Offa, Nigeria

Offa, Nigeria

Jesse Russell Ronald Cohn

     

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ISBN: 978-5-5119-8350-9

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Offa, Kwara State, is a town located in central Nigeria with a population of 114,000 (as of 2005). The vegetation in Offa is savanna vegetation and the city is noted for its weaving and dyeing trade, using vegetable dyes made from locally grown indigo and other plants. Sweet potatoes and maize are the favourite staple foods of the indigenes in the town. Cattle, goats and sheep are also raised in the environs. `Offa` is sometimes spelt as `Ofa`. As in the rest of Nigeria, the key religions practised in the town are Islam, Christianity and traditional religions.