Human traffickers conducting a lucrative business in Mauritania | DW Documentary

In the footsteps of the traffickers in Mauritania who profit from poverty. They organize crossings to take west Africans to Europe. Are they helping these people on a dangerous journey or are they the heirs of the slave traders of the 16th century, at the time of the transatlantic slave trade?
In the 16th century, slave trade decimated much of West Africa, causing long-lasting devastation and disruption. 21st century migration out of Africa seems to be following a similar path. At the center of both are the people who benefit financially - slave catchers of old and fixers nowadays. Abdourahmane is a Mauritanian fixer. He takes us to the inside of his business as he organizes a boat to take group of youth across the Atlantic to Europe. The boat will be navigated by his namesake, Abdourahmane, who is an experienced captain. He is aware of the risks to his own life on a small boat that will cross the ocean. The film draws parallels, highlighting similarities and differences and asking the questions: Why is this taking place today? Are the experiences and results the same? On the one hand is the involuntary migration of slaves in shackles being forced to Western countries. Today, voluntary migration to Western countries leads to exploitation as cheap labor. Still, despite the dangers, warnings, authorities, and the reality of not being welcomed with open arms, many migrants spend a fortune and risk their lives to get to Europe by irregular means, crossing the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
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[@reinerbraun9995]

I am from Mauritania and I want to say that I am satisfied even if the conditions of living are difficult, but the only thing that I cannot accept is the feeling that my dreams and hopes are shattered day after day. How naive I was since childhood to think that even someone like me could dream, but still I am happy because I live in a time when I can communicate with wonderful people from all over the world and witness how beautiful humanity is to unites us together. I hope that we will progress together and do our best to make the world a better place in which any children regardless of their location on the globe, can dream (Sorry if I made some grammar mistakes)

[@samanthav8728]

This was touching to read. I speak blessing over you and yours that your days will be filled with joy, good health, and prosperity.

[@Punicia]

I am Mauritanian living in the West (college student) but you are definitely right about the dreaming. I dream every day, every hour. If not about this life then something ethereal. Our leaders are consumed by greed and nepotism, but it is the West that wants them this way. Unfortunately, Arabs and North Africans in general can be some of the most ignorant people on earth. If things do change, it may not be for another century.

[@jendrixjohn4974]

Your comment was so touching and also heartbreaking to me, i wish i could knew more about

[@robiulhossain8046]

It’s really touching ❤ You never stop dreaming. May allah be with you!

[@robiulhossain8046]

I would like to visit Mauritania one day in sha Allah. But i Don't know anyone over there! Maybe you can tell me more about your country

[@waitaminute2015]

This is so sad. Poverty is the worst kind of abuse.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

Poverty is one's own choice.

[@wangcyang89]

@@pietrojenkins6901 wtf is this dumb comment, you wouldn't last one day in their shoes

[@SeeLasSee]

If you have enough to eat and good water and air not necessarily. Perhaps you are materialistic.

[@DJJonPattrsn22]

@@pietrojenkins6901 without any qualifiers that is a preposterous claim that is simply false, and even somewhat offensive. There are many factors that contribute to poverty and some of them are beyond an individual's control or influence. Depending on the time & place of one's birth and the family they are born into, it may be virtually impossible, and certainly not feasible for a great portion of the world's population to change their socio-economic status. For most people born in industrialized nations if they live in lovey it is likely the result of choices they've made. Absolutely! But I also would not call it an abuse! That's absurd and silly!

[@DJJonPattrsn22]

@T How can poverty possibly be an abuse?! That doesn't even make any sense at all! Who is the abuser?

[@somerandomfella]

Times have changed. They don't use chains anymore. They use contracts and loans.

[@CMoore8539]

FACTS

[@nyakadot.esq.2746]

True like here in The gulf you sign a three year contract and they confiscated your passport

[@humaan6822]

@@nyakadot.esq.2746 and they still use chains to keep them there

[@ecsamuels4142]

We Forgive Them🤍🇳🇬

[@humaan6822]

@@ecsamuels4142 what?

