Mwigulu (14) har albinisme og i konstant livsfare i hjemlandet:

– De hogget av meg armen og løp

Kameratene Baraka (7) og Mwigulu (14) får skylden for flom, tørke og ekstremvær, og folk tror lemmene deres er magiske.

12-year-old Mwigulu Matonage from Tanzania poses for a portrait in the Staten Island borough of New York, September 21, 2015. Albino body parts are highly valued in witchcraft and can fetch a high price. Superstition leads many to believe albino children are ghosts who bring bad luck. Some believe the limbs are more potent if the victims scream during amputation, according to a 2013 United Nations report. Albinism is a congenital disorder affecting about one in 20,000 people worldwide who lack pigment in their skin, hair and eyes. It is more common in sub-Saharan Africa and affects about one Tanzanian in 1,400. United Nations officials estimate about 75 albinos have been killed in the east African nation since 2000 and have voiced fears of rising attacks ahead of this year's election, as politicians seek good luck charms from witch doctors. Picture taken September 21, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Foto: CARLO ALLEGRI
Jennifer Stieber brings in Mwigulu Matonange's prosthetic limb during a fitting at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Cosmas, an albino from Tanzania was on a return trip to the United States to be refitted for a new prosthetic. Albinos in traditional communities in Tanzania are hunted for their limbs which attackers believe hold magical power. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Foto: Matt Rourke
Mwigulu Matonage, Baraka Cosmas og Emmanuel Festo - albinoer Foto: Reuters
Mwigulu Matonange Magesa, left, and Baraka Cosmas Lusambo help each other to put their prosthetic limbs in a bag after an occupational therapy session Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Mwigulu and Baraka along with three other children from Tanzania with the hereditary condition of albinism are in the U.S. to receive free surgery and prostheses at the hospital. The children were attacked and dismembered in the belief that their body parts will bring wealth. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Foto: Matt Rourke
Baraka Cosmas Lusambo, left, and Mwigulu Matonange Magesa pass a block to one and other during an occupational therapy session Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Baraka and Mwigulu along with three other children from Tanzania with the hereditary condition of albinism are in the U.S. to receive free surgery and prostheses at the hospital. The children were attacked and dismembered in the belief that their body parts will bring wealth. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Foto: Matt Rourke
Baraka Cosmas, from left, Mwigulu Matonange, Emmanuel Festo and Pendo Sengerema, play after their prosthetic limb fittings at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Cosmas is missing half his right arm. Matonange lost his left arm. Emmanuel Festo lost his right, plus the fingers of his left hand. Pendo Sengerema had an arm severed at the elbow. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Foto: Matt Rourke
NYTT LIV: Mwigulu (14) har fått armprotese, som vil gjøre livet hans langt lettere.
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Helt siden de ble født har Baraka (7) og Mwigulu (14) levd i frykt for å dø.De to guttene er ikke biologiske brødre, men en felles redsel og en felles hudfarge har gjort dem til hverandre nærmeste.Magiske krefterBåde Baraka og Mwigulu er født med albinisme, og oppvokst i Tanzania har de ble sett på som utskudd. De to guttene bor i ett av landene i verden, som har høyest tetthet av albinisme.I Tanzania blir albinoer ansett for å være spøkelser eller hjemsøkte, og

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