Until recently, it was hard–or even impossible–to find a black doll in Nigeria. Eight years ago, when he was looking for a birthday present for his niece, Nigerian entrepreneur Taofick Okoyo realized ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To the left blonde, blue-eyed Barbie. There's a new girl on the block, err, aisle, and she's got thick, natural hair, a brown ...

NEW ORLEANS – The "baby dolls," an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African-American community, are on again. The troupes of women strutting and prancing in bonnets, garters, ...

Barbie gets a lot of heat nowadays. People shout at her for her figure. They complain about her plastic perfectness and general lack of realism. But they forget just how pivotal Barbie has been in ...

Queens Of Africa a Nigeria-based company has released the latest line of pretty Black Barbies and they’re hugely popular and have impressively surpassed the sales of iconic Barbie. We all know that as ...

A passionate doll collector is transforming her collection into a free museum that showcases America's Black history. A woman out of Omaha, Nebraska, has transformed her personal collection of more ...

Doll company American Girl has made steps in recent years to diversify its popular lineup and did so again this past Friday with the naming of its “Girl of the Year” doll. The latest is ...

Makayla Harrison has African American dolls, but the one she received Saturday is by far her favorite princess. “It looks like me,’’ the 10-year-old girl from Newark said. The reviews were the same ...

April Marius’ favorite doll started out as a secret. Twenty two years ago, during a summer visit to Cape Cod, Marius stopped in at a doll shop and bought two of the toys for her newborn daughter ...

The African-American dolls tend to have historical themes. Some are based on well-known figures, such as Harriet Tubman, who helped lead slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad. But there's ...

To the left blonde, blue-eyed Barbie. There's a new girl on the block, err, aisle, and she's got thick, natural hair, a brown complexion and is dressed in traditional African garbs. In 2014, it was ...