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John Tifase Somorin Howell shared Dane Calloway‘s photo.
John Tifase Somorin Howell shared Dane Calloway‘s photo.
Dane Calloway with Nikki Rushing.
Would you buy this doll for your daughter if I told you where to get it?
( There are two black woman owned companies that make these authentic Afrocentric dolls and here is the first one that I highly recommend: http://www.naturalgirlsunited.com/natural-hair-dolls.html What she does is customize your doll, from the style of hair she has, to the outfit she wears…this lady is amazing! )
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BLACK DOLLS MATTER!# 1—FROM FACEBOOK-JOHN TIFASE SOMORIN HOWELL ATIFROM NATURALGIRLSUNITED.COM/NATURAL-HAIR-DOLLS.HTML
from facebook-JOHN TIFASE SOMORIN HOWELL
John Tifase Somorin Howell shared Dane Calloway‘s photo.
Dane Calloway with Nikki Rushing.
Would you buy this doll for your daughter if I told you where to get it?
( There are two black woman owned companies that make these authentic Afrocentric dolls and here is the first one that I highly recommend: http://www.naturalgirlsunited.com/natural-hair-dolls.html What she does is customize your doll, from the style of hair she has, to the outfit she wears…this lady is amazing! )
( There are two black woman owned companies that make these authentic Afrocentric dolls and here is the first one that I highly recommend: http://www.naturalgirlsunited.com/natural-hair-dolls.html What she does is customize your doll, from the style of hair she has, to the outfit she wears…this lady is amazing! )
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Vanessa Smith Absolutely!!!
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BLACK DOLLS MATTER!# 1—FROM FACEBOOK-JOHN TIFASE SOMORIN HOWELL ATIFROM NATURALGIRLSUNITED.COM/NATURAL-HAIR-DOLLS.HTML
from facebook-JOHN TIFASE SOMORIN HOWELL
John Tifase Somorin Howell shared Dane Calloway‘s photo.
Dane Calloway with Nikki Rushing.
Would you buy this doll for your daughter if I told you where to get it?
( There are two black woman owned companies that make these authentic Afrocentric dolls and here is the first one that I highly recommend: http://www.naturalgirlsunited.com/natural-hair-dolls.html What she does is customize your doll, from the style of hair she has, to the outfit she wears…this lady is amazing! )
( There are two black woman owned companies that make these authentic Afrocentric dolls and here is the first one that I highly recommend: http://www.naturalgirlsunited.com/natural-hair-dolls.html What she does is customize your doll, from the style of hair she has, to the outfit she wears…this lady is amazing! )
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Vanessa Smith Absolutely!!!
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Custom Dolls
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Kinky Afro doll – This dolls hair has been customized to have a kinky Afro. She comes with a new handmade dress and slip on heels. This doll is on sale for $79.99.
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Kinky Afro doll – This dolls hair has been customized to have a kinky Afro. She comes with a new dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $79.99.
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Sold. Thank you…
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Tribal inspired braided hair doll – This dolls hair has been customized to have a standing braided style. She comes with a new handmade dress, matching wrap, earrings and heels. This doll is on sale for $69.99.
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Curly braids doll – This doll’s hair has been customized to have curly braids. She comes with a new dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $49.99.
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Sisterlocs doll – This doll had straight originally. Her hair has been customized to have Sisterlocs. She comes with a new dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $79.99.
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Side Curly Up do doll – This doll’s hair has been styled to have a side curly ponytail. She comes with a new handmade outfit and heels. This doll is on sale for $64.99.
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Rolled top bun doll – This doll’s hair has been styled to have a rolled top bun. She comes with a new outfit handmade dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $64.99.
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Fluffy up do doll – This dolls hair has been customized to have a fluffy up do. She comes with a new dress and heel. This doll is on sale for $79.99.
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Sold. Thank you…
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Cute curly wrapped bun doll – This doll’s hair has been styled to have a curly wrapped bun. She comes with a new outfit handmade dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $64.99.
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Curly ‘Afro’ puff doll – This doll’s hair has been styled to have two curly ‘afro’ puffs. She comes with a new outfit handmade dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $64.99.
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High-End Line
Each doll from the high end collection has been worked on for three days, and are styles that can not be found any where else.
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Bride Locs Up Do hair doll – This doll had straight hair originally. Her hair has been customized to have a locs up do with a three jeweled white flowers (style is permanent) . She comes with a handmade white gown perfect for a beach wedding; earrings, off white ribbon sash and small bouquet . This is a great keep sake for a bride or doll collector. This doll is on sale for $169.99.
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Sold. Thank you!
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**If you would like to request a hair style from a doll that has already sold, please go to the custom order page.
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Kinky Afro doll – This dolls hair has been customized to have a kinky Afro. She comes with a new dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $79.99.
