For generations, women in West Africa have produced shea butter for home consumption and to sell for use in cosmetics and cuisine domestically and abroadBut now their way of life is undergoing a transformation as the ancient trees that produce the nut from which the oil is extracted disappear, jeopardizing their earning power.

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