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Christiana Joe wiping down the serving counter at the end of the day at the popular Agya Badu 'chop bar' located at Atwemonom, the largest bushmeat market in the city. The restaurant specialises in a variety of soups containing the meat of antelope and grasscutter (greater cane rat), as well as fish and domesticated animals. Bushmeat is a delicacy in Ghana, and some customers travel across town to eat here. There are fears that unsafe practices in the killing and processing of bushmeat increase the likelihood of the transmission of zoonotic pathogens to humans, as is believed to have happened in the case of HIV and ebola.
Nyani Quarmyne/Panos Pictures /Felix Features 7 Sep 2016