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Sold. Thank you…
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Tribal inspired braided hair doll – This dolls hair has been customized to have a standing braided style. She comes with a new handmade dress, matching wrap, earrings and heels. This doll is on sale for $69.99.
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Curly braids doll – This doll’s hair has been customized to have curly braids. She comes with a new dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $49.99.
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Sisterlocs doll – This doll had straight originally. Her hair has been customized to have Sisterlocs. She comes with a new dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $79.99.
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Side Curly Up do doll – This doll’s hair has been styled to have a side curly ponytail. She comes with a new handmade outfit and heels. This doll is on sale for $64.99.
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Rolled top bun doll – This doll’s hair has been styled to have a rolled top bun. She comes with a new outfit handmade dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $64.99.
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Fluffy up do doll – This dolls hair has been customized to have a fluffy up do. She comes with a new dress and heel. This doll is on sale for $79.99.
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Sold. Thank you…
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Cute curly wrapped bun doll – This doll’s hair has been styled to have a curly wrapped bun. She comes with a new outfit handmade dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $64.99.
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Curly ‘Afro’ puff doll – This doll’s hair has been styled to have two curly ‘afro’ puffs. She comes with a new outfit handmade dress and heels. This doll is on sale for $64.99.
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High-End Line
Each doll from the high end collection has been worked on for three days, and are styles that can not be found any where else.
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Bride Locs Up Do hair doll – This doll had straight hair originally. Her hair has been customized to have a locs up do with a three jeweled white flowers (style is permanent) . She comes with a handmade white gown perfect for a beach wedding; earrings, off white ribbon sash and small bouquet . This is a great keep sake for a bride or doll collector. This doll is on sale for $169.99.
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Sold. Thank you!
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**If you would like to request a hair style from a doll that has already sold, please go to the custom order page.
BLACK GIRLS!–BLACK DOLLS FOR YOU!–THIS YORUBA MAN HAS CREATED BLACK DOLLS FOR US IN NIGERIA-SHIPPED ALL OVER THE WORLD TOO!-FROM DAILYMAIL.CO.UK ATI ON FACEBOOK-QUEENS OF AFRICA DOLLS
May 14, 2015FROM DAILYMAIL.CO.UK
Thursday, May 14, 2015
BLACK DOLLS!-THIS GREAT YORUBA MAN CREATED GREAT BLACK DOLLS IN HIS “QUEENS OF AFRICA” DOLL LINE IN NIGERIA!- SUPPORT HIM NOW! -BLACK DOLLS FOR BLACK CHILDREN!-FROM DAILYMAIL.CO.UK
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Nigerian doll created by man who couldn’t find a black toy for his niece is so popular in his country that it’s outselling BARBIE
- In 2007, Taofick Okoya, created a doll that Nigerian girls could identify with
- 43-year-old based his Queens of Africa dolls on country’s biggest tribes
- They cost roughly £4.50 and aim to promote strong feminine ideals
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A man who couldn’t find a black doll in the shops as a gift for his niece decided to take matters into his own hands.
In 2007, Taofick Okoya, 43, created his own doll that Nigerian girls could identify with by recreating their skin colour and style – and it is now so successful that it is outselling Barbie.
The doll, which is called Queens of Africa, comes with traditional outfits and accessories and costs around £4.50.
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A Nigerian businessman decided to create own doll that Nigerian girls could identify with called Queens of Africa, by recreating their skin colour and style – and now it’s outselling Barbie in his native country
The dolls’ look is modelled on three of the country’s biggest tribes and aims to promote strong feminine ideals, like love, peace and endurance.
The doll is now so popular that, according to Reuters, it is selling up to 9,000 units a month – a staggering 15 per cent of the country’s toy market.
But the Queens of Africa aren’t just selling in their home country.
Thanks to the doll’s online presence, customers are coming from as far as America, Brazil and Europe.
Thanks to the doll’s online presence, customers are coming from as far as America, Brazil and Europe
The dolls’ are modelled on three of the country’s biggest tribes and aims to promote strong feminine ideals
The doll is now so popular that, it is selling up to 9,000 units a month – 15 per cent of the country’s toy market
Speaking to ELLE about his dolls out-selling Barbie in his native Nigeria, Okoya said: ‘My mission is to make the Queens of Africa a symbol of hope, trust, and confidence by promoting African history, culture, and fashion.’
One person that Okoya really hopes the dolls will have a positive impact on is his daughter, who, he explains, once wished she was white.
Okoya said: ‘I don’t believe Mattel sees the Nigerian market as a priority, yet their product has great influence on the psyche of the children here and affirms certain values contrary to our society’
He explained that even though they live in Nigeria, there was a lot of Western influence. He said: ‘[This] might have been responsible for her wishing she was white. It made me aware that I needed to make her proud and happy being a black African girl, and not limit it to her alone as this was a common trend among the younger generation. The Queens of Africa became a platform to achieve this.’
