Does Uganda drink twice as much per capita as the USA?
According to Wikipedia (drawing on World Health Organization statistics), Uganda's per capita consumption of pure alcohol in the highest in the world, while the USA ranks 43rd (and consumes only half...
View ArticleCoffee or tea in northeast Africa?
The Vancouver Sun here has an informative but confusing article about northeast African caffeinated drinking habits. The headline refers to former tea-drinkers switching to coffee, something that...
View ArticleMore Child Soldier Narratives
These are a topic in Barbara Harlow, “Child Soldiers as ‘High-Profile Legal Subjects’,” English Language Notes 50, no. 1 (2012): 135–139, which pays special attention to Uganda.Filed under: Africa,...
View ArticleCross-Cultural Variations in Drinking in the Rhythm of the Week (article)
Robin Room et al., “Times to Drink: Cross-Cultural Variations in Drinking in the Rhythm of the Week,” International Journal of Public Health 57, no. 1 (2012): 107 – 117. Compares “time of drinking in...
View ArticleAfrica’s Changing Tastes Put Coffee Exports Under Strain
Middle class in Uganda, a traditionally tea drinking country, have begun to drink coffee. As a result there are fewer beans to export....
View ArticleDrinks industry supplanting government role in alcohol policies in...
Bakke, Oystein, and Dag Endal, “Vested Interests in Addiction Research and Policy Alcohol Policies out of Context: Drinks Industry Supplanting Government Role in Alcohol Policies in Sub-Saharan...
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