Danny om
And the beat goes on....
- 28 Sep 2009
- 30
- 4
Woke up after a very, very bad nightmare which has compelled me to post this thread
WARNING: WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING. I AM ONLY TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS AND NOT OFFEND. THANKS.
An example of what is taking place Tanzania;
I`ve recently. Been thinking about my albinism and how it has affected my life positively as well as the negative aspects. I am coming to the conclusion that the positive comes from my inner core of self value and unique (sic) views on human interaction. The negative aspects of my condition dwindle day by day... until the east africa crisis. I feel helpless, angry and filled with revengeful thoughts. I try to tell myself that this crime against humanity will stop one day. I feel pretty bad because I knew about the situation for a while now (2007) but have done nothing to raise awareness about the plight of these people. Being albino and the experiences of the bigotry over the years I have met has had an affect my confidence to the point that it prevented me from speaking out. BUT NO LONGER.
Spread the word. Lets try and put an end to this madness.
Thanks again.
Danny om
WARNING: WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING. I AM ONLY TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS AND NOT OFFEND. THANKS.
An example of what is taking place Tanzania;
No one with albinism is safe; children and babies are also victims of this barbaric crime.`We want your legs' The last adult albino to be murdered - just a few weeks ago - was Nyerere Rutahiro.
Nyerere Rutahiro's body was laid to rest in a cement-sealed grave
He was eating dinner outside in his modest rural compound, when a gang of four strangers burst in, and threatened to arrest him. As his wife Susannah looked on helplessly, the men began to hack at Nyerere's arms and legs with machetes. "We want your legs," they shouted, "We want your legs," his wife recalls, still deeply traumatised by what she saw.
Nyerere was clearly being targeted for being albino - but in every other respect he was an accepted part of his community. A father of two in his 50s, farming cassava - just like everybody else. His body was laid to rest in a cement-sealed grave to protect against grave robbers who often steal body parts of the dead to give to witchdoctors. A builder had been hired to do the job. Looking on as the funeral came to a close, is Nyerere's sister Winifrida. She too is albino.
Terrified, she pulls her six year-old-son closer to her. Though he is black (the gene that causes albinism is a recessive gene), he too is vulnerable. It is all too clear what is going through Winifrida's mind. Will they come for her next? Squinting her pale eyes against the midday sun, Winifrida whispers in a barely audible voice: "Please, ask the government to take me away from here, I dare not come out of the house since my brother was killed.".
I`ve recently. Been thinking about my albinism and how it has affected my life positively as well as the negative aspects. I am coming to the conclusion that the positive comes from my inner core of self value and unique (sic) views on human interaction. The negative aspects of my condition dwindle day by day... until the east africa crisis. I feel helpless, angry and filled with revengeful thoughts. I try to tell myself that this crime against humanity will stop one day. I feel pretty bad because I knew about the situation for a while now (2007) but have done nothing to raise awareness about the plight of these people. Being albino and the experiences of the bigotry over the years I have met has had an affect my confidence to the point that it prevented me from speaking out. BUT NO LONGER.
Spread the word. Lets try and put an end to this madness.
Thanks again.
Danny om
