That's officially bbgirlnaija's first Kanye West quote in this space.

Thats not strictly true as mentioned in a previous post, I think its assumptions like that that put us in harms way without knowing better.

Yes black people do have loads of melanin that reduce visible signs of aging, fine lines and age spots compared to white folk.

People of African descent can have a natural sun protection factor (SPF) of up to 13 as compared to 3-4 for Whites. This does protect us from ultraviolet (UV) sunrays, thereby decreasing our risk for skin cancer and aging early. However, it does not provide complete protection from either (ebony.com).

Actually the darker you are the more melanin you got but dont take this as a licence to stay out in the sun unnecessarily. Excessive exposure to the sun can lead to sunburn and mutiple instances of sunburn over time can lead to skin cancer.

Although black people have a lower risk of catching skin cancer, we experience higher death rates statistically, no one knows what the rate at which this occurs in Nigeria due to dearth of accurate data. Also the type of skin cancer we develop is different from those in the west.

Bob Marley actually died of skin cancer at 36 which was initially dismissed as a injury.

You dont need to shun the sun completely as we get vitamin D from exposure to it but do be sensible and keep kids covered and if possible supplement the vitamin d intake.

Look for moisturisers with sunscreen included and if you'll be in the sun try and get hold of sunscreen with spf 15 - spf 30 (use spf 30 with kids).

Why Nigerians NEED SUNSCREEN
http://bbgirlnaija..co.uk/2013/05/why-nigerians-need-sunscreen.html