Susan Anderson, age 52, sits in the corner of a sunlit waiting room at a dermatology clinic in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Dark patches of skin, dotted with brighter pigments, surround her eyes and ...

Eiman Mirghani, a Sudanese Egyptian filmmaker, explores anti-Blackness in the Arab world and her own trauma with skin bleaching in "The Bleaching Syndrome" documentary.

The government in Nigeria is warning about the health risks of skin lightening, where potent chemicals can thin and damage skin. It's a booming business in that country and others.