The man who would later be known as Elepe, provided Ogun with
palm wine and roasted yam, the delicacy which Ogun ate after which he returned to the town but disappeared into the earth.
A campaign against teen pregnancy is underway and advocacy groups want
palm wine sold on at a central place in different parts of the county to prevent children from being targetted by drunkards.
Such negotiations are vividly presented within diverse performance settings ranging from weddings, funerals, and houses of Christian worship to
palm wine stands and hotels.
In particular, the reader gets to see Fela's development as a musician as he experiences not only other west African musical styles (such as Highlife and
Palm Wine) through contact with musicians from Ghana, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia, but also Funk, Soul, and Rock and Roll from the Europe and America.
"The greatest risk comes from adulteration of alcohol, especially for those drinks made from 'natural products' like
palm wine and beer, where sellers are often tempted to add things to increase the kick," says Nugent.
Father of the gods in The Palm-wine Drinkard goes in quest of his dead
palm wine tapper only to return with a wife (not a male as a "wife"), and not his object of quest; in Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1958), Okonkwo, including his sisters, begotten by Unoka, engages in a sexual selectional competition with another male for the hand of Ekwefi in marriage.
This drove a major shift in consumption away from the traditional local '
palm wine' towards Western wines and even spirits.
Palm sugar can be consumed freshly or let it be fermented for a while to become
palm wine. It has been reported that sugar palm was the first sources of sugar, fermented drinks and syrup.
Father of the gods in The Palm-wine Drinkard goes in quest of his dead
palm wine tapper only to return with a wife (not a male as a 'wife'), and not his object of quest; in Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1958), Okonkwo, including his sisters, begotten by Unoka, engages in a sexual selectional competition with another male for the hand of Ekwefi in marriage.
One day, she gave a very tasty meal of pounded yam and plenty of strong fresh
palm wine to the hunter.
He never gave a thought to me as he dived into the
palm wine bar.
"Then he brought out some
palm wine with which to ceremonially 'wash our feet' in welcome."