Black dolls for black kids [Culture]

<p>Do you want dolls that look like your little black princesses? Dolls that look like them, resonate with them so they can easily relate to?</p> <p>Then you are one of the reasons why black dolls, made by Africans for Africans, are fast becoming the new trend.</p> <p>Inventors of the black dolls want their toys to change the definition of beauty that several generations of African children have held on to.</p> <p>So, is Africa bidding farewell to the classic Barbie dolls we grew up adoring as the “epitome of beauty”? </p> <p>Find out in this week’s Culture segment.</p> <a href="https://twitter.com/claudiansono" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">@claudiansono</a><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>