Prohibition

===Africa===
====Nigeria====
In the [[Colonial Nigeria|British colony of Nigeria]], missionary forces demanded prohibition of liquor, which proved highly unpopular. Both Africans and British found illegal supplies such as secret stills, obtaining colonial liquor permits, and smuggling. The experiment began in 1890 and was repealed in 1939.<ref>Simon Heap, "'We think prohibition is a farce': drinking in the alcohol-prohibited zone of colonial northern Nigeria." ''International Journal of African Historical Studies'' 31.1 (1998): 23–51.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/220883  online]</ref>

====South Africa====
During the coronavirus outbreak of 2020, alcohol sales, and even the transportation of alcohol outside of one's home, was made illegal. This order came into effect during the nationwide lockdown on 27 March 2020. The purpose of the ban was intended to prevent drunken fights, reduce domestic violence, stop drunk driving, and eliminate the weekend binge-drinking so prevalent across South Africa.

Police, medics, and analysts estimate—conservatively—that alcohol is involved in, or responsible for, at least 40% of all emergency hospital admissions. By reducing the number of people within hospitals, and of course within social gatherings, the goal of prohibition was to reduce the rate of transmission, and thus slow the spread of the virus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Is South Africa's alcohol ban working? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52358268 |access-date=18 May 2020 |work=BBC News |date=22 April 2020}}</ref>

A 2022 study found that the alcohol prohibition reduced injury-induced mortality by at least 14% (a conservative estimate) and sharply reduced violent crime.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Barron |first1=Kai |last2=Parry |first2=Charles D.H. |last3=Bradshaw |first3=Debbie |last4=Dorrington |first4=Rob |last5=Groenewald |first5=Pam |last6=Laubscher |first6=Ria |last7=Matzopoulos |first7=Richard |date=2022 |title=Alcohol, Violence and Injury-Induced Mortality: Evidence from a Modern-Day Prohibition |journal=The Review of Economics and Statistics |pages=1–45 |doi=10.1162/rest_a_01228 |issn=0034-6535|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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