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"Traditional painting of Princess Akoua and her stepmother from a Togolese folktale, showing emotional support and maternal care in a forest setting."

Princess Akoua and the Good Stepmother

In the verdant hills of ancient Togo, where the sacred forests of Ewe land stretched like green blankets across the earth, there ruled a powerful king in the mountain town of Kpalimé. His palace, built of red clay and crowned with palm thatch, overlooked terraced farms where yam vines climbed toward the sky and coffee plants bore their precious berries.
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