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In 2014, a film called "Albinism Boy" was broadcast. It focused on Tanzania people suffering from "albinism" and recorded their painful lives.
"What kind of organ do you want to buy from the White Ghost? I can catch it and unload it on you."
"I saw a man rushing towards me with a knife. There was blood in front of my eyes and my hand was gone."
"Remove his arms and legs."
The reason why they faced such a dilemma was because in Africa, everyone listened to the wizards.
An African child with albinism
believes that the meat of the "white ghost" can make people immortal, and that his blood can cure diseases and save lives. Its efficacy is comparable to the "Tang Monk" in " Journey to the West ".
There are even many rich people who have gone bankrupt and spent all their wealth to hire " bounty hunters " to kill white ghosts for their own consumption.
In their eyes, the blood of "white ghosts" is gold, and even their bones after death can be sold for millions.
What kind of ups and downs are they facing in their lives? Why is there a "modern version of Tang Monk" in Africa? Why are they so valuable?
Bounty Hunters and "White Ghosts"
Bounty hunters are low-class people who operate in Africa all year round, stealing supplies or killing people and taking corpses for the rich in need.
In this article, their main job is to kill "albino patients", dismember their bodies, and then hand them over to the rich for their dream of immortality.
These bounty hunters are the biggest obstacle to the survival of "white ghosts"!
In Tanzania, Africa, a black man was waiting anxiously at the door of the delivery room. He was pacing back and forth, looking very impatient.
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His wife was waiting for delivery in the delivery room. The severe pain hit her and she couldn't stop sobbing.
After several hours of painful labor, she gave birth to a daughter. Listening to the baby's cry, the man laughed happily outside the door and became a father.
When the child was taken out, the man was dumbfounded. He and his wife were both black, but his daughter was "white" and looked nothing like him.
But after all, she is his daughter. The man does not dislike her, but is just worried about his daughter's future.
As a "white person", she is regarded as the "Tang Monk" in the eyes of the African locals, a rare commodity that can cure all diseases and is wanted by everyone. After
returned home, the man named his daughter Miriam Stafford. He hoped that her daughter could escape the fate of "Tang Monk" and become a healthy child.
The picture comes from the Internet
In order to ensure the safety of his daughter, he did not allow the child to go out and let her hide in a safe house in Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania.
Although life is relatively boring, it is still safe at least. My daughter's life is not in danger for the time being.
Unfortunately, fate did not favor Stafford, and she still ushered in the end of her life - a bounty hunter.
October 2008 , her parents have gone to bed, only she and her sisters are still playing in the bedroom.
In order to lull her sisters to sleep, she started telling stories and finally managed to lull them to sleep.
Stafford was also very sleepy and fell asleep after a while.
In the middle of the night, a rustling sound came from far and near, coming to her bedside.
She was so scared that she covered herself tightly with the quilt.
However, the sound did not disappear, but became closer and closer.
African albino child whose arm was cut off
Then, the quilt was suddenly lifted, and four flashlights were shining on her.
She saw the fierce and greedy eyes of the four black men. She wanted to open her mouth to call for help to her parents, but her mouth was blocked.
The four men controlled her and separated her hands and feet. At the same time, they took out several sharp knives.
Severe pain struck, and Stafford found that they were cutting his arms with knives, bleeding and bloody.
A few minutes later, one of her arms was removed.
She was sweating profusely from the pain, and with her efforts, the cloth in her mouth came loose.
She started yelling loudly, hoping to wake up her parents in the next room.
What is unexpected is that the parents' rooms have already been locked by these men, and they are unable to save their daughter in pain.
Immediately afterwards, they restrained Stafford on the bed and cut off her other arm.
Her sisters were so frightened that they began to cry and rushed out to find their parents.
The children's crying was so loud that it attracted the attention of neighbors, who rushed to Stafford's home.
The four men, fearing that they would be caught by their neighbors, hurried away with the two arms that were removed from Stafford's body.
When the neighbors arrived, there was blood all over the floor and Stafford was lying on the bed dying. The scene in front of
was too bloody. Considering the child's life, the neighbors sent her to a local hospital for emergency treatment.
Later, after the doctor's first aid, her life was saved.
Unfortunately, her two arms were damaged and never came back.
An albino child whose hand was cut off
Afterwards, someone interviewed Stafford. She expressed doubts about her narrow escape that night. I would never see the sun tomorrow, but I didn't expect to survive by chance.
Now, she just hopes that she can live like a normal person, instead of living a life of hiding and facing death at any time.
Of course, she is not the only one facing the same life. There are many "white ghosts" in Tanzania who also live a life of narrow escape.
In April 2008, a little girl named marim in Tanzania also encountered a bounty hunter.
That night, Marym was sleeping soundly in her room when her sister Joseph suddenly heard the sound of footsteps.
