Bénédicte Desrus

Documentary Photographer + Photojournalist
     
Madiaba Busaa Club
Location: Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Nationality: French
Biography: Bénédicte Desrus  is a French documentary photographer based in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Her work is distributed by  Sipa USA agency in New York. She is a member of Women photograph and The Luupe.... MORE
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Madiaba Busaa Club
Copyright Bénédicte Desrus 2023
Updated Feb 2021
Location Nairobi, Kenya
Topics Africa, Alcohol, Busaa, Documentary, Drink, Food, Kenya, Nairobi, Photography, Slum, Travel, Youth

MADIABA BUSAA CLUB 



Busaa, a local Kenyan beer, is sold at hundreds of tiny bars throughout slums in the capital. At 80 cents, each large margarine tub of the murky brew - only recently legalised by the Kenyan government - is all the rage amid those looking for cheap comfort. Rapid urbanisation in East Africa’s cultural and business capital has spurred a surge in makeshift watering holes for the demand of the most traditional of brews.
 

Fermented in PVC vats - formerly homes to gallons of hydrochloric acid - the production of busaa - is something of an art. Sacks of maize meal raked over hot coals, combined with local yeast, cold water and patience: the process for this particular variety, proudly mastered by the Luya tribe, so they say.


Text by Nastasya Tay 

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