feat: implement Django backend aligned with StoryAfrika PRD

backend/.env.example

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+# Django Settings
+SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key-here-change-in-production
+DEBUG=True
+ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost,127.0.0.1
+
+# Database Configuration
+DB_NAME=storyafrika_db
+DB_USER=postgres
+DB_PASSWORD=postgres
+DB_HOST=localhost
+DB_PORT=5432
+
+# CORS Settings (Next.js frontend)
+CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=http://localhost:3000,http://127.0.0.1:3000
+
+# Email Configuration
+EMAIL_BACKEND=django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend
+EMAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
+EMAIL_PORT=587
+EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
+EMAIL_HOST_USER=
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=noreply@storyafrika.com
+
+# OAuth (Google)
+GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=
+GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=
+
+# AWS S3 (Optional - for production media storage)
+USE_S3=False
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=
+AWS_S3_REGION_NAME=us-east-1

backend/.gitignore

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+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# Django
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+/media
+/staticfiles
+
+# Environment
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# IDEs
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+.DS_Store
+
+# Testing
+.coverage
+.pytest_cache/
+htmlcov/
+
+# Migrations (keep migration files but ignore if needed)
+# */migrations/*.py
+# !*/migrations/__init__.py