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For some in Benin, the forests are sacred and they provide a special connection with colobus monkeys, a connection that stretches back centuries to the slave trade. Research for this story was funded by the European Journalism Centre through a European Development Journalism Grant awarded to Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and FAZ.net.