Who would have imagined?

This is adapted from an article by Charles Onyango-Obbo in today's newspaper.
Tanzania has been in the news recently for the horrific murders of albinos for their body parts. In that country there is a widespread belief based in superstion and witchcraft, that these body parts can help a politician win an election, allow a businessman to multiply his capital 100 times, and ensure a rich man's wife or mistress becomes pregnant with triplets.
This year alone there have been 30 gory murders of albinos and 50 witchdoctors are being held as suspects.
It seems that in Europe and N America albinism affects 1 in 20,000; it is far more widespread in E Africa. In Tanzania it affects 1 in 4,000, much higher than in any other E African country.
Some researchers believe the reason for this is that the source of the albino gene can be traced to Africa's east coast.
Reports say that 'businessmen' from the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as others from Burundi, Kenya and Uganda, have descended on Tanzania looking for albino body parts. On Lake Tanganyika a fisherman apparently tried to sell his albino wife for $4,000. An albino hand sells for $2,400.
In the DRC the albino population has been almost 'hunted' into extinction.