an ordinary owner of a Luanda shebeen going on about her trade

If only the rest of the world could just get to see how crazy Angolans can be! Angolan television, with its obsession with Brazilian soap operas and soccer, is on the whole is boring. However, sometimes you get the odd program, such as this one, which reflect the highly fascinating Angolan reality. In Angola, at least in Luanda, most drunks and alcoholics do not make do with Western beer and beverages; they drink local brews which are sold by highly organised women. These are women who rarely get a chance to talk about their trade on television. After all, the only Angolan women often seen and heard in public are beauty contestants. Yet here were have an ordinary owner of a Luanda shebeen going on about her trade… (from Sousa Jamba FB)

27.06.2010 | por martalanca | Luanda