Malian musician Salif Keita is a pop superstar whose music is known around the world. He’s also an albino. That’s one reason why he was shocked when a five-year-old albino girl was murdered earlier this year in the town of Fana, Mali. Over the weekend, Keita played a concert to raise awareness about how albinos are treated in much of Africa.
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