A boozy banana drink in Uganda is under threat as authorities move to restrict home brewers
by Rodney Muhumuza
Jan 02, 2024
2 minutes
At least once a week, Girino Ndyanabo’s family converges around a pit in which bananas have been left to ripen. The bananas are peeled and thrown into a wooden vat carved like a boat, and the patriarch steps in with bare feet.
The sweet juice he presses out is filtered and sprinkled with grains of sorghum, which converts the juice into ethanol, and left to ferment for
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