Why we should stop defining beauty by skin colour | Beverly Naya | TEDxLagos

Skin lightening in Africa is not a new phenomenon. About 40% of African women bleach their skin according to a 2011 World Health Organisation report. In some countries the figure is higher: a staggering 77% of women in Nigeria, 59% in Togo, 35% in South Africa, 27% in Senegal and 25% in Mali use skin-lightening products. Colourism is not just prevalent in Africa but also across the world like India and other countries.

Beverly Naya discusses her Netflix documentary about beauty, colourism and skin bleaching in Lagos with TEDxLagos Curator, Mercy Akamo. Beverly Naya is an award winning actress and entrepreneur. Born in England, she studied script- writing and film-making before relocating to Nigeria some years back to focus on being a part of the industry. Amid other achievements, Beverly Naya produced her first documentary titled ‘Skin’ under her production company Be Naya LTD. The documentary focuses on colourism and how it affects our society, it has gone on to screen at over 12 film festivals around the world.
In 2018, Beverly Naya was honored by Forbes Africa on the ’30 under 30’ list for her tremendous contribution to the creative industry.
The outstanding documentary ‘Skin’, touring secondary schools and universities across several African countries including Nigeria, Ghana with the support of Ford Foundation. ‘Skin’ recently won an award in the best documentary category at the prestigious AMVCA 2020 awards and has received worldwide acclaim since its release on Netflix as the first Nigerian documentary on the platform. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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