Efforts to control and regulate alcohol has recently gained steam in Botswana. Inspired by a
public health perspective, the government of Botswana has recently increased the alcohol …

Alcohol consumption studies in sub-Saharan Africa have largely focused on social control
and regulatory mechanisms in specific settings without particular reference to how drinkers …

Although the imagery of pleasure is prevalent in Nigerian cultures, attitudes towards
pleasure are mixed. Pleasure on the one hand is regarded as healthy and desirable but on …

Alcohol-related research in Botswana has rarely used a socio-ecological approach. This
article presents a phenomenological in-depth analysis drawn from community mapping …

The Botswana government has recently ramped up efforts to control alcohol consumption
through various measures. These include the alcohol tax levy, reduction in trading hours for …

This study investigates the effectiveness of the Alcohol Levy on drinking trends in Botswana.
The primary objective was to find out whether the Alcohol Levy managed to reduce …

This project involves an edited collection of 14 case study and overview chapters (by the
editor) that document historically the changing nature of alcohol usage in Africa. Over the …

This article has been written as a contribution to the larger project on the use and abuse of
alcohol in Botswana. The main objective is to present a broad socio-historical account of the …

Aim: The study investigated how beer drinkers coped, made sense of, and internalised the
effects of the 30% alcohol levy implementation in Botswana in 2008. Methods: Constructivist …

Background The sociocultural norms moderating alcohol consumption in Nigeria were more
permissive for men than women in the traditional era. Alcohol use among young people was …