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  1. peer
    a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
    Growing up in Babati, Tanzania, Hidaya has always stood out among her peers.
  2. pigment
    substance in plant or animal tissues producing a color
    She has inherited the trait of albinism, which is a lack of pigment in her skin, eyes, and hair.
  3. characteristic
    a noticeable feature or aspect of something
    While she felt relatively safe living in Babati, she knew that many people living in Tanzania who display characteristics of albinism, including children, were sometimes mutilated or murdered.
  4. mutilate
    destroy or injure severely
    While she felt relatively safe living in Babati, she knew that many people living in Tanzania who display characteristics of albinism, including children, were sometimes mutilated or murdered.
  5. stem
    grow out of, have roots in, originate in
    This tragic violence stemmed from false beliefs and superstitions about albinism that circulated in some regions.
  6. superstition
    an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
    This tragic violence stemmed from false beliefs and superstitions about albinism that circulated in some regions.
  7. circulate
    become widely known and passed on
    This tragic violence stemmed from false beliefs and superstitions about albinism that circulated in some regions.
  8. heritage
    an attribute that is inherited from ancestors
    Hidaya only knew her mother and cousins, who also lived in Babati, but as she grew older, she longed to know more about her heritage.
  9. outraged
    angered at something unjust or wrong
    Hidaya’s father, Hatari, was outraged and claimed that Heruma had evil spirits that caused Hidaya’s condition.
  10. ancestry
    the lineage of an individual
    On this journey, Heruma talked with her parents about her ancestry.
  11. outcast
    a person who is rejected (from society or home)
    Afifa loved to tell the story of how her grandfather, Sadiki, fell in love with Rim, even though she was treated as an outcast because of her albinism.
  12. sensitive
    responsive to physical stimuli
    Like many people with albinism, she had issues with her vision and her skin was extremely sensitive to the sun.
  13. stature
    the height of a standing person
    It was here that she met Saburi, who had dark eyes and a tall stature.
  14. prosthetic
    relating to or serving as an artificial body part
    Both Hidaya and Saburi now work for the Global Medical Relief Fund, which helps provide prosthetic arms and legs to children with albinism who have suffered violence.
Created on Tue Jun 18 11:31:01 EDT 2019 (updated Tue Jun 18 11:34:27 EDT 2019)

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