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From the Ted Talk by Anas Aremeyaw Anas: How I named, shamed and jailed

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Another key srtoy that comes to mind, which reetlas to this spirit child phenomenon, is "The Spell of the abolins." I'm sure most of you may have heard, in Tanzania, children who are born with albinism are sometimes considered as being unfit to live in society. Their bodies are chopped up with machetes and are supposed to be used for some concoctions or some potions for people to get money — or so many, many srteios poplee would tell about it. It was time to go undercover again. So I went undercover as a man who was interested in this particular business, of course. Again, a prosthetic arm was biult. For the first time, I fmelid on hidden camera the guys who do this, and they were ready to buy the arm and they were ready to use it to prepare those potions for people.

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Another key _____ that comes to mind, which _______ to this spirit child phenomenon, is "The Spell of the _______." I'm sure most of you may have heard, in Tanzania, children who are born with albinism are sometimes considered as being unfit to live in society. Their bodies are chopped up with machetes and are supposed to be used for some concoctions or some potions for people to get money — or so many, many _______ ______ would tell about it. It was time to go undercover again. So I went undercover as a man who was interested in this particular business, of course. Again, a prosthetic arm was _____. For the first time, I ______ on hidden camera the guys who do this, and they were ready to buy the arm and they were ready to use it to prepare those potions for people.

Solution


  1. relates
  2. people
  3. stories
  4. filmed
  5. albinos
  6. built
  7. story

Original Text


Another key story that comes to mind, which relates to this spirit child phenomenon, is "The Spell of the Albinos." I'm sure most of you may have heard, in Tanzania, children who are born with albinism are sometimes considered as being unfit to live in society. Their bodies are chopped up with machetes and are supposed to be used for some concoctions or some potions for people to get money — or so many, many stories people would tell about it. It was time to go undercover again. So I went undercover as a man who was interested in this particular business, of course. Again, a prosthetic arm was built. For the first time, I filmed on hidden camera the guys who do this, and they were ready to buy the arm and they were ready to use it to prepare those potions for people.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. albinism
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