Higher Powers, Alcohol and After in Uganda�s Capital City

Author

Scherz; China ; Mpanga; George ; Namirembe; Sarah

Year

2024

Publisher

University of California Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-0-52039-680-7

Link

Last Update

29-Jan-2026

Keywords

Anthropology ; African Studies ; Sociology ; Public Health

Description

n August 2015, George went to meet a man named Kajumba¹ at his home, just off the Entebbe Road highway. Pastor Andrew had recommended that we meet him to learn something about the people who had stopped drinking through their involvement at his church, the Christian Glory Center, a large Pentecostal church near Kajumba’s home. George had already tried to visit Kajumba three times at the church, but beyond a first introductory visit with Pastor Andrew, Kajumba had not yet kept an appointment. Now George was to meet him at his home. “You can’t miss their house, it’s the old...