VICE.com and Albinos in Tanzania

March 5, 2013 By 3 Comments
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Vice.com has become a bit too predictable with their cheap alarmist headlines, and overly simplistic narratives of “other” people. Recently Vice published “The Fight to Stop Tanzanians Killing and Eating Albino People” which they have now changed to a more palatable (depending on your taste buds): “The Fight to Stop Tanzanians Butchering Albino People.” Vice, […]

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Viva Tanzania

November 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
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For all the gross, lurid news stories or the films you see about fatal  violence against, and neglect of people suffering from albinism in East Africa, this one about Tanzanians electing an albino, Salum Khalfani Barwani, to Parliament, is good news.  Barwani, an opposition MP, will represent a rural constituency.  (BTW, a well-known rapper, Sugu, […]

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