AIn the beginning, there were in Black Africa, women with a complexion the color of roasted coffee, women the color of golden bananas, women the color of the rice fields. Today, when we walk in most African cities, we notice that black women are endangered. Most of our sisters practice depigmentation of the skin commonly called “tchatcho” in Mali; “Bojou” in Benin, “xeesal” in Senegal and “kobwakana” or “kopakola” in the two Congos.
It is therefore not surprising to meet women with two or three skin colors. The unlucky ones end up with a second degree burnt face, spots and blackheads on the body, stretch marks on the breasts, chest and thighs ...
The deep sociological motivations underlying such a phenomenon, the many socio-cultural, economic and especially clinical consequences are all pretexts that often slow down the fight against the practice of depigmentation.
The scale of this new social phenomenon has prompted us to take an interest in the issue.
A phenomenon born in the 60 years
The phenomenon of depigmentation of the skin appeared in Africa at the end of the 60s. Skin lightening by different processes is practiced in several regions of Africa, but the main countries affected by this phenomenon are Togo, Senegal , Mali, Congo (where many men also lighten their skin) and South Africa.
It seems that almost 90% of women who use lightening products do so for aesthetic reasons. Several people invoke the fact that if women lighten their skin it is for the sole reason that women are convinced that men prefer light women, much as we used to hear that men prefer blondes.
It makes you wonder if this practice is healthy ...
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Voluntary Depigmentation: Skin Whitening
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Part Number | black & white illustrations |
Is Adult Product | |
Release Date | 2015-11-24T00:00:01Z |
Language | Français |
Number Of Pages | 132 |
Publication Date | 2015-11-24T00:00:01Z |