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Thando Hopa, the model that denounces the life of albinos in Africa

Thando Hopa is one of the few black albino models that exist in the world.Its image, attracts a lot of attention, has a halo between delicate and supernatural that fits very well in the catwalks and fashion and beauty magazines.

She is South African, 24 years old and, besides being a model, she is a lawyer.Maybe for that and taking advantage of her public position, Thando Hopa takes advantage whenever possible to give voice to a terrible problem that happens in your country, and that not everyone knows. Being an albino in Africa is little more than a curse and a condemnation.They don't just have to face a sun that hurts their skin and depletion of their health, but they must also live with fear imprinted in their hearts, praying that they will not be killed or mutilated.

The albinos in Africa are merchandise, like rhinoceros horns.or the ivory of the elephants.Local wizards think that the skin, the organs and blood of an albino attract luck and prosperity. Inconceivable acts that are slowly coming to light.

Thando Hopa.The curse of being albino in Africa

Thando Hopa tells us about the daily difficulty of being albino in Africa.Most have vision problems and not everyone can have good sunglasses, not to mention that they are much more sensitive to light and that they must continually face horrible burns and even skin cancer.

She was lucky, her social and family environment allowed her to stay away from those more tribal settings like Tanzania or East Africa , where every year, many of the albinos that they can find in all those small towns are killed.There are those who think that being born albino is a curse of God, due to an act that the ancestors of that person committed, hence the mark of sin on your skin.A live albino is worth nothing, they are less than a stone and are called «zeru-ze ru », that is, children of the Devil or ghosts.

Thando Hopa, the model that denounces the life of albinos in Africa

Now, a dead albino is worth what a bag of diamonds.They are talismans.You can already deduce what this means.The problem is that many organizations usually house all those albino children who have been repudiated by their parents and their people, being usual that they can have between 4 or 5 people with these characteristics.What then is the consequence? That they are attacked at night by men organized for cutting arms, legs or fingers , trophies of albino people who will be generously paid by all those sorcerers and mad people with retrograde minds.

There are many African albino children who must learn to live with these mutilations, although deep down, they could feel relatively lucky, because they usually get killed.That way, they get many "more pieces" to trade.It is raw, but This is the reality that, today, is lived in many countries in Africa. Fetishism and superstition are still very cleft in the lands of this beautiful continent, where being born albino is the worst of curses.

Thando Hopa, the model that denounces the life of albinos in Africa

Most attacks occur in Tanzania. The reason? Here the population of albinism exceeds the world average by 15 times.Scientists do not know what it is due to, but they suspect it may be due to the origin of the first "founders" of this region, where some kind of mutation should have occurred.It is clear.

Thando Hopa, the model that denounces the life of albinos in Africa

Be that as it may, it is a problem that does not seem to have a solution , hence voices like that of this model, cry out for help to bring out a act, that every year takes the lives of many people in the most wild and inconceivable way.

If you found this article interesting, we invite you to delve a little more into the subject of albinism.

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