A self-report study of 38 students with albinism in South Africa. They are assessed for skin  and vision related challenges they face. A further assessment on their social adaptation is also included.  An examination of results leads to the suggestion that intervention in the lives of persons with albinism ought to be holistic (encompassing health and social aspects) as well as interactive.

164 persons with albinism in rural northern Tanzania are examined for skin cancer among other things. Findings showed a very high incidence of pre-cancerous skin damage in patients.  Authors recommend that PWAs in this region remain indoors as much as possible and wear protective clothing.

Children and persons with albinism in sub-Saharan Africa are becoming increasingly vulnurable to physical and psychological attacks stemming from accusations that they are witches. The United Nations Children's Fund produces a report on the issue aiming to present relevant statistics and to rationalize why and how some of these accusation and practices are both historical and new.

Coumba Makalou, president of the U.S.-based Salif Keita Global Foundation links the sale of albino body parts to politicians in parts of Africa, who believe such macabre trade will bring them good fortune.

A medico-anthropological perspective on albinism in sub Saharan Africa. Analyzes stigma and processes of stigmatization against persons with albinism in certain countries of sub Saharan Africa. Focuses on Cameroon and Tanzania.  Examples also from Nigeria, Malawi, Congo, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.

On  knowledge. beliefs and attitudes towards persons with albinism in Malawi.

79 persons with oculocutaenous albinism in Nigeria are examined. Of the 79, 53 have  tyrosinase positive albinism, 23 had "brown albinism."  Brown albinism is described as a new ocolocutaenous type and is characterized as having light brown skin, light brown hair, blue to brown eyes. Studies on albinism by Dr. Okoro of the Univeristy of Nigeria  in 1975 are further expantiated  in this study. Albinism was found to occur as frequently as 1 in every 1,500 in the city of Lagos.

35 albino South African subjects are comparatively analyzed with a corresponding number of non-albino South Africans. Subjects are assessed for adjustment to albinism as well as attitudes of non-albinos to persons with albinism. Authors discover that little is known about albinism as a genetic condition and conclude that public education is needed in this regard both for persons with albinism and for the society at large. Issues that might be taken into account when counselling a person with albinism are also discussed.

An 18 year old male with albinism from the country of Benin, west Africa, seeks asylum in Spain. He cites fear of ritualistic killing as in Tanzania.

A 9 year old girl with albinism is murdered in Segese village of Kahama district, Tanzania.  The killers used a machete to cut off the victim's legs and they also made off with some hairs.

"A Tanzanian court sentences a  50-year-old man to death by hanging after being convicted of murdering an albino girl in 2008."

A citizen reporter summarizes the fear that has consumed the albino population in Tanzania and neighbouring Burundi. Hundreds of persons with albinism are reportedly in hiding. Parents of persons with albinism often have to go into hiding with their children which means a phsycal separation from their communities and also their sources of livelihood.

Persons with albinism have petitioned the Government to include them in the category of persons with disability to enable them benefit from development programmes.  Joseph Katete, the chairman of the Elgon Foundation for Persons with Albinism (EFPA) lists reasons why it is necessary for persons with albinism to get governmental support legislatively and the associated financial assistance.

The grave of a person with albinism from Izengwabasumba settlement in Nyamalulu village, Geita district in Tanzania was descretated early July 2010. The grave of Zawadi Mangidu (22), was vandalized even though it was cemented on the surface. The vandalizers dug through from the non-cemented parts of the grave, exhumed the body and filled the dug-out area with sand.

The Ghana Association of Persons with Albinism (GAPA) calls on the government to group persons with albinism as persons with disabilities. The Association made this appeal during their recent lecture themed: 'Albinism: the myth and the reality.' They cite The Disability Act 715 as inadequate in its restrictive definition of disabilities which excludes persons with albinism. The lecture was given by Prof. Edmond Nminyem Delle, Director of Rabito Health Ltd and lecturer at the University of Development Studies who listed some challenges albinos on the continent faced including the myth that such a child was a taboo or a curse.

NPR interviews Alshymaa Kwegir, a peson with albinism on her appointment as member of parliament of Tanzania and on issues arising out of the atrocities currently committed against persons with albinism.