We are pleased to announce that Dr. Adama Njol Kouyaté, in collaboration with Dr. Jimmy Naipaul, has published a new article in Culture & Psychology.

The article examines the relationship between skin color hierarchies and masculine identity in St. Lucia, contributing to scholarship at the intersection of pigmentocracy and gender studies in the Caribbean. It is among the first empirical studies to address this intersection directly in a Caribbean context.

The study can be accessed via the link below.

Naipaul, J., & Kouyaté, A. N. (2026). “Chabin (Light-Skinned People) are Naturally Feminine”: Pigmentocracy and the Construction of Color-Coded Masculinities in St. Lucia. Culture & Psychology, 0(0). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1354067X261434555