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Yvonne Gumbo poses for a photo outside her family home in Harare, in this Tuesday, June, 9, 2020 photo. Each time Gumbo, who has albinism and her "black" friends get together for a picture, she insists on been in the centre." I tell them I make the picture beautiful because I am special," she told the Associated Press at her home in Zimbabwes capital, Harare, recently.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Each time Yvonne Gumbo, who has albinism, and her friends get together for a picture, she insists on being in the center.

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press June 24, 2021