“Sudanese model Nyakim Gatwech entered the Book of Records as the person with the darkest skin color,” said an April 27 Facebook post that got more than 160 shares in less than two days.

“Sudanese model Nyakim Gatwech entered the Book of Records as the person with the darkest skin color,” said an April 27 Facebook post that got more than 160 shares in less than two days.

This color carries the global privileges associated with white skin and conforms with Western beauty notions, in comparison to the “Halaibis,” in reference to the town of Halaib. “Yellow” Sudanese are ...

Sudanese Model Once Told To Bleach Her Skin, Reclaims Her Beauty As ‘Queen Of The Dark’ Nyakim Gatwech wants everyone to know that her Black is always beautiful.

Sudanese Thinker discusses the root causes of the conflict in Sudan, “The CBS documentary is cool but it fails like many other articles to describe the root causes of the conflict correctly. They’ve ...

A South Sudanese model blessed with strikingly dark skin is embracing her pigmentation and hoping others will do the same. Nyakin Gatwech, 24, who now lives in Minneapolis, was once asked by an ...

Columbia University’s psychiatry department head has been suspended after he tweeted a photo of a dark-skinned model and commented on her skin color, referring to her as a “freak of nature.” ...

The skin-whitening creams would, in fact, be unaffordable for the majority of South Sudanese teens. Most of Juba’s markets feature several stores, where people can buy bleaching agents.