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Dog's dinners prove popular in Nigeria
By Senan Murray
BBC News website, Abuja
Man eating dog meat
Dogs are scarce in Abuja because many now eat dog meat openly
The famous reverse news headline "Man bites dog!" is old news to some restaurants in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
"Welcome to animal kingdom where man pikin dey show dog pepper," says Chibuzo Eze in Pidgin English, meaning: Welcome to place where the son of man is giving dogs a hard time.
Mr Eze then hungrily gets back to tugging his chunk of dog meat.
He is standing under a mango tree in "South Africa", the name of an open-air restaurant hidden behind the living quarters of a Western construction firm in Abuja.
"It is called South Africa because behind those high walls you'll find rich Europeans and outside here is Soweto, where we, ordinary masses, struggle with dog meat," Mr Eze explains with a smile playing on his face.
'Improves your sex life'
Mr Eze says he eats dog meat because "e dey protect person from all those nyama-nyama disease them" - it gives you immunity from different diseases.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6419041.stm
By Senan Murray
BBC News website, Abuja
Man eating dog meat
Dogs are scarce in Abuja because many now eat dog meat openly
The famous reverse news headline "Man bites dog!" is old news to some restaurants in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
"Welcome to animal kingdom where man pikin dey show dog pepper," says Chibuzo Eze in Pidgin English, meaning: Welcome to place where the son of man is giving dogs a hard time.
Mr Eze then hungrily gets back to tugging his chunk of dog meat.
He is standing under a mango tree in "South Africa", the name of an open-air restaurant hidden behind the living quarters of a Western construction firm in Abuja.
"It is called South Africa because behind those high walls you'll find rich Europeans and outside here is Soweto, where we, ordinary masses, struggle with dog meat," Mr Eze explains with a smile playing on his face.
'Improves your sex life'
Mr Eze says he eats dog meat because "e dey protect person from all those nyama-nyama disease them" - it gives you immunity from different diseases.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6419041.stm