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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Artist/Album Mention >>
Living in fear: daylight provides no protection for albinos
28 June 2010
By Anne Wanjiru in Dar es Salaam
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Whilst at the hospital, the lyrics to one particular song are going over in my mind.
“Je suis un noir, ma peau est blanche. Je suis un blanc, mon sang est noir. Et moi j'aime bien ça, c'est la différence qui est jolie.”
The lyrics are from a song by Salif Keita, a Malian albino musician. Born in the city of Djoliba, Keita is fully aware of the harsh discrimination that albinos face in traditional African societies. Cast out by his family and ostracized by his community because of his albinism – considered a sign of bad luck in the Mandinka culture – Keita decided to fight for the rights of people with disabilities.
He joined the Red Cross Red Crescent’s call to end the suffering of the Great Lakes albinos and he prefaced the IFRC’s advocacy report, Through Albino Eyes. His latest album, La Différence, is dedicated to the struggle of the albino community worldwide.
And when the album won the Best World Music award at the French Victoires de la Musique 2010, the plight of albinos around the world was highlighted at an international level. 06/28/10 >> go there
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