Ajon: Iteso’s Cultural Drink

Ajon: Iteso’s Cultural Drink

Nationally, Now Known as Marwa By Julius Odeke Alugeresia Akellot is a seasoned and renowned local brewer of Ajon in the Pamba Ward, south of Soroti City. She has spent 34 years brewing the most celebrated traditional drink of the Iteso. Akellot always attends to her customers, a gathering of 15 people. They sit on foldable chairs, surrounding a small red clay pot. The pot contains a frothy brew  –  Ajon. It now has the popularly national Bantu …