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'We think prohibition is a farce': Drinking in the alcohol-prohibited zone of colonial Northern Nigeria[a].

Examines the failure of British colonial policies to keep liquor out of the mouths of the Muslim people of the Northern Nigerian emirate of Bornu in the mid-nineteenth century. Five ways the Northern Nigerians used to get an alcoholic drink in the prohibited zone; Manufacture and sale of native liq...

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Published in:International Journal of African Historical Studies Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 23 - 52
Main Author: Heap, Simon
Format: Article
Published: Trustees of Boston University, acting through its African Studies Center 1998
Subjects:
Kanuri (African people)
Nigerian history
British colonies
Liquor laws
Alcohol drinking
Colonial Africa
Africa
Nigeria
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Examines the failure of British colonial policies to keep liquor out of the mouths of the Muslim people of the Northern Nigerian emirate of Bornu in the mid-nineteenth century. Five ways the Northern Nigerians used to get an alcoholic drink in the prohibited zone; Manufacture and sale of native liquor before colonial rule; Colonial liquor permit system; Substitute alcoholic beverage.