Kay Wallace
Instructor: Mr. Phillip Bailey
Humanities 115
08 November 2015
What should be done to stop Albino murders in Africa?
It’s a barbaric ritual that dates back hundreds of years–using the body parts and limbs of
albinos for witchcraft and voodoo in parts of Africa. Is enough being done to stop it? How do you
change what is very much custom? How do you police it? Are measures even able to put into
place for such policing? Please read as I explore the custom, tradition, and way of life for many
in the continent of Africa and a bit of background on the topic.
The rates of albinism in East Africa, particularly in Tanzania, are staggering. “In East
