Animals, Domesticated (6)

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Animals are an important part of the West African diet. It is very hard for a vegan or vegetarian Westerner to be happy here, because of the heavy reliance on animal protein. Dishes that can be safely enjoyed by a vegetarian/vegan are: red-red (a Ghanaian specialty made of cowpeas or blackeyed peas cooked with toasted onion and palm oil, boiled or fried plantains, boiled or fried African yams, aloko (ripe plantains fried in palm oil--delicious!), and Palaver sauce (greens cut small and cooked into a sauce for fish).

Domesticated or raised animals are important to the environment, as they reduce the pressure on consumption of "bush" meat, or wild meat. Lamb and goat are very important with Muslims and are often grilled and served on the street. Chickens run all over the villages.

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Domesticated goats in Galebre, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.










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Goat rides in our car--from Issia all the way back to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 2008.








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Goat shed with corn drying on a shelf above.Ebekawopa, Ghana, 2008.









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Goats in a shed in Ebekawopa, Ghana, 2008.






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High-rise for a chicken
Ebekawopa, Ghana, 2011







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Pig in a pen.
Bafia, Cameroon, 2012