[@ksidnfurnekaoajdbdjfkn]

This powerful documentary sheds light on the haunting similarities between historic slave trade and modern-day migration.The film urges us to reflect on our collective responsibility to address the root causes of migration and to strive for a more compassionate and just world.

[@nhlaks_forexzar4523]

Our problem is the constant failing of our African leaders who continuous enrich themselves, living most African vulnerable and with no choice but to risk their lives in a Boat for greener pasture 💔

[@janedoe3915]

I agree but the way to solve that problem is to get enough of the population to rise up and overthrow the government, not abuse the immigration, refugee, or asylum laws in the West. Leaving never makes the government a better society for all of the population and it (daily migration as well as mass migration events) have been putting a strain on the West. The West is struggling w/their own populations who r struggling and suffering from the higher income and wealth inequality worldwide. Bad governments create all kinds of problems for the West aside from just the cost of migration. I’m not against immigration but it should be based on what the government needs for their societies, for example, ppl w/certain skills, not based on whenever and whatever skills, or lack of skills, a migrant decides. I’m in the US, massive amounts of migrants who simply want a better life abuse our asylum system everyday which is creating a big problem for my country. Russia and China use the issue to claim Dems and some gop r trying to replace the white race. It’s nonsense but the color of the population is changing bc the white race isn’t reproducing enough to maintain itself mostly bc of infertility, both parents needing to work, and not being able to afford the cost of children in the US. However, Russia and China r spreading disinformation, propaganda, etc trying to get far-right politicians, who r working for Russia and China’s interests and trying to make the US a corrupt dictatorship and the #1 reason voters r falling for this is bc of migration. If the US/West falls, all democracies fall and we will all have bad governments like Africa, Russia, Iran, China, etc. The solution is not bringing the rest of the world down with u but to rise up and fix ur own government. The West, especially the US aren’t the wealthy countries many think they r. A small group have a massive amount of money, they drive up the cost of living while the M&L classes r earning the same wages or less from 1980. Please stop coming to the West and make ur own countries better so that the West can fix their own countries!

[@davidfrimpong1531]

The leaders you're complaining about are a product of their respective societies. Perhaps, a bit of a societal introspection may be required to examine, and if possible, remedy its apparent inabilty to produce quality leadership that is in short supply on the African Continent

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

Is Mauretania and Mauritania 2 different places? ah it's like region, like Europe for example constisting of many countries, didn't actual know this thing existed. Heard of Maghreb before... The title of the video is confusing tbh.

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

The grass is never greener on the otherside, it's a myth/pipedream.

[@TherealRTZ973]

Ya all those billionaire African leaders that are enriching themselves. You mean like fucking Elon Musk? Like the white guy with colonial emerald mines? No you're insane to think any of the money that's extracted from these economies is staying in Africa.

[@OUMZDABBZ]

This Documentary is so well Done. and my respect to the Narrators/ interpreters job well done wow 😮

[@zai5562]

Great documentary but the translations were terrible!

[@mphatsophiri-yg6xn]

African leaders must see these things. Africa needs to provide jobs to her sons and daughters.

[@mistywinn7398]

Money rules all. Only a small percent actually what to help their people sadly .

[@natgenesis5038]

Did U.S. government started Walmart?

[@CMoore8539]

@@natgenesis5038 No it is China 🇨🇳. US is bad too.

[@levelzyung7454]

Government is the people

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

Africa has Rulers, not leaders. Otherwise African continent would be democratic and warlords would roam around the continent and hundreds of militia groups..

[@jainutkarsh94]

This documentary is so well made it should be screened at top tier film festivals all over the world

[@mugwimidenis1887]

nice documentary...the teacher with the kids enlightened the history and story More

[@GladysAlicea]

Sadly, they likely will remember this history lesson when they grow older and tragically, nothing has changed. Heartbreaking.

