Stories
- Article
The desire for lighter skin
Discover why some Black people feel more attractive with lighter skin. Ngunan Adamu speaks to three women who explain how they got hooked on skin bleaching.
- Article
When skin bleaching goes wrong
Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.
- Article
Finding the words to talk about emptiness
Shored up by a diagnosis and medication, Cassie Doney tried to find out more about the profound feeling of emptiness they were experiencing. But research is thin on the ground.
- Photo story
‘My Hair Is Not…’
Eight Black people talk about their relationship with their hair – their hairstyle history, their experiences, and how they decided to have natural hair.
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Ghana medical journal.
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Ghana: a child holding an Akuaba doll. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
Meyerowitz, Herbert Vladimir, 1900-1945.Date: 1900-1999Reference: 580840i- Archives and manuscripts
Ghana
Date: 1968-1970Reference: PP/BAY/A/1Part of: Anne Bayley: Archives- Archives and manuscripts
Ghana
Date: 1975-1981Reference: SA/ICM/G/4/13Part of: International Confederation of Midwives- Archives and manuscripts
Ghana
Date: May 1965-Jul 1980Reference: PP/RRM/A.5/26Part of: Macintosh, Sir Robert (1897-1989)