If there is one thing that is nearly universal, no matter where you go on Earth, is that somebody will have improvised a way to make some cheap hooch. The number of ways human beings have invented to get a buzz is breath-taking, and Africa is ground-zero for its brilliance in boot-legging. Often nasty, bordering upon insipid, their concoctions nevertheless give truth to the maxim, "Where's there's a will, there's a way."
It sounds like it was a great trip. I wish I'd been there.
This trip was life changing. I can't wait to go back.