Somewhere in the heart of Africa live the Peuhls (Fulanis) and the Haoussas, two communities that have supported themselves in two different ways for generations: the Peuhls are cattle farmers and the Haoussas work as butchers. They meet at the slaughterhouse downtown, where the herdsmen bring their cows to sell and the butchers do their job. Every part of the cows is used: the meat goes to the consumers, the hides go to the tanners who process them to make leather, the fat is turned into soap, the bones are crushed and incorporated into chicken feed, and even the dung is collected and used in farming.