Expert Returns Home to Confront Skin Bleaching Crisis, Founds New NGO

Amid growing concern over the widespread use of skin-lightening products in Nigeria, a leading researcher is turning academic insight into real-world action, calling for a cultural shift in how beauty and identity are defined.Olabanke Oyinkansola Goriola knows what it means to leave home in pursuit of answers and to come back with the responsibility to act on them. A PhD Candidate in Performance Studies at Northwestern University in the United States, she is one of a rare breed: a Nigerian scholar who has dedicated her entire academic career to understanding why so many of her people are changing their skin, and what it will take to change that.

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