Salum Khalfan Barwany or Salum Khalfani Bar'wani (born 30 June 1959) is a Tanzanian CUF politician and

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for Lindi Town constituency. He is the first Tanzanian MP with

albinism Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin and pink or blue eyes. Individuals with the condition are referred to as albino. Varied use and interpretation of the term ...

to be elected to parliament. He was elected to the

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( sw, Bunge la Tanzania) on 2 November 2010 from the district of Lindi Urban in the far south-east, and is the first albino to be elected to the Bunge in the country's history (the first to sit in the legislature was a woman, Al-Shymaa Kway-Geer, who appointed to the Bunge by the President, two years earlier). Upon his election, Bar'wani stated: Tanzania is a country noted both for a high incidence of albinism, and

persecution of people with albinism Persecution of people with albinism (sometimes abbreviated PWA) is based on the belief that certain body parts of albinistic people can transmit magical powers. Such superstition is present especially in some parts of the African Great Lake ...

, especially by a cult of witchdoctors with considerable influence and power in rural areas.

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Living people 1959 births Civic United Front MPs Tanzanian MPs 2010–2015 Mkonge Secondary School alumni People with albinism Albinism in Tanzania Members of the National Assembly (Tanzania) {{Tanzania-politician-stub