In Ghana, bleaching is nothing new to us and to everyone on the globe for that matter. Over the years, the number of brown skin people bleaching to become white has grown exponentially.
In Ghana also, the issue of bleaching has become very topical, especially if it has to do with celebrities.
Today we are going to reveal some of the most famous Ghanaian celebrities who have been found exposed in bleaching scandals.
Shatta Wale
In July 2017, the self acclaimed dancehall King was accused by the public on social media of bleaching after images of him appeared to show a fairer Shatta Wale than we already know.
The artiste later came out to deny the allegations that he was not bleaching and will never do so but rather the change of environment and European cold weather was the cause.
Bukom Banku
Ghanaian controversial boxer Brimah Kamoko also known as Bukom Banku whose bleaching scandal became the funniest ever in the country. The boxer came out to announce to the public his intentions to take off the black skin from his body in other to become a white man.
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Daddy Lumba
The legendary highlife singer Daddy Lumba is another name as far as skin bleaching is concern. Over the years, the highlife icon has gradually gone from a fairly brown-skin person to a complete light-skin man.
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Yvonne Nelson
Ghanaian actress who has been ever present in the movie industry for so long and even in the bad times when the industry was facing so many challenges. For this reason, Ghanaians gave her the maximum respect but she also could not stop herself from bleaching.
Rose Mensah (Kyeiwaa)
Kumawod actress, Rose Mensah known in movies as Kyeiwaaa has also involved herself in the bleaching act. The veteran actress Kyeiwaa was already known to be fair but her new-look in 2017 showed a far more advanced light-skin, closer to that of late America pop sensation, Michael Jackson.
Gifty Osei
The Empress as she is she also known is one of the most visible and outspoken gospel artistes in Ghana and anyone who has known Gifty Osei from her early years as a rising gospel artiste, will testify to the fact that she has over the years become more fair and less chocolate in complexion than she was from the beginning.