Life in Peril- Tanzanian Albino People
A little girl holding her doll watches 25 yr old Yusta with curiosity as she is being photographed. 1 in 4,000 people in Tanzania are albino, making albinism 5 times more common there than in Europe or North America, yet albinism is not well understood by fellow Tanzanians. Myths about magical powers of albinos are abundant and they are often taunted, feared or shunned.
