Actor and fashion icon Jodie Turner-Smith has shared some honest thoughts on how becoming a mother has helped heal the colourism trauma she's experienced in her life. "She is going to have a ...

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has, time and again, proven his acting prowess with his versatile characters and powerful performances. The actor is one of the most successful stars in the industry. Despite this ...

Actor Lupita Nyong'o describes colourism as “the daughter of racism” in “a world that rewards lighter skin over darker skin”. This form of prejudice sees people more penalised the darker their skin is ...

Rihanna, Beyonce, Cardi B, Stefflon Don, Maya Jama, Mabel, Zendaya and Adwoa Aboah. These are just some of the women at the top of their game in the world of entertainment in 2018. But how much of ...

Queer Eye's Tan France has opened up about his experience with skin bleaching and colourism in a new BBC documentary, Beauty and the Bleach. In the special episode, which airs on BBC Two at 9pm on 27 ...

Humans have a legitimate need to feel desirable and will go to extra lengths to achieve it. Colourism is an understated driver of mate selection in our society, contributing to social phenomenons like ...

Some Nigerians do not love dark skin. Colourism is part of the buzzwords that have become a part of the woke community. Colourism means prejudice against people with a darker skin tone. Typically, a ...

We hear about it a lot, but no one actually talks about it. It’s an uncomfortable subject, especially in a world where we hear protests of Black Lives Matter and calls for the unification of black ...

The issue of colourism was highlighted in a recent BBC news report about a Nigerian woman who bleached the skin of her six young children leaving them with discoloured skin, burns and scars. It is a ...