African Complicity in the Slave Trades and Its Lingering Effects: By Prof Joseph C. A. Agbakoba
It is important to note that the locally brewed gin from the raffia palm juice, mostly known by such names as kaikai or ekpeteshi, did not predate the colonial era but rather arose out of scarcity of hot drinks during the Great Depression following which the importation of alcoholic beverages declined. In 1927, for instance, the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria imported 548,128 gallons of gin
