The global skin-lightening industry generates billions of dollars annually by exploiting insecurities rooted in centuries of colonial conditioning, creating a toxic legacy of skin bleaching that ...

Skin-lightening products are being removed from shop shelves in Rwanda following a government ban. The creams and soaps, whose sales in Africa are worth billions every year, were banned on November ...

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, has issued a clarion call for African nations to collaborate in tackling the widespread use of harmful ...

Skin lightening is not new in Nigeria. From Nollywood to Instagram influencers, fair skin has long been considered the gold standard of beauty. “It’s not just a trend, it’s an entire industry, and now ...