[@jazztheglass6139]

An estimated 10% to 20% of Mauritania’s 3.4 million people are enslaved - in “real slavery,” according to the United Nations’ special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Gulnara Shahinian. If that’s not unbelievable enough, consider that Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery. That happened in 1981

[@TherealRTZ973]

Slavery is still legal in the US under the 13th amendment. That's why private prisons make so much money. You're understanding of reality is mindbogglingly wrong.

[@joywambui5431]

​@liamrode1 doesn't matter what is legal in the US....that's still besides the fuckn point. The stats say 10% of a certain group of citizens somewhere are SLAVES.....where exactly is your grip on this reality.

[@ousmanesowofficiel8]

Many black people are still enslaved in Mauritania t this day

[@deboral.devaughn2285]

@@TherealRTZ973 That was rude!

[@abby-a]

​@@TherealRTZ973 exactly 💯

[@abdimajidmohamed1463]

In life , one should have a purpose. That man teaching children about history of slavery has a great purpose in life. He could be poor but has a better purpose than a rich man with no purpose

[@SeeLasSee]

300 years ago when it’s still happening today. Is that a good purpose?

[@Christ-Like97]

@@SeeLasSee Happening where?

[@kenosabi]

Corruption destroys all.

[@plootow1622]

The moral of the story is that the teacher talks about the slavery in Africa 400 years ago to the group of children. At the same time, the smugglers plan the illegal trip to bring Africans to Europe. It is so irony is that back in slavery time an umbrella was worth 40 slaves. But today an illegal trip to Europe costing an African men and $760 EURO. A well-done documentary film.

[@yubrajadhikari3715]

amazing documentary.waiting for follow up Episode... Thanks to entire team. I'm yubraj all the way from nepal.🇳🇵

[@mistywinn7398]

7:30. This father is so humble and the way he was with his kids wass amazing. Praying for your family. Even more sad is all these African countries are filled with minerals. Which are worth 💵💴💷💰. These people shouldn't have to live like this . But then again money is the root of evil

[@CMoore8539]

True. Yes money is the root of all evil. It’s very sad.💔

[@bohobabie5987]

@@CMoore8539 it is not money that is evil, it is the love of money that is evil. Money is neutral, having the wrong relationship with money is what sometimes make people do evil things

[@emancipatedlionm9215]

​@@CMoore8539 The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Money answereth ALLLLL things.

[@purplespaceship2417]

Congo is the worst of all. It should be one of the richest countries with all of its natural resources. It has the most biodiversity in the world next to the Amazon rainforest. Instead the people still live in extreme poverty, their land is being destroyed with all its biodiversity and they get basically nothing from it. All so we can have smart phones and EV's. They've had nothing been misery since they were introduced to Europeans.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

@@bohobabie5987 that''s true, it is wrongly said that money changes people .Reality is money just unmasks people for who they are.

[@akilimali_ndag]

Thanks for this sophisticated Documentary DW.

[@sameo-]

wonderful insight thank you 👍👍

[@amosegesa2676]

This documentary is so well put. immediately after teaching the kids about the point of no return, we see our brothers setting off from the similar point except this time not in physical chains.

[@vivavasquez]

i wish we had journalism this good in the U S A .

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

It's good because if im not mistaken, DW orga is financed by Germany tax payer money, so there's no obligations to some corporate sponsor, to push certain narratives or placed Ads via "news" objects.

[@neidringhaus1915]

We do, it's PBS

[@terra7066]

You have. DW didn't translate what they were really saying and just followed it's own narrative.

[@tijanjeng6683]

​@@terra7066 I saw that too. Nothing the locals were saying had nothing to do with his documentary

[@shahnozaravshanova2006]

thank you for information

[@dev-pj9vi]

An awesome story. Fascinating to see this thing I see the fallout of all the time from the source. I hope these guys are all good.