Unfortunately, Okoya has been told that he won’t be able to sell the dolls on the shelves of mainline stories in America and will have to limit his business to specialist stores.
But he is determined to see the decision overturned, he said: ‘I am looking to prove them wrong.’
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Why can’t he have his gorgeous dolls on U.S. shelves? I hope he can ASAP. Good luck to him.Good idea. Well done. Let’s see someone try and knock this.This is great. Instead of moaning to government to force existing manufactures to build toys that they don’t currently build, he went out and built his own.
Brilliant.I love them, where can I get them? Thought I had left dolls behind years ago, but I love these, especially the different head dressingsAnd the pc brigade say what?pls, where can I buy those dolls in Sweden? pls pls pls????Well done Bros!-what a great talent! this is really impressive!!!! it’s very Beautiful and Lovely colors of dresses too! loving it!
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SOUTH AFRICA-NIGERIA-SHOPRITE,NIGERIA!-WE WANT BLACK DOLLS IN YOUR STORES IN AFRICA OOOOOO!-LOOK WHAT YOUR STUPID WORKER TOLD ME YESTERDAY OOOO!–GO TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE AND TELL THEM WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR BLACK CHILDREN TO HAVE BLACK DOLLS IN AFRICA!-SHOPRITE,NIGERIA ON FACEBOOK!
May 5, 2015from shoprite,nigeria on facebook
SHOPRITE,NIGERIA,SOUTH AFRICA!—- WE WANT BLACK DOLLS IN YOUR STORES IN AFRICA 000000!-LOOK WHAT YOUR STUPID WORKERS TOLD ME YESTERDAY OOOOO!-FROM SHOPRITE,NIGERIA,FACEBOOK
FROM SHOPRITE,NIGERIA,FACEBOOK
BLACK DOLLS I HAVE BEEN REQUESTING FOR AT SHOPRITE,NIGERIA,COCOA HOUSE IBADAN SINCE LAST YEAR FROM THE MANAGER WHO SAID THEY HAD ORDERED THEM!
YOUR WORKER IN THE MANAGER’S OFFICE YESTERDAY TOLD ME THAT “SHOPRITE DOES NOT CARRY BLACK DOLLS PERIOD!”SHAME ON YOU SHOPRITE-IN AFRICA YOU REFUSE TO HAVE BLACK DOLLS FOR BLACK CHILDREN! SEAT UP OR FACE OUR RAGE!
GO TO SHOPRITE,NIGERIA’S PAGE ON FACEBOOK AND TELL THEM YOU WANT BLACK DOLLS FOR BLACK CHILDREN!
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Mrs.Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade FIGHT FOR BLACK DOLLS IN AFRICA OOOOOO!
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Mrs.Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade AFRICA HAS A white doll fever,especially NIGERIA! IBO TRADERS SAY THEY DON’T BRING IN BLACK DOLLS TO SELL CAUSE THEIR MORE EXPENSIVE SO IN THE STORES/MARKETS ALL YOU HAVE ARE white dolls! THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS NIGERIA HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN BLEACHING%70 ACCORDING TO WHO- UNATIONS! -
Mrs.Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade ENCOURAGING IS THAT A NIGERIAN RICH MAN’S SON HAS STARTED PRODUCING BLACK Queens Of Africa-Black Nigerian/African Dolls
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Mrs.Yeye Akilimali Funua OladeTHIS IS ONE OF THEM-Queens Of Africa-Black Nigerian/African Dolls888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888SHOPRITE HAS REPLIED!
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BLACK DOLLS! BEAUTIFUL BLACK DOLLS! BLACK DOLLS FOR BLACK CHILDREN IN AFRICA! WE ARE WAITING FOR SHOPRITE TO PUT THEM ON THEIR SHELVES! WE WILL BUY THEM CAUSE WE LOVE OUR GOD-CREATED BLACK SHELVES!-
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Shoprite Nigeria Dear Mrs Yeye, thank you for flagging this with us. Shoprite in fact has carried a range of the mentioned dolls in the past, but consumer demand was almost non-existent. However, it is our every intention to satisfy the needs of our customers and if consumer preference now points to the demand to the extent that we could justify allocating additional shelf space towards it, we will definitely consider adding it to the range again. -
Mrs.Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade KO TO PE O! LET ME KNOW WHEN THE BLACK DOLLS ARE ON THE SHELVES SO THAT ALL OF US CAN RUSH ATI BUY EVERY SINGLE ONE O!
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Mrs.Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade JOOO JUST LOVE THE NET! ALREADY I HAVE A RESPONSE TO BUY A BLACK DOLL FROM SHOPRITE FROM SENEGAL,DAKAR! DO YOU HAVE A STORE THERE
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Mrs.Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade THIS IS A BARBIE DOLL-NICHELLE!
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BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL! 
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