_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: ekayombo@live.com; Journal of Scientific Research & Reports 27(5): 33-46, 2021; Article no.JSRR.60757 ISSN: 2320-0227 Belief on Witchcraft and Killing of People with Albinism in Lack Victoria Zone, Tanzania Edmund J. Kayombo 1* 1 Department of Medical Botany Plant Breeding and Agronomy, Institute of Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P.O.Box 65001, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Author’s contribution The sole author designed, analysed, interpreted and prepared the manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JSRR/2021/v27i530388 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Tzasna Hernandez Delgado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. (2) Dr. Ritu Singh, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India. (3) Dr. Suleyman Korkut, Duzce University, Turkey. Reviewers: (1) Gareth Dart, University of Worcester, England. (2) Khagendra Kumar, D.R.J.Government Girls College, India. (3) Aleksandra Jezela-Stanek, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NITLD), Poland. (4) Sajjad Ali Shah, Bacha Khan University, Pakistan. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/60757 Received 20 July 2020 Accepted 24 September 2020 Published 25 June 2021 ABSTRACT Killing of people with albinism and old people has been featuring in Tanzania mass media and worldwide. The main cause of killing old people and people with albinism is witchcraft beliefs. Old women are reported to be killing grand children; whereas people with albinism were believed their part of the body when added with other potent traditional remedies brings fortune and prosperous. Witchcraft cannot be denied in indigenous African communities; however there might be other factors unexplored that lead to killing old people and people with albinism. The aim of this paper is to explore other factors that contribute to killing old people and people with albinism. Methodology: The study was carried in Lake Victoria zone, Tanzania using qualitative research methods. The main focus were to explore factors that lead to killing old people and people with albinism in addition to current belief of witchcraft. The collected information were analyzed using qualitatively techniques Results: The findings have shown any health problems including death need explanations that were sought through ramli. The ramli showed old people especially old women were noted to be killing grand children by witchcraft means. Other factors like wealth acquisition, jealous, Original Research Article