Urhobo
Historical Society
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SWAMP FOREST DOMINATED BY RAFFIA PALMS
Raffia palms grow naturally
in Urhoboland. Apart from yielding palm wine, a favorite alcholic drink
in many Urhobo and Niger Delta communities, its tough leaves were traditionally
used for house roofing in olden days, before the importation of metal sheets
from England and elsewhere in the 1920s-1940s onwards.
