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Pigment: The Limbs of the Mukuyu Tree | Renee Topper

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Young American Aliya Scott travels to Tanzania to help children with her condition. There, people without pigment in their skin are called "zeru-zeru," it means "ghost," and they are believed to possess magical powers. When Aliya goes missing, her father sets out on a mission to find her. He soon discovers that she was up to more than teaching the alphabet and handing out sunblock. With each step he learns more about his daughter and a country rooted in ancestry, rich with resources, full of mystery and conflict, and a world of witchdoctors and foreign plundering, with little transparency and less justice. From the shadow of the Mukuyu tree he follows her "ghost" to the head of the dragon in Europe. But will he reach Aliya before it is too late?

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Pigment: The Limbs of the Mukuyu Tree | Renee Topper

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You learn about the treatment of albinos in Tanzania...and it‘s not good. In many countries in Africa (mainly in rural areas), persons with albinism are discriminated against and at risk of being attacked. Pictured is African albino model Diandra Forrest, who luckily grew up in America. This story is about Aliya, an albino, who travels to an albino camp to help others like her...and her father, Jalil, who tries to save her. Dark and graphic.

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Pigment: The Limbs of the Mukuyu Tree | Renee Topper

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Absolutely awful, but it did fulfill #PassportLitsy #Tanzania. The social issue - the murder and mutilation of albino Africans - was disturbing, but it was the terrible writing and audiobook narration that made this unbearable.

Dulcinella So I added it in case I don‘t find Tanzania:-) 7y

ferskner @Dulcinella Haha! I really hope there are better Tanzania books out there! 7y

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