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Albino Boy In Africa

In Tanzania albino body parts and blood are used and sold in potions created by witch doctors. To protect albino children, the government sends them to far away boarding schools.

In Tanzania albino body parts and blood are used in magic potions created by witch doctors and are sold for huge amounts of money. To protect albino children, the government sends them to boarding schools, far away from their families. Here they live more or less abandoned in a world without adults, small children taking care of even smaller ones. This film follows Shida, a Tanzanian albino during his first year at a new school where the rules are strict and tolerance is low. He is trying his best to meet the demands of being a pupil. The school is a chance of an education and to escape a life on the bottom of society. With help from his new friend Allan he is struggling to become better in school and to be accepted by the teachers and pupils.

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