Among the litany of ancient recommendations is that of drinking fresh palm wine to induce lactation. This ancient act still actively practised in some societies has been believed to help a new ...
From the bottomless depth of Yoruba divinity, I fetch the myth of Ajala, whose popular name is Obatala. Ajala is the heavenly potter tasked with the duty of moulding human heads. Ori is the Yoruba ...
often accompanied by endless draughts of pungent palm wine. Nigeria’s disintegration began with the overthrow and murder of Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, which broke the North’s stranglehold on ...
But if the grandmother is available and can produce milk, that will be preferable.' The focal person also advised mothers against drinking palm wine to produce more breast milk. 'To those mothers who ...