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In Senegal, a sheep is man’s best friend FEATURE 11/19/2010

Friday, November 19, 2010

In Senegal, a sheep is man’s best friend

FEATURE

11/19/2010
DAKAR — It is the day of reckoning for reality television star Hamza, a large white ram that is among 15 contestants hoping to be crowned Senegal’s most beautiful sheep.
His owner, Mohamed Diop, 38, who calls Hamza “my pet and my best friend,” is the nervous one, however, with a prize of two million CFA francs ($4,000) only one of the issues at stake.

“If I win...” he says, pausing as he peers over a throng of people crowding his stall before yelling to attract the attention of a young woman standing shyly to the side clutching a baby.

“If I win,” he repeats, pointing and beaming, “I am going to marry that girl!”

The popular Kharbii competition — Kharbii is sheep in the local Wolof language — now in its second year has gathered a massive television following with viewers following the show week by week as finalists are whittled down..... MORE

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