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By Randa Grob-Zakhary Ten years ago, in a remote village in Nigeria’s Borno state, Aisha’s* education was brutally interrupted when she and her classmates were abducted by armed fighters. What she remembers most clearly from the eight months she calls “the hard times” is how much she missed school. After being rescued, Aisha enrolled […]
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If you frequently play in the streets of Twitterville, chances are you have come across hashtags like #teamlightskin, #darkskingirlsbelike, and #lightskingirlsbelike. While some of these hashtags are sometimes accompanied by humourous memes, beneath the surface lurks a far from amusing issue that has affected people with dark skin for centuries. Colourism, which can be defined as discrimination against […]
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