Ivory Coast's 'Big-Bottom' Craze

A national dance craze in Ivory Coast has spawned a black market in treatments claiming to increase the size of women's bottoms.

The dance has been inspired by DJ Mix and DJ Eloh's hit song Bobaraba, which means "big bottom" in the local Djoula language. While the dance has been embraced by both men and women, DJ Mix says it was inspired by women.

In the sprawling Adjame market just north of the city centre in Abidjan, women sell "bottom enhancers".

"You need to inject this liquid into your bottom once a day," says a market trader, showing a vial of coloured liquid labelled "Vitamin B12".

Each vial costs $2. The label claims it is made in China.

If you do not like the sound of injections, the same amount of money will also get you a small tub of cream.

There is no description of what the product contains or how to apply it; just the words "Big bottoms and big breasts", and two illustrating pictures.

Local gynaecologist Dr Marcel Sissoko is sceptical about the concoctions.

"This medicine could be dangerous for your health because we don't know the ingredients. It's being used without a medical prescription," he warns.

Here's a video of Eloh and Mix's Bobaraba from YouTube.

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[ben]

you have to admit though, the video is nice and in no way degrading.. like rap, that just seems to have naked/ thonged asses of "hoes" or "bitches" everywhere, even goes as far opposite to have men shaking it in the video.. and western culture can hardly comment on any kind of enhancements ^_^