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7. Gareth Bale. Is this why Bale is beginning to keep his hair?

6. Lionel Messi: Wow! Just imagine she plays soccer too…

5. Mersut Ozil. Don’t get confused, that’s not his sister.

4. Neymar: See the carbon-copy of the Brazilian.

3. Diego Armando Maradona. Arguably the best ever player to have graced planet earth. That’s ‘HER’!

2. Fernando Torres: The Athletico Madrid man has a fair share of the oblong face.

So much is attached with stardom and research has shown that every human has at least six lookalikes in the world.


Here are 7 players and their own female lookalike.

1. Alexis Sanchez: Remember that smile? There you have it. She’s got it too.

However, since authorities started to protect albinos, dealers realized the price for witchcraft would have to increase.


https://www.naij.com/1054925-albinos-en-tanzania.html

Even after the Tanzanian government banned witchcraft since January and campaigns are being made to stop this barbarity, some politician still resorts to witchcraft during election campaigns to gain the advantage over their adversaries.

At least 10000 albinos in Africa have been forced to relocate or escape.

Solution?

20-years-old Maajabu Boaz has to carry knives every time he leaves his house, just to protect his life. His reputation has protected children from his town, for now.

According to activists, since 2006 71 persons with albinism have been murdered, another 29 have been attacked, while only ten convictions were issued.

Going out armed and alert

In Tanzania, where the annual per capita income in 2010 was 442 USD, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an arm or a leg can cost 3000 euros, while a whole body can cost around 60000 euros. Boys are hunted with machetes. A black market of dealers operates in several local countries.

Albinos’ bodies are highly priced. This fact proves politic and economic elites are involved in murders of people with albinism.

In Tanzania, many people think organs from albinos have magical powers, and those people use the organs to make amulets to bring good luck in business and politics. This situation creates a sinister business involving hunting, mutilation, and murder of human beings.

The Tanzanian Justice and Peace Commission pointed: “Many believe albinos’ body parts have mystical or magic powers and have the power to make people rich.”

The market of albinos

According to the researcher Giorgio Brocco: “In Africa, people with albinism have always been stigmatized and considered divine figures.”

The hunt of albinos is a tradition ingrained among the population. Albinos are pointed as immortal spirits, and some people believe they bring luck.

In Tanzania, there is one albino per every 1400 inhabitants; a number above the world average (one albino per 20000 inhabitants). According to experts, this the high number of people with albinism is due to endogamy.

One of these superstitions is related to people with albinism –a genetic disorder characterized by the lack of pigmentation in skin, eyes, and hair.

Being albino in Tanzania

Like other people from African countries, some Tanzanians frequently practice witchcraft: superstitions play a major role in their lives; from ordinary citizens to politicians and influential businesspeople –most of them believe in magic.

She also added that she was bullied as a child but had grown to love it. She hopes to instill that sense of self-love in her baby.


https://www.naij.com/1054903-bizarre-birthmark-baby-born-streak-white-hair-forehead.html

Brianna explained that she is constantly being stopped by strangers who had questions on how the hair situation came to be.

Baby MilliAnna, her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother all possess this trait.

The condition is known as poliosis. This happens when a patch of hair and area of skin has no pigment. It can lead to a bleached look.

23-year-old Brianna Worthy and her 18-month-old daughter, MilliAnna were born with this streak of white hair.

Evidently, this is a hereditary trait as the baby’s mother and grandmother both have this unique birthmark that turns their hair white. The baby is reportedly the fourth generation in the family to inherit this unusual trait.

This is coming right after civil servants in Brazil reported they have discovered the world’s oldest person – a 131-year-old father-of-3 living with a wife 69 years his junior.


https://www.naij.com/809955-world-oldest-person-discovered-nigeria-photo.html

Questioning the validity of Mama’s birth, Mr. Avufeyen said that she witnessed the birth of his grandfather. If his claims are true then, Mama Efisho is not only Nigeria’s oldest woman alive, she will be the oldest woman alive anywhere.