Wele or Coat are the names for a meat-snack in Ghana. These cowhide pieces are salted and dried over a period of several months until they are offered as meat-snacks on the markets in Ghana. They should be “eaten with strong teeth”, that’s meaning that’s a “non-age-friendly food”. However, the way some people prepare it is very bad.
Reports indicate that some Ghanaians prepare ‘wele’ using fire from burnt car tyres. Looking at the images in this article, you can see a huge quantity of wele in a vehicle. If you don’t look at it well, you might think that it is some dirty goods being transported to the refuse dump, meanwhile, these are meat-snacks going to be consumed by human beings.
The black colour on it is due to the fact that they used car tyres in preparing it. In view of this, the smoke from burning car tyres is the one you see on the ‘wele’. The most disappointing thing in the preparation of these ‘wele’ is that they are mostly prepared in a dirty environment. Usually, they are prepared at the refuse dump or place near a gutter.
As you see it in this vehicle, they are going to wash it till they get that brown colour. After that, they will cut it into pieces and sold it to traders who will, in turn, sell it at the marketplace for people to consume. Some Ghanaians after coming across this said that still, they cannot live without eating some in a day. Others said that they have even eaten some this evening.
Check out some of the comments from some Ghanaians who came across these photos:
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