Raw African Black Soap  is truly a wonderful multi use item that if you try, you won't want to be without.
It is a handmade soap and for the most part made in either Nigeria or Ghana and these two soaps have very notable differences. The first being color.
                        
The color of Nigerian black soaps (which does include the 'Osun' Variety) is pretty much black in color. I mean really black and this is because of the 'cooking' method of the plaintains in the soap. The longer the skins are roasted the blacker the soap will be. And this is a big turn off for many .It has a nice rich lather if you  really rub-a-dub dub, otherwise the lather is also black so when it rinses it looks dirty. (Imagine taking a shower and looking down to a tub full off dark brown suds:( It can be really messy and if you opt to use it in the bath or shower your tub will have black rings from the soap and the sink residue...well put it like this, things can get pretty ugly!
The Ghanan Variety on the other hand is a light textured brown color, it has a nice clean lather despite it color
and suds up almost effortlessly. This soap makes a wonderful shampoo bar and you can even use it to clean your 'unmentionables and hand washables without the worry of scrubbing all day to get all the 'black' out of the wash.
The second difference is the smell.
Nigerian black soap has a super smoky smell which again is a big turn off for many, whereas the Ghana variety has a clean, earthy scent which again makes for a great shampoo bar.
Now the soaps also have similarities like main ingredients,the way it's made which is usually by hand, and the texture.

The texture of the soaps are both very soft, most often organically shaped bars because of the softness. If it happens to dry or get crumbly you can simply sprinkle your crumbs with water, grab a fistfull, and VIOLA!! You have a fresh bar of soap. If you order it buy the pound just cut or break it off in pieces as big or as small as you like, It's wonderful. I use the raw african black soap from Ghana for nearly everything from shampooing, to cleansing whole body and face, it's gentle enough even for babies, I do clean my hand washables with it and use it for scrubbing my tub and sink,I even use it for spot cleaning on rugs and upholstery!
If you have black soap and unrefined African Shea Butter you'll never need anything else for healthy skin and hair...sometimes the simple things are so much better :)