On one hand their social status is worse than the most despicable pariah Hindu. With poor access to education, no chance of getting a decent job, condemned to wander with a stigma, they are marginalized in society and of themselves.
They are the perfect prey for gangs and the ingredient required to make muti used in black magic.Forced by their health and their safety to live hidden. Anywhere enough dark can be a good place if you had the misfortune to be born albino in East Africa. Ironically, Al Shayma Kwegir, the first parliamentary albino in Tanzania, says the opposite.
That she and the rest of albinos need to be seen and accepted. On the streets of Dar es Salaam, the situation is almost normal. Nothing special, apart from poverty and social exclusion.
A law passed by the government prohibits denigrate albinos for their condition. But few people are called by their name. “Zero-zero”, “ghosts” or “Money, Money”, in relation to the large sums of money to pay for them mafia are the names most common. That and the suspicious looks. They are nothing to society.
