A cattle herder stands among Ankole longhorns, a breed of cattle native to Africa, in Maramvya, north of Bujumbura, on August 13, 2013, in Burundi. Livestock produce milk according to their genetic potential when fed nutritionally balanced and adequate rations, in addition to proper health and husbandry practices. AFP PHOTO / Esdras Ndikumana
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People talked to their cows, reeled off their ancestry. They had different poems they recited when they led them to water, to pasture, brought them home or milked them. A cow was seen as a person.
