Salum Barwany


Salum Khalfan Barwany or Salum Khalfani Bar'wani is a Tanzanian CUF politician and Member of Parliament for Lindi Town constituency. He is the first Tanzanian MP with albinism to be elected to parliament.
He was elected to the National Assembly of 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.
Upon his election, Bar'wani stated:
Tanzania is a country noted both for a high incidence of albinism, and persecution of people with albinism, especially by a cult of witchdoctors with considerable influence and power in rural areas.