Where is Palmgrove?

In the titular poem, Hail, the first line talks about growing up in Palmgrove. Palmgrove (pronounced "groove" by locals rather than "grove") is an area of Lagos mainland with a mixture of middle and lower income households in the 70s and 80s. Palmgrove has not prospered in the decades since. It takes its name from Palmgrove Estate which is a gated residential estate, one of the older ones in the city, on Ikorodu Road.



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