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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sarah Johnson

‘A fire inside me’: the Zambian singer who overcame prejudice to change attitudes to albinism

Musician John Chiti in Lusaka, Zambia.
‘I have a fire inside me’: musician John Chiti in Lusaka, Zambia. Photograph: Jason J Mulikita/Sightsavers

There’s a painful scene in Netflix’s new drama, Can You See Us?, when the protagonist, Joseph, is attacked by men who pin him down and hack at his leg with a knife.

John Chiti, the man on whom Joseph is based, remembers this incident well. It happened when he was 15 and walking home with a friend after playing football in the Copperbelt province in Zambia. The men who attacked him had been tracking his movements for some time.

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