Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’ois currently promoting her new children’s book “Sulwe”, and she claims that the book “holds up a mirror for dark-skinned children especially, to see themselves reflected immediately, and it is a window for all the others to cherish peering into”.
Nyong’o admits about how colourism has affected her life, so she decided, under a picture of her as 5-year-old, to write “Sulwe” to reflect on her journey. Her growing up under society’s preference for lighter skin did have a major impact on her view about her skin tone.
And even nowadays, Nyong’o constantly facing colourism, and she even confessed Glamour that European standards of beauty “plague the entire world.”
The story focusses on a girl named Sulwe, who goes on a journey to discover her unique beauty. Sulwe is darker than everyone in her family and than anyone in her school. At the end of the day, she just wants to be beautiful and bright like her family. ut soon a magical journey changes everything.
