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The official doll of The Black Doll Affair, the Mitochondrial Eve (ME) Doll, is a human family heirloom and educational artifact created to start conversations about racial harmony and help end racism. After all, what is racism when we all come from one African mother?

Handmade by the founder of our movement, each doll is unique, numbered, and signed. Shop the Mama ME-Ah! collection for her artistic interpretations designed to spark conversations about who we are, where we came from, and, more importantly, where we are going.

Or create your own ME Doll experience. Paint your own ME Doll with our Solo Experience, or gather your community and create together through our Group Experience.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE-TIME CHRISTMAS PARTY...

In 2006, after a failed Times Square billboard campaign, Dana Hill was standing in her kitchen when she watched a Doll Test on The Oprah Winfrey Show. In that moment, as Black children identified the #blackdoll as bad and ugly, her life played like a movie in her mind: teased for being “black” as a girl, rejected by men for being too dark, and turned away from modeling agents because they already had a Black model, one who often passed for white. Suddenly, the rejection she had experienced came down to one truth: she was The Black Doll. So she looked at the Black Doll in the mirror and chose her. That day, Dana stopped allowing rejection to define her, embraced her Blackness fully, and became a Black Doll on purpose. The Black Doll Affair self-esteem movement and social club is the rest of that story. Welcome.

Become a Black Doll. There are no membership fees. Simply purchase our Signature Black Doll Tee.

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THEY CHANGED THE BLACK DOLL GAME.

Inspired by a Doll Test on Oprah in 2006, in which Black children favored white dolls over dolls that looked like them, Dana “Mama Doll” Hill created The Black Doll Affair® (TBDA) self-esteem movement and social club in 2007. She threw what was supposed to be a one-time Christmas party to donate Black dolls and arrive as living Black Dolls, hoping to change how Black women and girls are perceived and, more importantly, how they perceive themselves.

With its famous “Be a Doll, give a doll.®” slogan, TBDA grew into a global philanthropic movement that onboarded everyday people, icons, and celebrities- The Black Dolls®. Over its 19-year history, The Black Dolls® of The Black Doll Affair® literally put #blackdolls in VOGUE®. From becoming the largest consumer group of Black Barbie®, to advising Mattel® to put Barbie Fashionistas® Doll #59 in an Afro, to having B&W Barbie discuss racism, they not only changed the Black doll narrative; they changed the Black doll game.

This is their Pretty… Philanthropic® story of giving back and loving being Black!

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Mama Doll's 2025 Prayer: "GOD, make a black doll with me." He answered...quite literally."

MITOCHONDRIA, the powerhouse of the cell, are parts of a cell that make usable energy. DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that carries genetic instruction in almost all living things. MITOCHONDRIAL EVE, not the only woman of her time, is the most recent common maternal ancestor of all humans alive today. She lived roughly 150,000 to 200,000 years ago. Every living human carries mitochondrial DNA that traces back through an unbroken maternal line to her. For as long as women continue to give birth to daughters, her lineage will carry on. She was African. Welcome to The Black Doll Affair! #iamMEiam

MITOCHONDRIA, the powerhouse of the cell. Around The Black Doll Affair we call that Black Girl Magic!

Seriously, what is racism when we all come from an African mother? The world's greatest marketing sham that has divided us. It's man's longest running bamboozle. The Black Dolls, who are Black, white and brown, will use the ME Doll to help end the hatred. We're all beautiful. Our diversity is what makes each of us glow with our own unique magic.

The ME Doll™ art collection is handcrafted by me in the Dollhouse Art Studio, hence the name MAMA ME-Ah!™ Inspired by humanity’s possibilities and rooted in a love of mankind, I create them to spark conversations about the beauty of art, race, and ending racism.

Made. Not manufactured.™ Every ME Doll you see is handmade by me. No two are exactly alike... or perfect. The imperfections are the point. They always have been at The Black Doll Affair®.

“Love Hue®” - Mama Doll

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ME Dolls™ Are Human Family Heirlooms & Educational ARTifacts™

“Mamma mia” is an Italian expression often used to convey strong emotion — excitement, delight, surprise, or joy. MAMA ME-Ah!™ is Mama Doll’s playful nod to that classic expression.

Made. Not Manufactured™ What you see is handmade by ME! - Love hue, Mama Doll

Welcome to the MAMA ME-Ah!™ Collection — Mama Doll’s personal gallery of handmade ME Dolls. Each piece begins as an original concept and is individually created in her artist studio. Collect your favorite, or build a collection over time.

Made. Not Manufactured™, every MAMA ME-Ah!™ Doll is individually crafted by Mama Doll. While dolls may share the same artistic name, no two are ever exactly alike. Every brushstroke, texture, finish, and embellishment is created by hand, making each doll an original work of collectible art.