This is video shows how African black soap is made. It is made with just 3 ingredients: POTASH, COCONUT OIL & WATER.
There are a lot of myths and misinformation online about the soap, what it contains and how it is made. Sometimes coconut oil is replaced with palm oil or palm kernel oil as there is a lot of palm oil.
You can buy the potash to try and make your own African black soap from the Ghana Soap school website: www.ghanasoapschool.com