Q: Since I'm African American.
A: No. don't go dark. Yes tyou may be african but your skin tones arn't really much of one. So go medium. First of all not all have the same tones so don't worry, just go light if your light or dark if your dark. It really has nothing to do w/ ethnicity. Im Mexican but i have a really light color, almost white, so i say light. Since your African amercican, you still say medium because your light for an african american. :] hope it helps.