Cameroon — Matango

In Cameroon, palm wine is called matango — the informal name universally used across the country. 'White stuff' is the English-speaking Cameroon term. Matango bars (informal drinking establishments) are central to Cameroonian social life. The Raphia vinifera palm of central Africa produces a wine with a distinctive earthier, more complex character than West African oil palm wine. Matango is deeply integrated with music culture — the Cameroonian highlife and Afrobeat scenes emerged from the same social spaces.