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Janko

Gambia
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Posted - 29 May 2013 :  11:51:43  Show Profile  Visit Janko's Homepage Send Janko a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by toubab1020

"African Space Research Program, is funded entirely by private donations."

BUT

We have already tested it, and it’s working fine. We are just waiting on the Ugandan president to give us clearance to have it launched into space,” Nsamba said.....


BUT


"Nsamba and his team demonstrated their creation for the Ugandan vice president this week, and they are hoping the necessary clearance and funding will follow soon."


Janko,who do you think is giving Nsamba an inferiority complex ?


http://africansuntimes.com/2013/02/ugandan-scientists-ready-to-launch-its-first-probe-into-orbit/



Well, toubab, tell me about it

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Janko

Gambia
1267 Posts

Posted - 04 Jun 2013 :  18:54:47  Show Profile  Visit Janko's Homepage Send Janko a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Nigerian Women Lead the World in Skin Bleaching – World Health Organization

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 77 percent of women in Nigeria use skin-lightening products, the world’s highest percentage. That compares with 59 percent in Togo, and 27 percent in Senegal. The reasons for this are varied but most people say they use skin-lighteners because they want “white skin”.
In many parts of Africa, lighter-skinned women are considered more beautiful and are believed to be more successful and likely to find marriage. It’s not only women though who are obsessed with bleaching their skins. Some men too are involved in the ... ...


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Janko

Gambia
1267 Posts

Posted - 29 Jul 2013 :  12:59:08  Show Profile  Visit Janko's Homepage Send Janko a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Black Is Beautiful:
Models Who Bleach Their Skin Banned From Dakar Fashion Week

By: Krystle Crossman

Adama Ndiaye is the founder of Senegal’s Dakar Fashion Week. She has recently put a ban on certain models in her fashion show. Why? Because they are doing something that she is calling depigmentation. They are bleaching their skin so that they look lighter. She says she thinks this is ugly and is a turn off.....

Long-term skin bleaching can cause blotches on the skin. To lighten the skin the women use a prescription-strength corticosteroid cream which when absorbed into the bloodstream can cause serious heart defects. Another side effect of this cream is skin cancer. ...

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toubab1020



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Posted - 29 Jul 2013 :  16:10:15  Show Profile Send toubab1020 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Does seem a sensible ban,in the absence of any Scientific PROVABLE data,(?) but, hey, what do I know I am a bloke!!!

quote:
Originally posted by Janko

Black Is Beautiful:
Models Who Bleach Their Skin Banned From Dakar Fashion Week

By: Krystle Crossman

Adama Ndiaye is the founder of Senegal’s Dakar Fashion Week. She has recently put a ban on certain models in her fashion show. Why? Because they are doing something that she is calling depigmentation. They are bleaching their skin so that they look lighter. She says she thinks this is ugly and is a turn off.....

Long-term skin bleaching can cause blotches on the skin. To lighten the skin the women use a prescription-strength corticosteroid cream which when absorbed into the bloodstream can cause serious heart defects. Another side effect of this cream is skin cancer. ...


"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.

Edited by - toubab1020 on 29 Jul 2013 16:11:08
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kobo



United Kingdom
7765 Posts

Posted - 28 Feb 2014 :  20:10:23  Show Profile Send kobo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
1.Lupita: I yearned for lighter skin

The stunning black beauty Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o has admitted that when she was young she wished her black skin would become lighter.

The actress - who is nominated for an Oscar for 12 Years A Slave - delivered an emotional speech while accepting her honour for best breakout performance at Essence magazine's seventh annual Women in Hollywood luncheon......

SOURCE: Express & Star for full report

2.Did Vanity Fair Lighten Lupita Nyong’o’s Skin?

Lupita Nyong’o is the new Hollywood “It” girl

Her work in 12 Years a Slave, which won the Golden Globe for Best Drama and is a Best Picture nominee at the Oscars, has earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations herself. She has won awards from the African-American Film Critics Association (Best Breakout Performance), Alliance of Women Film Journalists; Black Film Critics Circle; Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and Georgia film-critics associations, and Hollywood Film Festival (all Best Supporting Actress), just to name a few. Her natural beauty has gotten her cover spreads in W Magazine and Dazed & Confused and put her front and center for Miu Miu’s spring campaign....

SOURCE: DiversityInc & full report

3.

Edited by - kobo on 01 Mar 2014 02:50:09
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kobo



United Kingdom
7765 Posts

Posted - 04 Mar 2014 :  03:37:00  Show Profile Send kobo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
CNN REPORT: Lupita, a Cinderella for everybody

Edited by - kobo on 04 Mar 2014 03:53:18
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kobo



United Kingdom
7765 Posts

Posted - 22 Jun 2014 :  17:33:21  Show Profile Send kobo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
GOOD ARTICLES;
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kobo



United Kingdom
7765 Posts

Posted - 22 Jun 2014 :  21:51:23  Show Profile Send kobo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
INTERNATIONAL HAIR EXTENSION INDUSTRY






Edited by - kobo on 23 Jun 2014 00:05:26
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kobo



United Kingdom
7765 Posts

Posted - 30 Jun 2014 :  06:14:52  Show Profile Send kobo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Bleaching is not Good at all
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