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.
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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.
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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching
The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.
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Enduring taboos and the future of skin bleaching
Many condemn skin bleaching in public while secretly lightening their own complexions. To break away from these taboos, we need honest information and open conversation.
Catalogue
- Books
Treatment of the aging skin and dermal defects / by Perry A. Sperber.
Sperber, Perry A.Date: [1965]- Digital Images
- Online
Skin Cancer
Kate Cragoe Mayfield- Digital Images
- Online
Skin
Bill McConkey- Ephemera
Skin care ephemera. Box 1.
- Books
The segmental and ageing variations of reactive hyperemia in human skin / Joseph DiPalma and Frances I. Foster.
DiPalma, Joseph R.Date: 1944?]