ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 6月30日 06時05分

Video by Stephanie Sinclair @stephsinclairpix // Late last year while working on a project about #albinism for @ナショナルジオグラフィック, I was delighted for the opportunity to hear Hassan Farakhan Sheweji’s beautiful voice. He softly broke into song as we drove from his home on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where we’d just interviewed his mother who also has the condition and has suffered multiple bouts of early stage skin cancer. In addition to health concerns such a poor eyesight and sun sensitivities, people with albinism are still severely discriminated against, and even attacked, for their unique appearance in some countries - despite the fact it occurs in all racial and ethnic groups globally. This frightening fact made the words to his particular song choice that much more poignant. He sang, “Who can I cry with, Lord? When did you create those with hearts full of hatred? I keep asking myself, Lord. Everyone I am seeing, am I not at peace with them? Why me?”
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Since the 1990s, in 27 African countries, at least 190 people have been killed and 300 attacked, after some witch doctors falsely claimed that potions, powders, or charms made with the body parts of people with albinism could bring wealth and success. The epicenter of this crime wave, which includes the robbing of graves, is Tanzania, where the majority of attacks happened since 2008. In the U.S., approximately one in 18,000 to 20,000 people has some type of albinism. In other parts of the world, the occurrence can be as high as one in 3,000. Most children with albinism are born to parents who have normal hair and eye color for their ethnic backgrounds. For more information about albinism please see our story, The Perils of Pale, in the June issue of @ナショナルジオグラフィック. (Reposting due to technical issues last time. Thnx!) #Tanzania #photography #humanrights #beauty #family #skin #albinism #moment #photojournalism

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