IS ALBINISM REAL A CURSE AS IT IS TAKEN IN AFRICAN SOCIETIES...?

In most of the African societies have the negative perception on the fellows of ours the bad ideology in albinism which has resulted to a great problem to the extent of killing such people thinking that they will become rich? Do these people real know what is behind the albinism? Is richness with albinos? Are they cursed by God? Basing on the a

Albinism is referred to as a defect or luck of melanin production that results in little or no color also known as pigments in the skin, hair and eyes; but what are the symptoms of albinism: a person with albinism will have one of the following symptoms, absence of color in the hair and skin.

                                   Members of the family with an albino kid.

The causes, incidence and the risk factor for albinism; in actual fact albinism occurs when one of the several genetic defects  makes the body unable to produce or distribute melanin, a natural substance that gives color to your hair, skin and iris of the eye.

There a number of reasons on the source of the problem depending on the place though they can vary but the common ones are; 
There a number of reasons on the source of the problem depending on the place though they can vary but the common ones are; 

The defects may be passed down through families; thus there are two types of albinism, type one (1) albinism is caused by defects that affect production of the pigment, melanin and the type two (2) albinism is due to the defect in the “P” gene. People with this type have slight coloring at birth.

The most severe form of albinism is called oculocutaneous albinism, people with this type of albinism have white or pink hair,  skin and iris color as well as vision problems; another type of albinism, called ocular albinism type 1(0A1), affects only the eyes. The person's skin and eye colors are usually in the normal range. However, an eye exam will show that there is no coloring in the back of the eye (retina).

Hermansky-Pudlack syndrome (HPS) IS a form of albinism caused by a single gene, it can occur with a bleeding disorder as well as with lung and bowel diseases; other complex diseases may lead to loss of coloring in only a creating area (localized albinism). Recently; we have been hearing a number of cases on killings of albino in Mwanza, Mtwara, Musoma and other places of Tanzania all this is because of the bad ideology people have. 

People need to know that albinism is just a biological problem that occurs to any person; it is never a curse as they think, and by this we should not abandon them as they are complete human being as we are. The terrible current situation that happens in most of the families has to be stopped; the government needs to be keen on dealing with this aiming at controlling peace and harmony in our societies.


An encouraging thing is various steps have been taken by the government trying to eradicate the problem to the extent that  many of the cases reported are dealt in the court and some have been even poisoned. So far so good the African societies have been given education on this and changes are likely to happen; the families with albino need to know that they need to be close to their family member as they the first once to show them love, we can stop killing albino and live with them because we are the sons of one father of heaven.