© Franck Vogel

© Franck Vogel

© Franck Vogel

© Franck Vogel

© Franck Vogel

Bibiana dans sa classe à l'école de Kongowe. Elle est très bonne élève et participe activement durant les cours. © Franck Vogel

Bibiana Mbuchi (13 years) is one of the only albino that survived an attack -three men cut off her right leg and 2 fingers- in January 2008 near Mwanza. At her parents death on AIDS, she was adopted by her uncle and "sold". 3 years after the attack, Bibiana is still terrified. Tindi (11), her albino sister, did see the man walking out with her sister's leg on his shoulder. Both were adopted by albino MP Kwegyir and are now boarding at Kongowe adventist school near Dar-es-Salaam. Since 2007, over 53 albino have been killed for witchcraft in Tanzania. © Franck Vogel

Bibiana dans sa chambre. C'est toujours un moment difficile quand il faut mettre sa prothèse pour la journée. © Franck Vogel

Bibiana lors d'un cours à l'école Kongowe doit aller au tableau pour pouvoir lire et recopier le texte. La vision des albinos est très mauvaise. © Franck Vogel

Al-Shaymaa Kwegyir, député et mère adoptive de Bibiana et Tindi, leur rend visite au pensionnat de Kongowe. © Franck Vogel

C'est ici dans cette case, près du lac Victoria que Bibiana s'est fait couper une jambe à la machette en 2007. Son oncle a fait 1 an de prison. Il était suspecté de l'avoir vendu...mais aucun preuve n'a été trouvé, il est donc libéré. Sa grand mère, à droite, comme Tindi et 2 cousines dormaient avec elle et ont tout vu. © Franck Vogel

Mine d'or près de Geita, où la quasi totalité des chercheurs d'or consulte des sorciers pour les aider à trouver de l'or et s'enrichir. © Franck Vogel

In Tanzania, in the Lake Victoria area, witchdoctors are very popular and respected by many tribes and especially Sukumas. Over 80% of the people visit witchdoctors for treatment against cancer, AIDS or to find love...or to get rich, which is the main reason they need albino body parts. Since 2007, 68 albino, mainly children, have been attacked and 59 of them died. A leg, an arm or albino blood is worth 2000$ each...that means an albino body is worth10 000 for a male and even 12 000 $ for a female. Rocket high prices that gives over 10 years of a farmer's salary. Witchdoctors use the body parts to make magic powders, potions to locate gold. Rich businessmen visit them after buying a mining land...Since they don't have albino body parts, witchdoctor can arrange to get one for 2000$. Vicky Ntetema from the BBC did an undercover investigation with a hidden video camera and got that offer. She brought it on air and since then witchdoctors and even some State Ministers want to kill her...not that surprising: they are also visiting witchdoctors before elections. Mohamed Maulid is a witchdoctor from Mburahati village, about 30km from Dar-es-Salaam. He admits that some "Sukuma collegues" use albino bodyparts but only in the Mwanza region. He adds: "I'm not a Sukuma and I don't agree with them" © Franck Vogel

Bibihana Mbushi, 'Je ne suis pas un talisman' de Franck Vogel publié par Michel Lafon