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Tanzania albinos seek recognition through sports

People with albinism practice karate at a local club in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam, June 17, 2021. [/Xinhua ]

Deogratias Ngonyani, a 33-year-old man with albinism, is a regular visitor to the karate training room at the Albinism Sports Club in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam.

"I am training karate to keep myself fit," Ngonyani told Xinhua, adding that his main objective of karate training is to enable him to attend international competitions. He said his ambition is to participate in the Paralympic Games in the next five years, proving to the world that with determination, people with albinism could do wonders.

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