Is this man really living in our human planet or is he in coo-coo's land?! I
asked, cuz in this very trying moment in our nation's history of sadness and
mourning, this guy, does not have anything to offer but highlighting the
effects of SKIN....What was that.
Mr. Jarju, have u heard the news of late, that there had been a student
massacre en mass in THE GAMBIA.
Or did that escape ur " computer engineering intelligence" or is it part of
the designed web of strategies to misguided and divert our attention from
the search of the truth as perpetuated by other Jammeh contemporaries.
Please give us a break with this sort invalidated stories and try something
else.
kittos
peter
>From: Malafy Jarju <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Skin bleach, do our men really prefer pale women?
>Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:54:57 -0700
>
>From the BBC
>
>Malian women have been warned to avoid the skin lighteners
>
>By Joan Baxter
>
>The use of bleaching creams to lighten complexions seems to have reached
>epidemic proportions in Mali, despite widespread education campaigns.
>
>Women who refuse to bleach often find themselves regarded as second class
>citizens.
>
>A woman who did not bleach her skin said she is often not offered a chair
>at baptisms, and is asked to make herself scarce when group photographs are
>taken at marriages.
>
>A quick survey shows there are more than 100 bleaching products available
>on the market in the capital, Bamako.
>
>Sold under brand names such as Marie-Claire or Diana, the products come
>from Morocco, Nigeria, the United States or Saudi Arabia.
>
>Pain
>
>Dermatologists estimate that more than half the women in Mali are now using
>these creams to lighten their skin. These products are costly and often
>cause pain and blemishes.
>
>So why are so many women in Mali using them? The answer is simple,
>according to one Malian woman singer: The creams make her white, and impart
>a certain charm.
>
>But Malian physician Dr Ali Gindo finds bleached skin anything but
>charming.
>
>"They are just burning themselves," he says. "It's painful and it's awful."
>
>Dr Gindo says bleaching can cause skin cancer and the poorest people are
>the most at risk, because the cheaper the product, the more dangerous it
>is.
>
>But he says it is not just poor women are bleaching their skin.
>
>Role models
>
>"We have also people who are well educated like lawyers, writers or
>professors, or people on the TV - and this is a real problem because if
>people who are leaders of opinion bleach themselves, you can imagine how
>deep the problem is."
>
>Many of the women who use these products told me they do so because Malian
>men prefer women with bleached skin.
>
>But male musician Al Hassan Soumali disagrees.
>
>"I don't think Malian men like bleached women," he says. "It's better for
>Malian women to change their minds."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>___________________________________________________________________
>Get smart - get your FREE email at http://email.looksmart.com
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
>Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
