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“We are no different”: An awareness campaign in Zimbabwe sheds light on life with albinism

“We are no different”: An awareness campaign in Zimbabwe sheds light on life with albinism

Across Africa, people living with albinism face numerous challenges including discrimination, abduction, trafficking, and even murder. Owing to a lack of melanin, the genetically-inherited condition leads to people having little or no pigmentation in their eyes, hair, and skin. And given the mythology surrounding the condition, albinos are targeted for their body parts in some…