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Photo Essay - Tanzanian Albinos
Her dead son's grave
Howa Mdegu 58 (a widow) with her grandson, clear the grave of her albino son who died as a result of Squamous cell carcinomas (the skin cancer from solar exposure most common in albinos) at the age of 22. With one other albino daughter who is 18 and has solar keratosis (a pre-cursor to Squamous Cell carcinoma) She faces a difficult future of looking after another ill child, without any main bread winner in the family.
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Her dead son's grave Howa Mdegu 58 (a widow) with her grandson, clear the grave of her albino son who died as a result of Squamous cell carcinomas (the skin cancer from solar exposure most common in albinos) at the age of 22. With one other albino daughter who is 18 and has solar keratosis (a pre-cursor to Squamous Cell carcinoma) She faces a difficult future of looking after another ill child, without any main bread winner in the family.
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