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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Eromo Egbejule in Badagry

‘A lingering taste of coconut and vanilla’: how Nigerians reclaimed ‘moonshine’ palm spirit

Lola Pedro, a co-founder of Pedro’s premium ògógóró
Lola Pedro, a co-founder of Pedro’s premium ògógóró. Photograph: Toketemu Ohwovoriole/The Observer

Since the pandemic, Lola Pedro has been spending a lot of time at an eco-tourist hamlet in Badagry town, on the outskirts of Lagos, surrounded by coconut and African apple trees next to chalets with showers open to the sky.

The hamlet’s beach house serves as operations base and brainstorming centre for “Nigeria’s first premium spirit”, as the 42-year old researcher, who was raised in London, describes the brand she co-founded in 2018.

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