[@lucasjames7524]

What an extraordinary documentary. DW is superb. Love, respect, and praise! ❤🖤💚

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@ImperialMJG]

​@@DWDocumentary You gotta be joking. This is absolutely horrible "documentary". Its obviously actors all of them. And extremely bad actors also

[@godblessacountrygirl5324]

Another great documentary,thank you!!

[@1fredricka]

I hope the teacher teaches the real threat. The human traffickers living in the area!

[@DJJonPattrsn22]

@8:25 Feeding the goats/sheep torn up cardboard! This is common in many countries suffering from extreme poverty. Goats in particular are infamous for eating "anything", they can be very valuable resources for farmers if used wisely. But it is inconceivable that this dirty cardboard with all kinds of residual processing chemicals the ink printed on them does much more than merely fill the animals stomachs without providing calories or nutrients!

[@davidamarteifio]

So sad ..but must say brilliant documentary by all stands 👌🏾

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching! Make sure to check out our channel for similiar content :)

[@fanny3942]

I have seen documentaries on European-African immigration, but this video is so informative, thank you.

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@mobah7018]

We need part 2 please

[@yaizudamashii]

Yes I want to know the fate of the people in the boat!

[@attitude312]

This is so painful to watch.

[@goccha-xm2yv]

I love it so much. I've been in both Nouakchott and nouadhibu for 5years❤

[@okpenkedimeemmanuel1020]

Awesome documentary, thanks for sharing

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for your comment!

[@dontcare32123]

Such a shame the documentary totally failed to discuss who was actually selling the people as slaves and for how long this had been happening.

[@louise7347]

And for how geographically extensive the trade was.

[@rosebrown6128]

The point is that the kids are taught that slavery was a black and white thing. They don’t want to teach them that black Africans sold their brothers to the slavers. In this way young men have been indoctrinated that they are poor because of the west and that Europe owes them rather than pointing the finger at their own corrupt governments.

[@TheStevelfc]

Wasnt it hugely facilitated by Africans? Especially our African chiefs?

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

Not to forget Arabs who also had their own slave trafficking business

[@danielkelleher7246]

Who should they have mentioned? Like exact names or something?

[@GehanAdel]

This was heartbreaking for me this perilous journey not to have a luxurious life but to have an ordinary one their country has a tremendous amount of wealth but it has been exploited away from them let them be a slave under these circumstances. Thanks a lot for this prolific documentary 🌹🙏

[@Punicia]

France and England playing divide and conquer against North Africa is what did this. Make the Moroccans think they're superior to Algerians who think they're superior to Egyptians who think they're superior to etc. etc. In reality we all waste our life doing what the slave driver wants us to do (Europe)

[@joschkahurst]

Why human beings are so wicked to each other ???

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

Greed and hate

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

A truthful, informative documentary coverage about human trafficking from African countries involving ( Mauritania 🇲🇷)...to approaches European shorelines for illegal migrating purposes .... African youths are living in hopeless circumstances....good doing by an excellent (DW )documentary channel

[@sophiemarlen]

Great documentary! ❤

[@Nataleena]

I can't agree more.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching us!

[@dearlife7771]

Translator lie at the first, where he say how he started fishing not asking for boat to Europe

[@marden888]

awesome docu. 👍🏼

[@lesliewarnell5172]

There’s no point in the authorities telling the people how dangerous the journey is. They know the risks. It’s more dangerous to stay. That’s the entire point of seeking a better life elsewhere. Godspeed to them all. 🦋

[@taurus8263]

True and very sad. However still Mauritania has fertility rates over 4 kids per family. If you know how bad your living conditions are, you don't bring child into this world. At least this is what I did ( or rather didn't do).

