 It's made from the nut of the shea tree and if the women in Ghana are anything to go by it holds the elixir of youth. Shea Butter moisturiser is a natural skin product, but its manufacture is long and arduous.
A group of women wanting to make shea butter in Tamale in Northern Ghana asked for help from the Women's Development Agency and Comic Relief. They were each given £26. They pooled their resources and formed a co-operative. Now they're producing enough of the butter to pay back their loan and expand. Katy Hickman went along to find out how shea butter is made.
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