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NEW HISTORY
The Globalization of Shea Butter
By Sophie Adekola
It’s in lotions, body oils, body butters, and even hair moisturizers. It’s Shea Butter. For the second piece in her “Beauty History Series”, Ms. Adekola writes about the globalization of Shea Butter. Read to find out how this ingredient has taken over its own bit of the beauty world.
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Obscure Histories was founded in 2014 as a supplemental resource for secondary education. As our audience grew, our content expanded beyond the initial intent. We were reaching many people from around the world, and our content grew to reflect that.
We also wanted to further prioritize histories of marginalized people. And so, in 2021, we rebooted the website, which had become too big, cumbersome, and not representative of our community.
Additionally, believing that quality, accessible histories should be free and open to everyone, and that contributors should be compensated for their work, we began the process of making Obscure Histories a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2022. We were approved to begin fundraising in late 2023.
In 2022, we also founded OH, Jr., the educational outreach arm of OH. OH, Jr. provides curriculum that uses history stories to teach real life skills. Currently, OH, Jr. is offering our History Documentary curriculum, which teaches learners how to write and edit short, history documentaries for video.
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