Busa

Last updated 2026-11-10 — Local Alcohol: "Busa" Reigns Supreme – Africans say boiled water doesn’t quench thirst, cold water does the trick faster. Coastal dwellers love coconut water, and they also brew alcohol from coconuts or other grains. The only locally made alcoholic beverage currently permitted for sale and consumption by the government is called "Busa." Those who drink "Busa" often do so in groups of several or even dozens, sometimes inserting their three-to-five-meter-long thin straws into the same liquor jar to sip while chatting, until they end up swaying and throwing “drunken punches.”