Are Tanzanian Lawmakers Linked To Black Magic Trade In Albino Body Parts?

An unsettling theory reaches us today from Tanzania, where the Deputy Home Affairs Minister, Pereira Silima, speculated that law makers may be responsible for a 'wave of attacks on albinos whose body parts are prized in black magic.'

The minister said that reports linking politicians to albino killings 'could be true' since attacks rose during election periods.

Tanzania placed a ban earlier this year, on what it perceives to be 'black magic' in order to try to put a stop to a trade in albino body parts which are used in spells and charms which are meant to bring luck and wealth.  Obviously the luck and wealth of the albino victims is not figuring on the radar of someone here.

Silima took the step of officially warning other politicians away from witch doctors in a parliamentary speech.  He told them that there 'won't be any parliamentary seat that will be won as a result of using albino body parts.'

The article reports that witch doctors will pay as much as $75 000 for a full set of albino body parts, according to a Red Cross report.

Depressingly, a Canadian non-profit organisation working in Tanzania ''said an investigative report eight years ago exposed politicians who sought magic potions from witch doctors to win elections but this was the first time that the link was made in parliament.'

In further news of Black Magic in Africa,  Ghana goalkeeper Daniel Agyei has told the media that he left his old team, South African Free State Stars, as he would not get involved in 'black magic.'

Agyei claims that after returning from a string of injuries the club wanted to apply some cream to him.  But according to Agyei, he refused, as there was 'no mention of any cream in the contract.'

He also went on to say :-

“They call it ‘Muti’ there but in Ghana we call it ‘Juju’.