European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world - the idea that darker skin is not beautiful, that light skin is the key to success and love. Africa is no exception.
Lupita Nyong'oMy immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.
Lupita Nyong'oIt doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's.
Lupita Nyong'o