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Our Lightening Creams and The Government
By Malama Monde
So some lightening creams have gone “missing” from the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). when I first heard this I laughed so damn hard. It doesn’t even make sense as to why the government feel they need to destroy lightening creams. Its our hard earned money that buys these products and how much do they make from duty? They must be making a killing from these Former Black Individuals(FBIs)cause they are on the rise. They taking over:)
If I decide to bleach my skin, please let me be. Ones bleaching doesn’t take away their ability to think and strive for what’s important in life. I think the govts determination to expunge these products off the Zambian market is a waste of resources. Now those products have been stolen and guess what?! They back on the streets and what’s even more funny is the thieves don’t have to pay duty or order them from Mr Patel’s shop in kamwala*laughs at the govt*
You know, you’d think the govt has bigger issues to deal with like lowering taxes, finding a cheaper fuel source, reducing illiteracy, going green, fighting corruption, making Zambia a much more affordable country for it’s people etc…The wo/men who lighten their skin know the consequences, they know it could lead to cancer. Skin lightening producers are in a multi-billion dollar industry. In 2012 sales of skin lightening creams in India alone totalled 258 tons and the global market for skin lighteners is projected to reach US $19.8 billion by 2018 based on sales growth primarily in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. This is not something they(our govt)can stop but control by banning products with hydroquinone (Hydroquinone is a strong inhibitor of melanin production, meaning that it prevents dark skin from making the substance responsible for skin colour).
The purchasing of these products and usage is a CHOICE and the people who use them have different reasons. Some use them to even their skin, others brightening and for some it’s society and world over that’s made them believe that the brighter your skin the more beautiful you are. If our very own black mixed race(coloureds)can use these products what would stop one of darker skin?
My final say is this is bigger than what the govt thinks it is. Skin lightening is more than just a choice its a sense of belonging and acceptance in society by the shade of ones skin tone.
PS: Some lightening methods(pills and injections) may cause long term effects like infertility. You must be careful and ensure you do research. Google the ingredients on the creams and see what they really do. Oh and if you bleach make sure you drink lots of water.
Don’t forget your umbrellas….lol
This artice does not represent the views of Tumfweko but the views of the author. Read the authors bog here http://malamaa.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/bleach-and-the-government/
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Air Mukwai_
January 23, 2014 at 1:10 am
Have you asked ba Vera?
atishani
January 23, 2014 at 8:44 am
hehehe…. ba Vera wesu would go in coma
MiG
January 23, 2014 at 1:53 am
Malama, do some research before you write an article on pharmaceuticals or chemical use. Most of these creams contain mercury oxide which is toxic.
The problem with Zambians, is that they do not heed the the advice of ‘prevention is better than cure’, Cases of skin cancer are on the rise because of skin beaching which exposes dermis layer of the skin to the harmful u-v rays of the sun and the mercury slowly poisons you when it is absorbed in the skin. The government is already picking up the tab for medication and opening of cancer clinics! In a few years to come, we may have more cancer patients than HIV patients and it is more costly to treat cancer!Can our country resources maintain free medications and treatment for both for HIV and cancer? Zambia is a tropical sun country, we need our melanin and the last time I checked Zambians were black! It is BS to say I bleach to fit in, fit in where? To me it sounds like a case of inferiority complex and lack of education. The government should pull the plug on free cancer treatments and ARV’s and maybe people will start to be responsible and take precautions when they see people dying agonising deaths. People like Malama are TOXIC, they should not be allowed to contaminate youngsters who are trying things with their ignorance and misinformation.
jane
January 23, 2014 at 4:51 am
am an fbi, what can I do to b black again? I miss being black
tutu
January 23, 2014 at 10:13 am
kill yrslf chinyo, thn maybe u wil b born again in a black dog!!! waba ichinyo ubukulu nge inchimbusu,why bleach in the first time? we hule we fumbafu…
Maison
January 23, 2014 at 6:15 am
FBI indeed.thats wat u waned no more black mwana.cimbwi muzungu
ukwalinsonke
January 23, 2014 at 7:54 am
CORRECT mig. bY THE WAY W3HY DO PEOPLE PREFER A LIGHTER SKIN? NONSENSE.
jon
January 23, 2014 at 8:20 am
ba “swine” balitemwa uku bleacher. to hell with FBIs
hilarious
January 23, 2014 at 9:24 am
Funny thing is seeing a fairly light couple with a very dark child!
Trixy
January 23, 2014 at 10:48 am
My niece is dark and very very beautiful. She has never bleached her skin and when I walk around with her people would walk up to her and tell her never to destroy her skin. So I wonder why women do that. @MIG it is a sign of a complex and luck of education for sure. Ladies please stop this.
yongwe
January 23, 2014 at 11:07 am
Hilarious,!!! you have made my day kikikiki!!!
Malambo Man Phiri
January 24, 2014 at 7:21 pm
The writer is trying to be funny and failing to crack it. If she wants to lighten her skin the govt shouldn’t be involved. UTH should explain what they were ordering these creams for. Skin lightening is a serious issue. It results in fatalities and also mutates your genes.
Whether its big business doesnt justify it. India’s huge skin lightenming industry arises out of the religious beliefs that the lighter skinned are priviledged as opposed to the darker people who are classified untouchables. Often these light skinned get the good jobs and the dark skin do the undesired jobs. so you can understand why people there want to masquerade in ‘different’ skin but that doesnt justify it.
Bebeni Bonfwe
January 25, 2014 at 10:54 pm
@ Malambo Man Phiri. The creams were not ordered by GRZ! Rather confiscated from shops in Kamwala. However, what spooks me is how these goods infiltrate at entry border points without being noticed! If an effective control was put at all border points we wouldn’t be having this talk!
hair natural Color
February 17, 2014 at 1:42 am
Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as though
you relied on the video to make your point. You clearly know
what youre talking about, why waste your intelligence on just
posting videos to your blog when you could be giving us something informative to read?