Aniediabasi Edet has been a palm wine tapper for 65 years in Mbiabong Itam, Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Every day, the 85-year-old Nigerian civil war veteran leaves home at 5 a.m. and treks several kilometres to a swamp (Adep in the local language) where he has raffia palm trees. Proceeds from palm wine tapping helped him to build a house and train his eight children.
On 23 August 2023, he returned home with only two 20-litre jars of wine after toiling in the…
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