Article: Potent Brews: A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa. (Books Reviews).(Potent Brews: A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa)(Book Review)

BY JUSTIN WILLIS

[pounds sterling]16.95 JAMES CURREY

ISBN 0-85255-470-2

By tracing the history of alcohol and drinking in East Africa over the last 150 years, Justin Willis presents what is in effect an illuminating perspective of the social history of the region.

This book draws on interviews and observations in the Kajaido district in Kenya, the Rungwe and the Kyele districts of Tanzania, and the Hoima district in Uganda, allied with extensive research of archival material. However, the author is careful to point out that whereas there are remarkable similarities, cultural differences exist between these various districts. In fact he ...

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