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Hobley's survey records who may smoke bhang in the west

C. W. Hobley's 1902 survey, titled for eastern Uganda, recorded bhang (Indian hemp) grown for home consumption alongside tobacco among peoples of what is now western Kenya.[1] Among the Wanga and neighbouring peoples it was always smoked in a hubble-bubble or water-pipe made from a gourd; men and unmarried women smoked it, but a married woman might not smoke it again.[1] Among the Luo it was smoked separately in a water pipe by men only, with young fighting men barred from it.[1] The Nandi, by contrast, neither grew nor smoked it.[1]

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References

  1. Eastern Uganda, an Ethnological SurveyC. W. Hobley · Royal Anthropological Institute · 1902 · Bhang grown for home consumption; Wanga water-pipe use by men and unmarried women; Luo men-only rule with fighting men barred; Nandi abstention

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