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Albino elected as MP in Tanzania 
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Villerar
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Post Albino elected as MP in Tanzania
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11675479

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An albino has been elected as an MP in Tanzania for the first time.

"This win is a victory not only for me but also for all the albinos in this country," Salum Khalfani Bar'wani, from the opposition Cuf party, told the BBC.

Albinos have suffered widespread persecution in Tanzania, where witch doctors say magic potions made with albino body parts can bring good luck.


Witchcraft is a pretty big thing in Africa, but I have only had been fed information about practices in West-Africa. This is really unnerving.

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Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:47 pm
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Post Re: Albino elected as MP in Tanzania
Wow, that's quite impressive. I just hope that they don't turn around and think that magic potions with MP albino parts can bring even better luck.

I just
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pale thinking about it

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Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:24 am
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Post Re: Albino elected as MP in Tanzania
Elipsiser wrote:
Just thinking about it, I get
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pale.

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Post Re: Albino elected as MP in Tanzania
How nice...Witch doctors still exist apparently. I don't see how that guy feels any safer. I wouldn't think about heading over to Tanzania if I were him.
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Post Re: Albino elected as MP in Tanzania
What? He lives in Tanzania. There would be no heading over.

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