Shea Butter is the fat extracted from the cold compression of the African Shea tree seeds.  This wonderful product has uses that are industrial, cosmetic, and medicinal in nature.  Traditionally, Africans used the Shea Butter …

   
 
 http://realizebeauty.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/shea-butter-the-fair-trade-way/
 Akoma gets a mention! 
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Shea butter – empowering women
 
 
 
As cosmetics containing shea butter pop up on more and more Western supermarket shelves, little do buyers realize that sales of this age-old beauty-boosting nut are helping legions of African women …

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Working-make-life-better/article-1309529-detail/article.html
 
 

Two years ago the Upper West Region and parts of the Upper East and Northern Regions of Ghana experienced very heavy rains during the season.
This year almost the entirety of the southern and middle …