READERS’ MAIL: Why the Female Attacks? Daddy Lumba, Bright of BukBak Fame, Nana Acheampong, Nana Boroo & Others Have all Changed in Complexion…

As a Ghanaian entertainment industry person, I welcome all the talks and advocacy to bring the increasing act of bleaching some of our entertainers have found faith in under control, since skin bleaching/lightening has vast negative consequences.

But I am particular worried about the fact only the female entertainers/celebrities are being watched and attacked for the drastic change in their complexion while the men who seem to be altering their complexion are left  untouched.

I was at the recent funeral of the late Ronnie Coaches of BukBak fame which was attended by Bright—and shockingly, the complexion of Bright had taken a different dimension. Many of my media friends who were at the funeral whispered about the complexion change which was marked with dark knuckles but as usual, no one raised this issue in the media.

Apart from my recent disappointing sighting of Bright, Daddy Lumba, Nana Acheampong, Nana Boroo and several other male Ghanaian entertainers have over the years changed from their usual complexion—and yet, no one seems to question them simply because they are probably men.

Bleaching is not a gender disease, rather a human problem which must be tackled from all corners. The men must be rebuked with the same anger we descend on the women or else, we will not be able to genuinely uproot this widespread practice from our society.

The fact is; several Ghanaian male and female entertainers are bleaching/lightening up, and not only the women. The last time I checked from the market, Skin Light, Fair and White, Bio Claire, Pro Clair, Tura and others were in shortage when only men had been to the market.

From J/Accra, Ghana