Friday, January 02, 2009

Albinos At Risk

Albinos everywhere face a heightened for various health problems. But in some parts of Africa they face a heightened risk of having their limbs chopped off.
The killings are orchestrated by witch doctors who claim they can make people rich using limbs and blood from their white-skinned neighbours.
These practitioners 
function in a niche
that's short on the "doctor", 
and long on the "witch".

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