Move Over, Barbie: In Nigeria, Kids Embrace Dolls That Represent Them

Barbies or Queens of Africa? In Nigeria, toy giant Mattel has been outsold by a brilliant idea.

It all began in 2007, when entrepreneur Taofick Okoya went in search of a black doll for his niece. Despite Nigeria being the country with the highest number of black children in the world, he couldn’t find one.

This piece was originally published on HuffPost Brazil and was translated into English.

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