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Precolonial Africa

By: Clovis Bergère
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives
Edited by: Scott C. Martin
Subject:Social & Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Consumption, Sociology of Culture

Africans consumed and produced alcohol throughout the continent for centuries prior to European colonization. Palm wines, grain beers, and fermented honey water or fruit-based drinks comprised the alcoholic beverages most commonly found in precolonial Africa. Scholars believe ...

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  Bergère, C. (2015). Precolonial africa. In S. C. Martin (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of alcohol: Social, cultural, and historical perspectives (Vol. 1, pp. 985-986). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n380
  
  Bergère, Clovis. "Precolonial Africa." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, edited by Martin, Scott C., 985-86. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n380.
  
  Bergère, C. 2015. Precolonial Africa. In: Scott C. Martin Editor, 2015. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 985-986 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n380> [Accessed 6 Oct 2022].
  
  Bergère, Clovis. "Precolonial Africa." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives. Edited by Scott C. Martin. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015, pp. 985-86. SAGE Knowledge. 6 Oct 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483331096.n380.
  
  Bergère, Clovis (2015). Precolonial africa In: Martin, Scott C. (Ed.),Precolonial Africa The SAGE encyclopedia of alcohol: Social, cultural, and historical perspectives Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2015:985-986. doi:10.4135/9781483331096.n380
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