced...seekers that albino body, parts...to protect albinos there, give...
- Tanzanian island ''safe haven'' for hunted albinos.
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports December 30, 2008 700+ words
...locals believe dumped albino children traditionally...population. The recent albino slaughter spree is being blamed on witch doctors, who claim that...red hair from an albino into nets, fish...bury the bones of albinos as they dig. The...
- Albinos in Africa face harm.
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack June 8, 2008 700+ words
...June 8 (UPI) -- Albinos, once just shunned...instance, at least 19 albinos, including children...in Africa believe albinos possess magical powers...reported Sunday. Witch doctors are now marketing albino skin, bones and hair...
- Witch doctors come of age.
- Newspaper article from: Statesman (India) March 27, 2007 700+ words
...year-long training programme for witch doctors and quacks to treat snake bite victims...them to approach the local quacks and witch doctors instead of the ones in the hospitals...on 23 March. Nearly 115 quacks and witch doctors were imparted training in a school...
- Witch doctors consulted in Zimbabwe.
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack July 17, 2006 700+ words
...made fun of followers for consulting witch doctors about his successor. The 82-year...next president, including one that witch doctors were consulted, the London Telegraph...weekend. In addition to joking about witch doctors, Mugabe also accused party colleagues...
- The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus.
- Magazine article from: Business Horizons Gulbro, Robert D. September 1, 1997 700+ words
...potions and chants)--hoping, like witch doctors, to cure the ills facing the firm...businesses can benefit from reading The Witch Doctors. As business undergoes rapid change...Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, The Witch Doctors: Making Sense Of The Management Gurus...
- Witch doctors, quacks invited to snakebite workshop.
- Newspaper article from: Statesman (India) March 25, 2007 700+ words
...first time, the state government is including traditional witch doctors and unofficial doctors in special training workshops on how...first training snakebite workshop for ojhas and gunins (witch doctors) in the Sunderbans on Friday. The workshop, held on Bally...
- Witch Doctors 'Should Have Role in Community Courts'.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 12, 2003 700+ words
...A LAWMAKER in the National Council has proposed that witch doctors be included in Community Courts as either justices or assessors. Swapo's Karlos Shinohamba pointed out that witch doctors' expertise would be vital in dealing with cases arising...
Source: HighBeam Research, Rights for albinos.(TANZANIA)(Brief article)