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The Traditional Salt-Making Heritage of Ebonyi State: Celebrating the Women of Uburu and Okposi

Ebonyi State is proud to be the “salt of the Nation,” and they deserve it well. The state has the largest salt deposit, located in Uburu and Okposi. The salt lake was discovered before white men introduced machine salt production. The Ebonyi people, especially women, already knew how to turn saltwater into pure salt…