TERRIBLE AFFLICTION (Ghana): "River Blindness Robbed Him Of His Sight But Not His Independence"

FORTUNATELY, ITS NOT AS COMMON AS IT USED TO BE:

'Kwame first started to get sick with onchocerciasis,
commonly known as river blindness, when he was
in his 20s. The disease is caused by a roundworm
infection that's spread by black flies."

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/01/14/462911189/the-farmer-and-fisherman-who-lost-his-sight-to-river-blindness