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This is how they make artisanal, handmade shea butter. In 2004 and 2005 The Soapman traveled to West Africa to learn how shea butter is made. Here are some pictures and blog links (Africa – Part 1 and Africa – Part 2) from those journeys.
It didn’t really hit me until the day before we boarded the plane. “What kind of foolish adventure have I gotten us into this time?” My wife Sandy Lincoln and myself were traveling to Ghana, West Africa for two weeks to teach soap making in a rural village. A nonprofit (NGO) had contacted The Soap Guild looking for a volunteer. After much back and forth, it was decided that I would go. It took some convincing, but since Sandy brings her own unique skills to the table (librarian, bookstore owner, homesteader, entrepreneur, textiles), the NGO agreed to pay her way.…
