Ramadhan Khalfan, chairman of the Ukerewe Albinism Society, on his wedding day, in a portrait by his bride, Miyango Tiziwa. The couple have a small son; all three have albinism. Tiziwa, 35, happily converted to Islam to follow her husband’s faith – one shared by a third of Tanzanians. Rejected by her father at birth, she was treated badly as a child by half-brothers without albinism; as an adult, she was abused by men without albinism who came under cover of darkness to sleep with her once and not return. In some communities, it is believed that sex with women with albinism cures HIV or Aids.

Photograph: Miyango Tiziwa/Standing Voice