Applying shea butter before bed gives it all night to work its magic on your skin. This is especially helpful for dry hands or feet that need extra attention during winter months. Massage a generous ...

The fruit of the shea tree has long been considered sacred by many in Western Africa because of its myriad health benefits. But now growing demand among Western consumers for the fruit, known as ...

Anthropologists have pushed back the history of harvesting shea trees in West Africa by more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. Oil from the trees' nuts is used for cooking by local ...

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Introduction The shea tree has many uses, both economic and environmental to the people of the Northern and Upper regions, and Ghana as a whole. The shea tree, was scientifically known in the past as ...

For centuries West African women have been using shea butter, or karite, in traditional medicines, to cook meals or to massage newborn babies. Now Western women are flocking to perfumeries and ...

Bunge Loders Croklaan (BLC) has officially announced the opening of its state-of-the-art shea butter processing facility in Tema with the launch of the Where Life Grows campaign. The campaign ...

A former biology teacher-turned-environmentalist is on a crusade in Uganda to save the once-flourishing trees from which shea butter is made - the cosmetic known as "women's gold". Mustafa Gerima ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- University of Oregon anthropologists have pushed back the history of harvesting shea trees in West Africa by more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. Evidence for ...

The shea tree has many uses, both economic and environmental to the people of the Northern and Upper regions, and Ghana as a whole. The shea tree, was scientifically known in the past as ...