Hundreds of years ago in the forests of West Africa, there
was a chief named Kofi Asiadu. To
provide for his people he regularly traveled through the forests on hunting
excursions, many of which lasted several days.
On one of his ventures, he was caught in a huge storm. Unable to return to his people, he took shelter in the
buttresses of a giant tree. Time and
again he revisited this great tree, eventually deciding to relocate his people
to the tree and its surrounding area.
Over time, local monkeys joined the villagers. Kofi Asiadu’s people and the monkeys lived
cooperatively in this area that is now known as Duasidan.
The present-day people of Duasidan are as strong and protective of their history as ever. Today, Duasidan is a small tomato-farming village in west-central Ghana, near the border of the Ivory Coast, about a half-hour bumpy taxi ride to the nearest city. The great tree is no longer there, but the villagers have otherwise worked hard to preserve the monkeys' natural habitat in a sanctuary located right next to the village.
The present-day people of Duasidan are as strong and protective of their history as ever. Today, Duasidan is a small tomato-farming village in west-central Ghana, near the border of the Ivory Coast, about a half-hour bumpy taxi ride to the nearest city. The great tree is no longer there, but the villagers have otherwise worked hard to preserve the monkeys' natural habitat in a sanctuary located right next to the village.
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