Glamsquad Magazine December 2022
Lupita Nyong’o: The Black African Princess of Hollywood
Lupita Nyong’o: The Black African Princess of Hollywood
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her experiences on<br />
colourism.<br />
Recently, the Oscar<br />
winning Kenyan actress<br />
Lupita Nyong’o spoke<br />
on her experience with<br />
colourism as a darkskinned<br />
woman. In the<br />
interview she described<br />
colourism as “the<br />
daughter of racism”,<br />
explaining that she was<br />
once told at an audition<br />
that she was “too dark”<br />
for television.<br />
Credit: Africa News,<br />
Avance Africa, All<br />
Africa, EABW News,<br />
Future Africa, African<br />
Exponent<br />
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