Traditional Shea Butter Soap

Traditional shea butter soap has been made for centuries by women in the Shea Forest on the edge of the Sahara, who cook shea butter with potash from plant ash and pass the skill from mothers to daughters. Baraka's African black soap is made this way, by hand at the Konjeihi Women's Enterprise Centre in Wa, Ghana.

Techniques and learning, passed down through generations.

In this video Amina Yussif, discussed traditional Shea Butter Soap, how it is made and used and some of its history.

#KnowAboutShea – a series of informational posts about shea butter and the women, families and communities that make it

These next lines give you more information about Baraka Shea Butter – read them if interested.

What we hope you take away from this post more than anything is that you impact women, families and communities when you buy shea butter and that it is important to know the source of your shea butter.

It is so easy to have ‘raw and unrefined’ shea butter that was industrially processed, chemically extracted and all the income and impact ripped from the women and given to the factory. See more in this blog Refined vs unrefined shea butter: what's in a label

Baraka Shea Butter is handmade by women in northern Ghana using age-old traditions and techniques. It is core to traditional life and to their economic well-being.

You make a difference with every purchase from Baraka, or from people who make products with Baraka Shea Butter.

It has a direct impact on hard-working women and their families.