Out of curiosity, she chose to get up and check.
African albino girl
She saw two people sneaking into her sister's room with knives. After the two people entered the room, she followed them.
When she approached the room, through the crack in the door, she found that the two men were controlling her sister, slashing her thighs with knives crazily.
She suddenly realized and began to ask for help from her parents in the other room.
But, it’s too late!
When Joseph's parents arrived, Marym's legs had already been taken away by the gangsters.
Her parents kept chasing the gangsters, but after all, they were old and their bodies were not as strong as young people, so they did not bring their daughter's legs back.
Meanwhile, Joseph looked at his sister lying on the bed, seemingly dead and lifeless.
Blood kept pouring out along the section of the thigh, staining the entire bed sheet red.
The parents who rushed home immediately sent their daughter to the hospital. It was a good chance that her life was saved, but she will not be able to walk for the rest of her life.
Afterwards, Joseph said that his family valued his sister very much and knew her special nature, so they protected her very well and almost never let her go out. Except for the necessary members, few people in
knew about the existence of the sister. However, their efforts did not prevent the approach of these gangsters, and the sister still could not escape the clutches.
A child's injury is a hardship for the family. In Tanzania, such tragedies happen frequently.
In 2007, the parents of a "white ghost" boy were found by gangsters and they demanded that the little boy be handed over.
If his sister hadn't taken advantage of the chaos and took the little boy to the forest, another tragedy would have happened!
According to statistics from relevant departments in Tanzania, it is known that after January 2008, patients with albinism in Tanzania began to be attacked in large numbers.
In Tanzania, the first case of an albinism patient was murdered in 2000.
As of 2016, relevant departments in Tanzania have made statistics, and the number of people killed in Tanzania has reached 75.
These figures are extremely worrying. Albinos not only have to suffer from the disease, but also face being killed by bounty hunters. The living conditions are extremely difficult.
Seeing this, I believe everyone has a question, why do they suffer from albinism?
genetic problem, albinism people
Albinism patients are not simply sick, but a disease caused by genetic problems.
The causative agent of albinism
Albinism is also a genetic disease. It is not just African people who suffer from the disease, but people of all races may suffer from albinism.
People with the disease will not be life-threatening, but they will have some physical discomfort, such as low vision and photophobia .
Of course, the difficulties they encountered were far more than these.
People with albinism are more likely to suffer from skin cancer than ordinary people. Their bodies lack melanin. For ordinary people, the sun is warm and bright, but for people with albinism, the sun is a fatal killer.
When they stand in the sun, they rarely feel warm, more of a tingling and burning sensation.
It is not easy for these people to live peacefully!
But in Africa, they do not feel sorry for these albinos, but instead treat them with persecution and discrimination.
Photophobic Albino Children
In their country, there is no rule that close relatives cannot marry. Many African couples are close relatives.
Cousin and cousin, cousin and cousin, even married men can take their sisters as second wives.
It is precisely because their marriage concepts are not rigorous that they will lead to genetic mutations in their offspring and induce albinism.
What’s worse is that the local medical level in Africa is also very limited, the public lacks basic medical knowledge, and the local government has not conducted proper publicity.
Poor medical conditions and restrictive thinking about marriage have led to an increasing incidence of albinism.
There is another most important reason, that is - gods and witchcraft!
In Tanzania, Africa, there are some tribes who do not believe in technology or knowledge. They believe in gods and witchcraft and believe in illusory rituals of idealism .
African witch doctors
They believe that the appearance, skin color, hair color, etc. of patients with albinism are different from ordinary people and belong to a different category.
From the perspective of the development of the tribe, they have no value and cannot bring benefits to the tribe.
However, with the development of the African witchcraft system, people with albinism are no longer useless.
They also have a certain value, which is to provide people in the tribe with the opportunity to live forever.
In order to survive, some parents who gave birth to children with albinism would give their children to famous wizards in the tribe and let them raise them.
And these wizards are not a friendly group of people. They have conditions for raising albinos, which is to exchange the bodies of these sick children for money.
When these sick children were very young, these wizards would cut off their fingers or toes and sell them.
When they reach adulthood, the wizard will kill the sick children completely, dismember their bodies, and sell the various parts publicly.
The blood of these sick children is worth the same as gold and is the pursuit of local residents.
Their spirits are a rare commodity that wealthy businessmen everywhere dream of.
Not only that, their remains are also similar to Middle Eastern human bones are generally circulated on the black market, and their value is as high as millions.
Many people would buy the remains even if they lose all their money, take them back and grind them into medicine, or make soup and drink them.
The wrong ideas of local African residents are not only related to their level of economic development, but also to the existence of shamans and witch doctors.
