Mali singer Salif Keita highlights plight of African albinos

Malian musician Salif Keita performs during a concert to promote tolerance and remember Ramata Diarra, an albino girl who was kidnapped and brutally murdered this year, in Fana, Mali November 17, 2018. REUTERS/Moustapha Diallo

BAMAKO/DAKAR (Reuters) - Like many people, Malian musician Salif Keita first became aware he was different when he started school. His skin was white; all the other kids were black.

"I was the sole albino," he told Reuters in an interview. "I knew immediately that I was different from the other children."