Great Green Wall - Africa For Africa

Subtitles: ENGLISH/FRENCH/ITALIAN/SPANISH/JAPANESE/POLISH/WOLOF
Angel Peace Award at Monaco Film Festival 2015.
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Director
Małgorzata Frymus
Director of photography
Łukasz Nyks
Scientific supervision
Pasquale Policastro
Linguistic consultant
Amadou Sy
Edited by
Łukasz Nyks
Music
CAFE RICO:
Ryszard Słowicki
Przemysław Igiel
Music comes from a CD:
"Pagal Nala" (Szalony potok)
Szczecin 2014
Music: Ryszard Słowicki, Przemysław Igiel
Lyrics: Ryszard Słowicki
Sound mixed by
Borys Sawaszkiewicz
Stobno Records
English translation by
Katarzyna i Paweł Denys
Proofreading by:
Jacek Gałkowski
Cast (in order of appearance):
Zofia Olejnik
Ody-Marc Duclos
Lazare Assi Aka
Jim Brow
Lluís Sebastià
Yoichiro Watanabe
Nicole Batomi André
Keshia Govender
Jeanne Lise Badiane
Amandine Lagua
Adam Dade Mouka
Helena Lipska
Olivier Merle
Tacia Amandio
Djibril Diagne
Birame Ndiaye
Pape Sarr
Mohamed Goudiaby
Makhtar Cissé
Patryk Drewniak
Ahmadou Issa Sow
Moctar Dabel Ka
Anael Ssosse
Pasquale Policastro
Nafissatou Niang
Seynabou Niang
Aliou Fall
Jorge Nelson Pereira
Special thanks for
Association Africaine Sukyo Mahikari
Agence Nationale de la Grande Muraille Verte, Senegal
Alzegou Village Community
and
multifuncional gardens
Keur Momar Sarr - Ferlo, Senegal
Szczecin University Poland
PZU - Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna, Polska
BEST Spółka Akcyjna - Gdynia, Polska
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For 10 years young Africans
have been going to the desert
to plant trees during their holidays.
Within several days
they turn many acres of land,
which is changing into desert,
into a future forest.
Small plants give future generations
hope for a better life.
The film talks about the project
of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States
supported by the African Union,
the aim of which is
to stop desertification.

[@shawtfinga1078]

I always say I like how the young generation making mother earth smile .it's a beautiful thing to see

[@caravelleberecc2014]

The efforts of the MYG (youth) are wonderful. The efforts of the communities to support the visitors are also wonderful. May the GGW flourish and expand ❤

[@bartcolen]

The good in the world SO vastly outweighs the bad. And this is yet another pleasant reminder of that.

[@PoliticalRaven]

Great work. We are visitors in this land. We need to treat it with gentle care and love for those who will come after us. 💜💜

[@cheryl-n-markcheryl-n-mark9027]

It's beautiful to see Africa committed and working towards self reliance through greening it's depleted lands! Inspiring work!!

[@magoobaguy]

Fantastic stuff. There's so much joy, hope and dancing in this project

[@elisabettarazzetti9483]

Che bello, manifestare l'amore per Dio, per la natura e per gli esseri umani, in modo reale e concreto, Grazie!

[@MrHriskoch]

Amazing! Keep going great people, and let God bless you on your way! 💚

[@marywebb714]

How wonderful to learn about something positive, for the future, and not motivated by monetary gain.

[@Shawnx-jb7sv]

Wishing you GOD'S Blessings! Jesus knows your plight and heart! Hear HIM, so that your land will continue to prosper and Bless you! Love from Canada! ❤

[@johnmcandrew852]

Wonderful to see this cooperation between nations and peoples, and the support being offered by people from around the world. Did I miss a part about where the water is coming from to support these plantings, or how long it takes to get the trees established? Here in America, our government is mostly focused on sacrificing nature to make money. Is there a way for people from the rest of the world to support the Great Green Wall of Africa, if we can't all go there to plant like the young people in this video?

[@thewanderingfigure]

Maybe plant some native tree's in your area? I think this would be something amazing for us all to do in our homes. If the government won't change, we can do it ourselves locally? Happy planting from the UK ^_^

[@Maganjooutdoor]

This kind of wall is nourishing and in long run will fight famine. As opposed to creating walls of restriction and deficiencies. True to AU anthem. If it’s beneficial then it probably can fight need for wars.

