Witch doctors started claiming that magical potions, using skin, hair, blood, bones, genitals, tongues or limbs of albinos as ingredients, bring wealth to their customers. This is fueled by superstition, poverty, greed and ignorance. These people misdirected themselves on albinism by lacking genetic education. They have the wicked belief that an albino is a ghost sent from Europe that has come to the African families, with the purpose of destroying, cursing and killing members of the family, soon after decolonization so as to replace colonialism which has existed for along time in Africa. This outdated, stupidity superstition belief has caused people with albinism to be hunted and butchered in East African country. This being the shame and nightmare dreams which has never and will never turned into truth. It will not surprise for the very poor fishermen who weave albino hairs into their nets because they believe they will catch more fish, gold miners, farmers, to give the little they have to the witchdoctors in order to be rich.
FOOTNOTE
It It is in this context the former president of Kenya the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta commented that ‘’If you see a witch doctor, you will invariably find that he is poor. If he says he will make you rich, ask him why he is not rich himself ‘’quoted in WEPMAN, Dennis , Jomo Kinyatta, London, Toronto and New York: Burk e Publishing Company Limited , 1988,p,73’
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