People with albinism face widespread discrimination in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Tanzania, this minority has been subjected to extreme forms of violence. The government’s failure to ...

This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Beneath a white, indifferent sky, a pale boy in a blue-and-red uniform shyly bows his head as tears begin to slip down ...

explored the obstacles that persons with albinism experience not only in Zimbabwe, but across Africa. We heard searing testimonies from 73 individuals, which included people with albinism and ...

Albinism affects around one in 17,000 people worldwide, though prevalence varies by country. It most commonly occurs in people from sub-Saharan Africa, where it affects one in 5,000. "When the ...

Their skins, lacking the necessary pigment or with uneven pigment patches, become increasingly susceptible to sunburn and ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kenya: Nominated MP Isaac Mwaura has called on East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) to ...

The southern African country is home to up to 10,000 people with albinism, a lack of pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes. Their body parts can fetch high sums in an underground trade ...

South African Thando Hopa is a catwalk model with a difference - she has albinism. She is black but her condition makes her skin look white and gives her blonde hair. People with albinism often face ...