[@sophia4christ]

So they find money to pay the smugglers, but can't invest in a business in their homeland? How sad. Smh

[@aFreeAmazighPerson]

You don't live there you don't understand, any successful project gets stolen by the ruler his friends and their families

[@gregorysmith1134]

The fixer tells the skipper he will reach the Spanish coast in two days of sailing. How can a rickety, overloaded fishing boat cover 1400 miles in that short time? Smugglers are of the lowest vane of humanity. This boat will never reach the Spanish coast.

[@roberthaakell-xl6ln]

There just dumping them in the ocean

[@Journeyjunckies]

Everything will be okay ❤️

[@Emblba]

Rest in peace ☮️

[@khadijah3519]

It is shameful that EVERYONE under 40..REFUSES to tell the TRUTH of how the whiteman was able to just take people away like that! God Bless Africans🌺

[@Clos93]

The Europeans just took over the Arab's slave racket in the 18th and 19th century since the ottoman empire was declining and the Europeans were thriving. How people don't ever mention it was the Arab's who started the African slave trade in the first place is baffling. The fact of the matter is every race has been enslaved. The word "slave" come from the latin word "slav" which is still an ethnicity in eastern Europe, who were enslaved by the Romans. People in Iceland and the British isles were sold into slavery by vikings in Arab slave markets since white slaves were desirable as wives. Barbary pirates from North Africa raided southern Europe for slaves for the ottoman slave market. Jannisarries were Christian children of Slavic aristocracy in the Balkans who were hostages to the Ottomans, who then were made into obedient Muslim soldiers. Coolies were indian and Chinese indentured servants who were worked in the Caribbean on plantations and as railroad workers after slavery was abolished, but weren't treated any better than slaves due to asian racism. And everyone seems to forget the Spanish and Portuguese used the indigenous peoples of the Americas as slaves as well. Slavery affects any vulnerable people group.

[@Clos93]

Look up "indentured servitude in Dubai", people from Bangladesh, India, and the Philippines are tricked into working for workforce contractors in Dubai on the promise of good pay, who then have their visas and passports confiscated under the guise of "contractual terms", and then force them to pay the travel fee back to get back their passport. Dubai has the most foreign workers per Capita in the world.

[@taurus8263]

Slave trade existed long before white people started to trade slaves. In fact Arabs traded slaves long before that. Also, please remember that slaves were sold by Africans to white people. So literally Africans were selling their own people for the goods exchange.

[@taurus8263]

It's sad to see people having hardly anything to eat, feeding sheep with cardboard. Yet, fertility rate in Mauritania is over 4 children. I will never understand this. If you have nothing to eat, you don't bring children into these conditions.

[@julianholman7379]

Mauritania only banned slavery a few decades ago, but, apparently, it remains an institution: people are plentiful; everything else is scarce

[@smileycoast5331]

Touching, thank you brother for sharing its important to know about history

[@Iconoclasher]

The Old Proverb is true. "......the more things change the more they stay the same" 🙄

[@TheStockwell]

The French writer, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, wrote that - in 1849. He was right.

[@Iconoclasher]

@@TheStockwell I knew it had French origins but wasn't sure who it was. Thx for the FYI 👍

[@SeeLasSee]

It’s not a proverb. It’s thought provoking though.

[@caver38]

The UN , and Eu governments should be doing something about traffickers , and also about the NGOs who are encouraging unauthorised migration

[@AnaPaulinacom]

Instead of helping mankind, they destroy them.

[@CMoore8539]

@BROODJE KAAS Absolutely right.

[@videosponder]

Sad sad story.

[@KennyNationZ]

No one to blame but this African Leaders AKA Rulers

[@ldsane1958]

Wow 😢

[@africanprinceKAYIHURAII]

Dear DW, how do you manage to document??

[@Terrell2119]

The topic of slavery in the world today doesn't get enough coverage or exposure from the Media.

[@cornastoga2633]

Fascinating and mind opening documentary. It’s sad our leaders know our story as a race and continent but they’ve done little to transform our continent thereby making our people make treacherous journeys to Europe for greener pastures. Someday, our continent will be liberated from this wickedness!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

[@SeeLasSee]

Are you just talking or are you living in Africa improving things?