[@laurensimonelli5654]

They dig trenches before the rainy season to increase water retention.

[@shrachi91d]

Future of this World.

[@geelleguure8808]

Very beautiful, hear breaking with love. happy world and happy humans that come together to help each other and recreate the environment. I miss to be part of this scheme.

[@claires9100]

Merci pour tous vos efforts! Bravo.

[@cool_karma]

do the goats eat the small tree plants?

[@DaniSherring]

🌿🌿🌳

[@mauricemilesmartinez3743]

I am author of the books: The Great Wall of Africa: The Empire of Benin’s 10,000 Mile Long Wall, The Real Wakandas of Africa and The Real Vibranium of Africa (by Maurice Miles Martinez). While the modern 4,800 mile planned Great Green Wall is a great idea for the African continent, most people are unaware that African people built a wall before transatlantic slavery that is more than twice as long as the modern Green wall. At 10,000 miles long, the Great Wall of Africa contains more material than all of the buildings in New York City’s Manhattan. If cut into 1 meter high blocks, it would wrap around the equator more than 65 times! It is arguably the planet’s greatest man-made structure. Yet, it has been ignored by historians. In my book The Great Wall of Africa: The Empire of Benin’s 10,000 Mile Long Wall, I explore the dimensions of the wall, the history of the Benin Empire’s Kings (Obas) and the stolen Benin Bronzes. These treasures that sit in the world’s museums amount to more than $14 Billion. Most people who read this book are left wondering why they never heard about the Great Wall of Africa in their history classes. Maurice Miles Martinez

[@menssanas.c.7134]

💚

[@holgerjahndel3623]

n Also see the anthropologist James DeMeo from the USA and also the international Nexus-Magazine.

[@illadelagos8770]

How do i sign up for this?

[@madladokogott7130]

The polish girl looks like she would be a better captain than the tiny pirates could be. No wave too big, No wave too small.

[@pordeeguy5780]

Africa should planting the bamboo same Southeast Asia will be very good.

[@frymusmagorzata5480]

He is already doing this, we have sowed a lot this year.

[@СветланаСтатская]

Без панамок на голове, родители не бояться перегрев головы

[@listenup2882]

Why not plant fruit trees as well this providing food as well for humans and animals.

[@mr.johndoe2659]

They have to plant drought resistant trees first

[@igorbukovy4313]

Watch out for industrial growth! Stay loyal to your traditions and agriculture. Industrial countries have much bigger negative impact on the environment than agricultural countries. Tourism is better option than industry.

[@valeriec.4756]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tanakakokilovad1594]

Turning the Sahara desert green again🌱🌳 will save many many lives and save our planet earth🌱🌳 🌏🌳🌍🌳🌎🌳planting lots of trees in the Sahara desert🌱🌳 will help save our planet earth🌳🌳🌳🌍🌳🌳🌳from global warming☀ planting trees in the desert🌱🌳 will save many many people in africa🌱 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌍🌳🌳🌳🌍🌳🌳🌳🌍🌳🌳🌳🌳🌍🌳🌳🌍🌳🌳🌳🌍🌳🌳🌍🌳🌳🌳🌳🌍🌳🌱👍🌱🌳🌍🌳🌳🌳🌳

[@0dyss3us51]

We need drones to help out with this. This people do incredible work but need more help we have the tech for it, please use it!

[@leonhohenstein4636]

Sounds great! But please tell me how drones could help besides scouting the environment where satelite images are already perfect at....

[@aosel-gharably1070]

lion0607 there are drones used fir tree planting

[@pacimokra]

just dont eat meat and we can place here all

[@henriklarsson5221]

Actually with the right regenerative animal-husbandry, the forest and grass will grow faster. It was used before the people got more sedentary, just as the wild grazing animals move from one place to another with seasons, fertilizing everything for the next season of growth. To understand this i recommend anyone to visit Geoff Lawtons youtube.

[@СветланаСтатская]

Россия в том году отправила миллионы тонн пшеницы голодающей Африки

[@hyoneeyed9450]

They should go ask someone like Bill Gates to help fund this project and raise some young botanists to plan for the future...

[@listenup2882]

They should ask African billionaires for assistance.

[@lemokolyon]

Or ask their local authorities, and government.