Some sick people don't dare to go to the hospital at all. There are many witch doctors there. They don't dare to trust the security of the hospital, and they don't want to trust the local doctors. After all, the witch doctors are also the ones who are chasing them.
The reason why they are facing such a miserable situation is inseparable from the bounty hunters. So, who are these bounty hunters?
Bounty hunter
Similar to the Captain Mojin in Chinese TV series, bounty hunters are a profession that specializes in hunting down people with albinism and selling their body organs, blood, and bones or delivering them to employers.
Many Africans who cannot survive will also enter this industry to buy themselves a chance to survive.
Its main components are four:
One: The lower class poor people in Africa, they do not have enough sources of livelihood and cannot satisfy their normal life.
In order to survive or for their own families, they will choose to take orders to kill people and receive a portion of the fees from their employers to live on.
Second: African tribal chiefs, they feel that albinos are not conducive to the development of the tribe and are an ominous sign.
In order to ensure the normal development of the tribe, they will persecute the albinos in their tribe.
Third: African witch doctors and wizards, they believe very much in their own witchcraft and are very fond of their incorrect ideas.
They deny the scientific information from the outside world and firmly believe that the meat of people with albinism is "Tang Monk meat" and can make them immortal.
It is precisely because of the existence of shamans and witch doctors that they spread rumors and convince African residents to believe them, thereby exacerbating the difficult situation of people with albinism and causing various tragedies.
Fourth: Parents of patients with albinism are unwilling to take on the heavy responsibility of taking care of their children, and they cannot afford the high cost of their children's treatment.
Moreover, such families have far more than one child, and they need enough funds to raise other children.
In order to support the lives of other people in the family, these parents will personally give their children to witch doctors or wizards and buy out their children's lives with a sum of money.
Bounty hunters are probably made up of these people, and they are the biggest threat to people with albinism.
Of course, in addition to them, there are some driving forces behind it, and that is wealthy businessmen.
Leukemia patients
They are rich and powerful, and their only pursuit is immortality. When they learn about the strange effects of albinism patients, they will spend high prices to buy them at all costs, and even pay to kill people.
It is precisely because of their existence that the living environment of people with albinism becomes increasingly difficult.
So, under such difficult living conditions, where should these albinos go?
World Aid, Traveling Away
As the murder rate of people with albinism increases, the Tanzanian government has provided them with relevant shelters, which can effectively protect their safety.
However, this is not 100% true.
Kigali is a patient from Tanzania who has been here since the shelter was established.
There are all albinos in the shelter. They eat together, read together, and work together. Life is pretty good.
However, they still did not escape the pursuit of the bounty hunter, and their friend in Kigali died in the shelter.
had no choice but to go to the local police station and hope that the police could protect his safety.
Unfortunately, the police station can only accept him for 5 months at most. After 5 months, he must leave and seek a life on his own.
Without the protection of the police station, he can only go to live in a remote cabin in the suburbs. It is inaccessible and there should be no bounty hunters to find him.
Although he was not found, many people with albinism were killed.
Bounty hunters are becoming more and more outrageous. They even begin to ignore local governments and hunt and kill patients privately.
As the incidents became more and more frequent, the local government began to pay attention to them, and they established shelters in various places.
At the same time, government authorities also involved the police department and cooperated with shelters to maintain the safety of sick children.
They will guard newborn patients or young children 24 hours a day, and will also teach adult patients self-defense techniques.
Later, a female congressman from Tanzania proposed a solution.
She formulated relevant policies to include albinism in the teaching scope of textbooks, so that schools can popularize the origin of albinism and correct the incorrect thinking of local people from the root.
At the same time, she also asked local hospitals to regularly go to villages and tribes to promote scientific ideas among the people.
She also made the wizards and witch doctors who spread rumors get the punishment they deserve.
In addition to local African countries, the world has also begun to provide rescue. They have organized relevant medical teams to provide medical help to sick African children and provide free treatment.
They also provide these sick children with daily necessities and job opportunities to help them survive in society.
With the efforts of all parties, the living conditions of patients with albinism have been improved to a certain extent.
However, there are still some frustrated albinos with financial foundation who choose to leave Africa and live in other countries.
Nowadays, knowledge about albinism has been popularized, and people no longer discriminate against people with albinism. Their lives are getting better and better!
Being sick is a kind of torture. Why should we endure discrimination and persecution from others? This is really not the case.
People with albinism are not viruses, but unique creations of God.
We should not discriminate against them, nor should we persecute them.
Adhering to scientific materialism and abandoning incorrect idealism is the right choice!
Reference:
1·Witch Doctors and Witchcraft in Africa. To the World.1996-04-10·Oriental Sword
2·The White Shadow of Cursed Fate Tanzania. Civilization.2021-05-01·Lilon Simoni Zhang Yinfei
