Albinos in Africa are deliberately killed for ritual purposes to get 'rich quick.'
Africa is a place often referred to as the Dark Continent, in terms of color, but there is something more associated with the term "dark," controlling the minds of people to indulge in satanic rituals and demonic activities. Woe unto you if you are born albino.
Albinism is
a genetically inherited condition characterized by a deficit in melanin production that leaves people in that condition with pale skin, usually light,
sometimes reddish eyes, and blond hair.
The belief
that the body parts of an albino could bring wealth and luck has caused fear in
the African communities for albinos, as they are increasingly being targeted by witch doctors because superstitions feed myths that they are ghosts,
sorcerers, or demons who have been cursed; thus, when body parts are used for
rituals, you become extremely rich.
Recently, five albino children whose arms and legs were chopped off for rituals were
flown to a children’s hospital in Philadelphia to be treated for the horrific
injuries they received and also had new prosthetic limbs. The albinos are
often ambushed in the night in rural areas and many times have no power to
defend themselves.
Some years
back in Africa, people with humps were brutally killed, and the hump was removed from
the victim’s back for ritual purposes. Today, innocent albinos are suffering
a similar fate.
In recent
developments to save albinos from persecution, the Tanzanian government has
banned witch doctors to prevent the use of their body parts for magic
potions and lotions.
Unfortunately, people in such conditions suffer such discrimination and even
death. Man needs to work hard for his daily bread but not to kill to get rich
quickly.