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Nivea racism row over skin-lightening cream

Cosmetics giant Nivea is under fire for marketing a skin lightening product in West Africa.

Billboards and TV adverts for the "natural fairness" moisturiser - starring former Miss Nigeria Omowunmi Akinnifesi - have appeared in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal.

Model and activist Munroe Bergdorf - who was recently fired from a L'Oreal campaign after speaking out against racism in the US - is among those who have criticised Nivea's TV advert, which she shared in full on her Instagram page:





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