Because they are ‘whites’ born of black parents, albinos face discrimination every day and struggle to find love.
Every Sunday, a dozen albinos get together to sing in a neighbourhood of Yaoundé, Cameroon’s capital. For them, singing is a form of therapy that helps them cope with the stigma they face. “I experience stigmatisation every single day of my life. When I take a taxi, at the market and in all public places, people have strange looks. Some poke fun at me with phrases like: ‘the white girl with cat’s eyes’,” says Nelly Kemezong, a 24-year-old albino woman.
