The shameful trade in Albinos and hunchbacks.

I am of the position that Papas world wide should stand up and condemn the utter senselessness that is going on in Africa today. I am referring to the crazy practice of hunting and killing or maiming innocent albinos in the name of a so called quest to acquire riches or power. My heart goes to the poor hapless Papas of albinos especially in parts of Africa like Tanzania. It is hard enough to cater for kids with albinism now they have to add that to watching their backs all the time in case, those cold blooded murderers are lurking in a thicket behind.
Good news coming from Tanzania says the government has started arresting the traditional medicine men who are the source of the madness in the first place. I think a law should be promulgated stipulating that anyone caught in the act of trading directly or indirectly in the body parts of any other human being ;albino or not should be given the death penalty. I think only a stiff penalty will be a deterrent to get rich or power quick, individuals.
Tanzania is not the only country grappling with this problem, Nigeria has had her own share of these death merchants. Recently there was an outcry by concerned citizens about the fact that hunchbacked people were being hunted and killed. Just like the Tanzanian case, it was all started by some witch doctor who told his gullible clientèle that in the hunchback lies great riches and power. What balderdash!
Several years ago a man called Clifford Orji was caught with a bag full of human body parts, he was paraded to the press and you can imagine how the Nigerian public received it, disbelief mixed with fear and outrage is how I will describe it. However trust the Media after a few weeks, attention turned to something else and that was all I can recall about Clifford Orji, was he prosecuted? I don't know.
African governments, NGOs, civil society organizations and religious organizations should wake up from their slumber and educate the gullible public about the vanity of wealth secured through any other means other than hard work and honesty. That is the only way our albino sons and daughters and indeed their hunchbacked peers can be guaranteed a decent life expectancy. To their Papas we say don't give up-like smallpox ;this tragedy will be a thing of the past one day soon.