Mustafa Gerima, nicknamed "Mr Shea", wants Ugandans to understand the value of shea nuts A former biology teacher-turned-environmentalist is on a crusade in Uganda to save the once-flourishing trees ...

A shea nut processing factory in Lira City is on the verge of collapse due to the high rate at which shea trees are being depleted. Sadly, efforts by the National Environment Management Authority ...

The shea tree is a vital social and economic crop that is best known for the popular product shea butter—a multimillion-dollar ingredient used in cosmetics, personal care products, pharmaceuticals and ...

AGAGO, Uganda, June 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting on an anthill in northern Uganda, local clan leader Justine Tooyero watched wistfully over the few shea trees visible in the distance, ...

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 ...

The shea tree is best know as a source for a multimillion-dollar ingredient used in cosmetics, personal care products, pharmaceuticals and chocolate. But for hundreds of thousands of African families ...

The shea fruit consists of a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed from which shea butter is extracted. It’s a deciduous tree usually seven to 15 metres tall, ...

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 ...