Sub-Saharan Africa is very diverse and defies a singular stereotype. Income ranges from the Seychelles off the eastern coast at nearly $30,000 per capita, to Burundi at less than $800/person. GDP for the region has been growing by just 0.74 percent/year but population has been expanding at 2.44 percent. Both factors support increased meat consumption, but data collection is inadequate, and the informal consumption of bush meat is widespread.  The consumption of lower cost poultry meat has been growing fastest, with pork second despite 30 percent of the population being Muslim. Only South Africa and Angola report pork consumption. Beef consumption is country specific to the availability of grazing areas.  ...