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How a young albino woman in Kenya is being persecuted because she looks different

Interview: Anne-Sophie Brändlin, BerlimJanuary 28, 2015

In Africa, more than 130 people with albinism have been persecuted and some were even murdered as part of brutal rituals. Gönna Ketels went to Kenya to meet Leonidah, a 24-year-old woman who was born with albinism and who has struggled to gain acceptance because of the way she looks. In an interview, Gönna talks about the impact the beauty perception in Kenya has had on Leonidah's life.

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