Albinos face discrimination in many parts of Africa. In Kenyan society, they are frequently stigmatized and isolated. In Tanzania they're even murdered for their body parts, which are said to possess magic powers. The Canadian organisation "Under the Same Sun" has recorded 129 murders in a recent study. Most of them were in the region close to the great lakes.

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