Interesting: A short history of alcohol in Sudan (with English info)
Yesterday, I shared a video that featured a Sudanese narrating the history of alcohol in Sudan. That video was not allowed by the moderators. The reason I was given was that "This community uses English for clarity. If you use a regional language, please include an English translation so everyone can understand. Continued violations may result in a ban."
As such, here I am again trying to repost that same video with this short English explanation.
The person talks about how alcohol in Sudan has been part and parcel of the Sudanese norms and culture even before the 'heavenly' religions of Christianity and Islam entered Sudan. He talks about how alcohol was used across history, during the Kush period and how alcohol was consumed by soldiers before battle during the Ottoman Empire and the Anglo-Egyptian rule.
The point of this post here is to debunk this rhetoric by some Sudanese that South Sudanese are but a bunch of drunkards etc etc.
Even though the video is in Arabic, I thought many people in this community could benefit from the info. Arabic, after all, is one of the (official) languages in South Sudan and is still widely used.