On 1st May 2008, Vumilia Jessica Makoye a 17 year old albino girl was murdered while she was eating diner with her family. She was buried inside the house where she was killed and then it was destroyed forming a pile of rubble on top of her so no one can steal her bones. It is also a tradition that people with albinism are not given normal public burials or marked graves, fuelling the superstitious belief that albinos don't die they just disappear. Ilungu Village, Magu District, Mwanza, Dar es Salaam. 2008 |
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