Skin toning, skin lightening and skin brightening, are all euphemisms for skin bleaching
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Encouraging Girls to Love their Darker Skin
The dangers of skin bleaching are being discussed more and more. Ghana banned sales of products containing a chemical called hydroquinone in 2016. This is because skin lightening products have been linked to blood, liver and kidney cancer. Yet the industry is estimated to be worth 4.8 billion US dollars.
Aminetou Mint Moctar: The Woman Campaigning to End Gavage
is head of Association des Femmes Chefs de Famille (Association of Women Heads of Household). This is a women’s rights charity in Nouakchott, the Capital of Mauritania. Her organisation is campaigning to criminalise a tradition thought to affect 75% of Mauritanian girls as young as five in rural areas, and
Beauty And Colourism
There is no one example of what the African man or woman looks like. The cultures within the continent are very different, so are the languages and the skin type as well. In some cultures, the lighter your skin is, the better you are treated because it is believed that