[@donziongh9588]

Just forget about it. Our continent will never be okay. Lets prepare for more suffering

[@clarkporter1340]

​@@SeeLasSeeare you trying to be a simp or are you sitting in privilege of wealth stolen from Africans

[@sTraYa249]

​@@clarkporter1340the fact that the majority of Mauritanians are enslaved in their own country by the minority Arabs that are left from those that subjugated them eons ago & still to this day have slaves for themselves is outrageous. It was outlawed in 1981, but is taboo to talk of it. All this is because of matters to do with it being permissible to a rich group of people & yet they get away with it. It happens in Saudi & many of the Persian Gulf states. Utter hypocrisy from those that are meant to be so righteous😢

[@righteousbyfaithinChrist]

I cannot abide ignorance. These human traffickers are the vilest of actors! What is worse? Those that tolerate this due to their moral decay...

[@owenmark5806]

I remember the guide from tayo aina video 😅

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

great content

[@Bebedollie]

🙏💔

[@Krishnanand2008]

Thank you DW team for bringing us such an eye opening documentary from the ground. I will never forget the words of the skipper saying to migrants that the boat does not have a toilet & eat light food such as biscuits. Local governments totally failed to take care of their population & forced them to take such horrendous journeys.

[@donnabeuth3193]

People need to challenge things to make things better for themselves. We can all look back at history.Better to look forward hearing the future imo. Maybe start by not having so many children that you can't afford to feed? Maybe that's a part of alleviating poverty?

[@danielblue4460]

The children's guide teaching slavery omitted a certain information: Who chased those soon-to-be-slaves in them villages?

[@ebierekoroye2327]

They were captured, mainly by the coastal peoples that were supplied superior weapons. . .

[@SeeLasSee]

Africans and Arabs. Anyhow, the world has more present day slaves than ever before.

[@SeeLasSee]

@@ebierekoroye2327 Europeans joined the party late. Centuries after being raided by the barber tribes themselves.

[@rodongo5221]

DW is great at making documentaries. But I couldn't connect the dots between illegal migration and slavery (the topic being explained to the kids). I somehow missed this. Or does it means that an illegal migrant is a slave?

[@spikefivefivefive]

It means that the white man is somehow responsible for everything bad in the world.

[@GladysAlicea]

A free Black child will grow up, in many cases, to become an illegal migrant slave, for nothing will sadly change when the children are adults. Beautifully made; such a tragic story. Africa's full of riches the white men took. Now, it's full of riches the Black politicians take. How can they do this knowing the history of their continent's people? I'll never understand this greed, when there's enough for all to live comfortably, if done the right way.

[@mnkwazi]

@@GladysAlicea There are a lot of heartless people in the world.

[@rhitaakhardid5792]

The act of human trafficking is a form of slavery. People who get trafficked are forced through the poverty they live in often spending money that is the representation of the entire extended family’s savings with no guarantee to what the journey will turn out to be. Many drown or get captured and returned back. Often the traffickers take advantage of them and in the extreme cases of what the fisherman described as murder as he refused to throw some people of the boat as though they are no more than ballast.

[@nanabujukwame4908]

Previously, the white bought Africans as slaves, and now economic hardship created by bad leaders and traffickers are selling Africans into slavery.

[@dekev7503]

Slavery was already practiced long before Europeans came and it was still practiced long after they left.

[@flightographist]

The first sentence from the narrator indicates they were SOLD into slavery, the indication of who the slavers were/are is explicit. The issue has been fully deconstructed, the Africans and their slave trade has been ongoing for 1300 years.

