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Specialized schools seek to break stigma of deafness in Zimbabwe

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Mutare, Dec 11 (EFE / EPA) .- Some communities in Africa consider deafness a curse for witchcraft, a taboo that specialized schools try to break every day with the use of sign language.(Camera: AARON UFUMELI)SHOT LIST: THE NZEVE DEAF TRUST CENTER IN MUTARE, ZIMBABWE.

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