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Red gold: the rise and fall of West Africa’s palm oil empire

For thousands of years, the oil palm — indigenous to West Africa — has had an intimate relationship with people. An explosive expansion of oil palm groves throughout western and central Africa in the wake of a dry period around 2,500 years ago enabled human migration and agricultural development; in turn, humans facilitated o