This introductory chapter provides detailed contextual background information about the
multi-cultural, ethnic, and religious diversities in Nigeria and how these diversities reflect in …

This book explores gendered drinking practices and the extent to which young people in
Nigeria conform to, transgress, and reconfigure, drinking cultures from traditional to …

There is a well-developed body of research exploring gender and drinking cultures in the
Global North (De visser & Smith, 2007; Griffin et al., 2013; Hutton, 2006; Lyons & willott …

The chapter provides in-depth analyses of the different forms of drinking games that young
men and women play in contemporary Nigeria, the contexts where gaming occurs, the types …

This chapter provides an in-depth analysis of young people's performative pleasurable
drinking practices. Some participants reinvented drinking practices that occurred in …

The Onitsha indigenous community living since the mid-17th centmy in one section of a
modern Nigerian city, Onitsha, have kept some of their traditional customs in spite of the …

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 …

Previous research on alcohol and gender identity constructions has primarily focused on
Western countries. Studies from non-Western contexts can make crucial contributions to …

The diversity of perspective which this volume often those interested in the anthropology of
drink is produced through the use of multiple ethnographic rather than theoretical lenses. At …

Alcohol consumption among different ethnic groups in Nigeria has a long history, especially
among those groups where it was not forbidden by religion. In the traditional era, alcohol …