Over the last few years, I have used the titles below amongst the 4 books for review that I annually ask from students in my 2nd year introduction to the History of Modern Africa.

Justin Willis, Potent Brews: A Social History of Alcohol in East Africa, 1850–1999. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002.

Akyeampong, Emmanuel. Drink, Power, & Cultural Change: A Social History of Alcohol In Ghana. Heinemann, 1996.

José C. Curto

Dept. of History

York University

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