Essay On Albinism In Tanzania

Throughout the course of my research the country Tanzania, located in East Africa stood out to me the most as a candidate for my research paper. The reason being, this region has received little media attention about the mass murders and underground trafficking and trade of body parts that take place there. Tanzanians are suffering. In particular Tanzanians are suffering from albinism; a defect of melanin production that results in little or no color in the skin, hair, and eyes.

Tanzania, also officially known as the United Republic of Tanzania, and is located in East Africa near the African Great Lakes region. The population is roughly 49,639,138 with a population growth at 2.8 percent; it's a little bigger than twice the size of California.

Tanzania’s climate ranges from tropical along the coast to temperate in the highlands, Their natural resources are hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel; according to World Fact book CIA. The official languages are Kiswahili or Swahili, thirty percent of

Tanzanians are Christian, thirty-five percent are Muslim, 35 percent practice indigenous beliefs which can be related to witch craft -one of the main reasons albinism murder is so prevalent- and more than ninety nine percent are Muslim. Tanzania's life expectancy is sixty one years old, their infant mortality Rate is for every one thousand births forty three babies die, according to world Fact book about 1,472,400 people are living with HIV/AIDS. Sixty seven percent of the population who is over the age of fifteen can read, or write in English, Swahili, or Arabic, the total school life expectancy is nine years, and there are Approximately 2,815,000 children between the ages of...

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...on for the simple fact that really no one knows about. Even though this problem is not publicized on major networks Such as CNN, it still deserves attention and a solution. The only way this could possibly get better for the Albinos in Tanzania is if the people become more educated. Tanzanians like Most around the world misunderstand albinos, and the government should provide Learning centers to help educate the people about their condition, just like they would a HIV/AIDS center. The government also needs to provide a safe haven for these people; they are in desperate for shelter, and safety. The United Nations and Tanzanian officials need to Put more effort into prosecuting those who murder and hunt albinos, and fight stop the Practice so witch doctors, so it would help reinforce to everyone that if they try murdering Albinos they will be prosecuted by the law.