Comedian and writer Gina Yashere has revealed that she pushed back against Hollywood executives who wanted the lead Nigerian ...

In some African countries, more than 50% of women regularly use skin-lightening products. In South Africa, the rate is 32%, while in Nigeria it’s 77%. This dwarfs rates in other regions of the world.

A Performance Studies PhD candidate at Northwestern University in the United States, Olabanke Goriola, has said skin bleaching among Nigerian women is driven by childhood conditioning that equates ...