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United States Title: Sir Archibald Garrod’s “Inborn Errors of Metabolism”
Subtitle:
Author(s):
Knox, Eugene
Date:
August, 1958
Pages:
19
Summary:
A bio-chemical survey on the manifestation and absence of melanin or pigmentation in humans.
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Type:
Academic
Source:
The American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 10 No. 3, 2003, 277- 296
Keywords:
Albinism; Biology; Bio-Chemistry; Chemistry; Melanin; Pigment
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Title: Skin Cancer in African Albinos
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Author(s):
Yakubu, Alkassim, Mabogunje, Oluwatope
Date:
June, 2013
Pages:
Summary:
Skin pigmentation and environmental factors probably account for the difference in skin cancer types between Africans and Caucasians. This study reports on malignant skin tumors found in normally pigmented as well as persons with albinism as seen in a hospital in Zaria, Nigeria. In the result, persons with albinism in Nigeria are said to have a lifespan of a bout 30 years.
Link:
Type:
Academic
Source:
Acta Oncologica, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 621-622. 1993.
Keywords:
Albino; Albinism; Skin cancer; Nigeria; Pigment; Life span.
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Title: Skin cancers in albinos in a teaching Hospital in eastern Nigeria - presentation and challenges of care
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Author(s):
Opara, Kingsley, Jiburum, Bernard
Date:
August, 2010
Pages:
Summary:
Study of cancer rates in persons with albinism at Imo State University Teaching Hosptial between 2007 and 2009. Study revelaed that 67 percent of primary skin cancers recorded there were in persons with albinism. 61 percent of skin cancer patients where also less than 40 years of age. Late presentation and poor rate of completion of treatment due to poverty, were major challenges to patient care.
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Type:
Academic
Source:
7th Space Interactive - Credit Source: World Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2010, 8: 73. Accessed September 5, 2010.
Keywords:
Albino; Mariamu Staford; Prosthetics; ABC News; 20/20.
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Title: Studies on Albinism in the South African Negro
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Author(s):
Jenkins, Trefor, Kromberg, Jennifer
, Manganyi, Noel
Date:
June, 1974
Pages:
6
Summary:
28 albino subjects tested for intellectual maturity and body image perception. Results are compared with a control group of non-albino South Africans
Link:
Type:
Academic
Source:
Journal of Biosocial Science 6 (1974): 107 - 112
Keywords:
Albino; Negro; African; Intellect; Intelligence; Body Image; Oculocutaneous; South Africa
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Title: The Fetishization of Albinos in Tanzania
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Author(s):
Caroline Ackley
Date:
November, 2010
Pages:
63
Summary:
From abstract: "While rumors of organ stealing and the efficaciousness of albino body parts have been going on for a long time in Tanzania, there seems to be a recent spike in the killing of albinos. These killings are an intensification of an old story that began in pre-colonial Central Africa. People materialize and utilize fetishized notions of the productive magic of albino body parts. The consumption of magical paraphernalia supposedly made from albinos’ bodies is imagined to counteract the decline of the fishing industry. The story of albino killings is about the fantastic speculation of value, and this value supports the localized economy. This illustrates the desire to create and sustain specific market commodities out of albino body parts. Some say this is a story about the economy, the neoliberal, or a functionalist explanation of albino killings. Others suspect this is ultimately a story of the cumulative effects of the circulation of rumor and discourse. These contrasting views are woven to tell the story of alleged albino killings while presenting an alternative interpretation, which suggests that Tanzanian elite utilize these rumors to gather social authority and political legitimacy while benefitting from the moral hierarchy of modernity versus tradition.
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Type:
Academic
Source:
Keywords:
Albino, killings, myths, Tanzania, economics
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Title: The Tanzanian Human Albino Skin
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Author(s):
Luande, J., Henschke, C., Mohammed, N.
Date:
June, 2013
Pages:
6
Summary:
A sample of persons with albinism are studied at the Tanzania Tumor Centre. An extremely high skin cancer prevalance is recorded. Graphic photos of sun-burnt skins and pre-cancerous skin conditions in some persons with albinism are presented. Also included are discussions on why persons with albinism tend to be hairier than non-albinistic persons, as well as the correlation of better education to better skin health.
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Type:
Academic
Source:
Cancer, 1985, 55: 1823-8.
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Title: Witchcraft and British Colonial Law
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Author(s):
Browne, Orde, J.
Date:
October, 1935
Pages:
8
Summary:
Witchcraft was not appropriately handled by colonial powers who often understimated its influence. Where there were laws agains it, these laws were inadquate as they were made outside of the input of indigenous persons. Any law that will try to combat the phenonmenon of witchcraft must be conjured with the input of those that practice it.
Link:
Type:
Academic
Source:
Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 8, No.4 (Oct 1935) pp. 481-487.
Keywords:
Africa; Witchcraft.
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Title: Witchcraft and the Law in Tanzania
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Author(s):
Mesaki, Simeon
Date:
November, 2009
Pages:
7
Summary:
A critical assessment of the measures taken by the Government of Tanzania in dealing with the social issue of witchcraft.
Link:
Type:
Academic
Source:
International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 1(8) pp. 132-138, December, 2009.
Keywords:
Witchcraft; Law; Tanzania.
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Title: ‘Orange in a World of Apples’:
Subtitle:
The voices of albinism
Author(s):
Wan, Nathalie
Date:
April, 2003
Pages:
20
Summary:
12 persons with albinism from North America and Australia (7 women and 5 men) , are subjects of a study to find the negative impact of albinism on their lives as well as some coping strategies that they have devised as a result.
Link:
Type:
Academic
Source:
Disability and Society, Vol. 18., No. 3, 2003, pp. 277- 296
Keywords:
Discrimination; Albinism; Stigma; Response to discrimination; Coping
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Title: 2009 Human Rights Report:
Subtitle:
2009
Author(s):
U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Date:
March, 2010
Pages:
Summary:
Discusses the growing use of witchcraft in Tanzania and how this relates to killings of persons with albinism.
Link:
Type:
Government Report
Source:
U.S. State Department website. Accessed, May 27, 2010.
Keywords:
United States; Department of State; Human Rights; 2009; Witchcraft; Albino; Albinism.
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