Jan Beek's book explores everyday police work in an African country and analyses how
police officers, despite prevailing stereotypes about failed states and African police, produce …

This article surveys the literature on alcohol in Africa. It suggests that the trajectory of this
literature has very much followed that of African history generally: beginning with a focus on …

This paper explores the evidence for beer production, consumption, and ritual use at
Kirikongo (100–1650 CE), a well-preserved archaeological site located in Mouhoun …

This volume on beer in Africa focuses on the making and unmaking of self in the inchoate,
dark, exalted and sometimes upsetting context of bars, shebeens and other formal and …

Recent literature on the role of alcohol in the ancient world has shown that the production
and consumption of fermented beverages played a key role in the organization of many …

This paper examines the spread of consumption and commercial brewing of pito (sorghum
beer) from its production base in the northern savanna region of Ghana to the southern …

Alcohol drinking modalities are defined here as patterns of drinking and the accompanying
norms, attitudes and values associated with drinking and intoxication. The modalities reflect …

In this thesis, I explore the post military lives of Rwandan army deserters who served in,
deserted from the post-conflict Rwandan Defence Force (RDF), and went into self-imposed …

This contribution sheds light on one aspect of the history of alcohol in Africa by exploring the
introduction of foreign drinks, the various systems through which they were delivered to …

Abstract The pre-colonial 6th–14th century terracotta forms of Koma Land, Northern Ghana,
contain cavities which may have been intended to hold liquids. These have been linked to …