Vicky Ntetema

Vicky Ntetema
Born c.1959
Tanzania
Nationality Tanzania
Employer BBC

Vicky Ntetema (born c.1959) was a Tanzanian BBC radio journalist. She broke a story about the murder of albino people in Tanzania and Burindi. She went on to lead a charity that addressed the issue called Under the Same Sun.

Life

Ntetema was born in Tanzania in about 1959. She worked as a bureau chief for BBC Radio in her home country. She came to notice when she broke a story about the murder of albino people in Tanzania and Burundi. She required around the clock protection and had to leave the country twice for her own protection.[1]

She discovered that witch doctors believed that albino people had magical powers.[1] She in time left the BBC and led a charity called Under the Same Sun to address the problems onf albino people.[2]

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