[@MyHolidayArchive]

Yes you’re right, and Africans even enslaved Europeans in North Africa at one time, which is rarely spoken about. Anything is only ever condemned now if white people are to blame. Look at the Trans-Saharan Arab slave trade, which enslaved just as many Africans, but since when has any Arab country been called out on it? Non. In fact the Arabs are still enslaving people to this day, and there’s silence.

[@dontecooper6479]

They got umbrellas in exchange for slaves? Interesting.

[@muhammed3763]

The translations are extremely off, that aside, the rest of the documentary is well produced.

[@delanym]

what music is playing in the credits?

[@lunakorme]

This was sad to watch my god bless Africa

[@thariz7730]

Okay so in regards the "lesson on slavery" at the beginning of video. Wondering who these young people are taught to hate more. Their ancestors who they r told traded their people for guns or the people with the guns trading for slaves ? I doubt they hate both equally

[@cherylk.2474]

Are the children in the class American children or are they local children?

[@tailoring3856]

There is no hate. They are taught to learn their history, so they don't make the same mistakes from the past. Teaching history is not about who to hate but learning so you don't fall into the same pit the people before them did.

[@thariz7730]

@@cherylk.2474 local to that country from what I gather

[@briopalumpus8676]

@margaret exactly

[@tailoring3856]

@margaret Is there any place in this video where that teacher told the students that your supposed fancy country is the best place to live in and not Africa or you just imagining things here?

[@valleyesogwa5058]

Some are born with privileges,some have to strive hard to become privileged,but in the end,I pray God blesses all our effort to become better and kudos to the skippers family that live in joy and harmony,God bless all the dreamers

[@lucienmossad8947]

mauritania was the last country in the world to officially abolish slavery in 1982........1 third of the population still live in slavery.....

[@dlewis8405]

It is great to see the little kids in Mauritania playing with the cellphone. Even the poorest family can afford an older smartphone. Think of how that can bring all the world's knowledge to every corner of the earth.

[@andryiad9467]

Does anyone know if they made it?

[@richardadzimah1087]

I thought only Ghanaian fishermen sing as they pull their net.

[@fatoujamba9522]

May Allah grant them very sad and heartbroken O

[@evelynjenkins1]

I'm so sorry 😞 but the first 25 seconds is hilarious. The way he started out had me thinking he wasn't gonna say something positive. But he got straight to the point it's not funny tho 😕

[@Jonas_Bro]

The man forgot to add that it was African leaders who were selling people to the Europeans in the first place. And the local chiefs accepting such "payments" for their own people does not tell anything good about them.

[@evelynjenkins1]

@Dragonji14 your absolutely correct 👏 👌

[@KnowThyself47]

Why Dont Black Africans every speak on the fact that Islam ENSLAVED,TORTURED&MADE EUNUCHS of black people 900yrs before the Trans Atlantic slave trade and its still going on today ESPECIALLY in Africa ➡️ In 2017, African slaves were freed from captivity in Libya, where their Arab masters not only raped and starved them, but forced them to drink from toilets. Groups like CAIR, which pretend to be concerned with "human rights," never lifted a finger to help them.➡️ Sahih Muslim 3901 - Muhammad trades away two African slaves for one Muslim slave. Sahih Bukhari 8:73:182 - Muhammad had an African slave acting as his chauffeur. Sahih Bukhari 9:91:368 - Muhammad had an African slave acting as his butler. Sahih Bukari 4:53:344 - Aisha learns that Muhammad has acquired slave girls as "booty" and asks for one as a maid. Sahih Bukhari 7:65:344 - Muhammad kept as slave to act as his tailor. Sahih Bukhari 2:15:103 - "I was watching the display of black slaves in the mosque..."➡️ The Indian and Persian people suffered greatly as well - as did Africans. At least 17 million slaves (mostly black women and children) were brought out of Africa by Islamic traders - far more than the 11 million that were taken by the Europeans. However, these were only the survivors. As many as 85 million other Africans are thought to have died en route. Most telling, perhaps, is that slavery is still practiced in the Sudan, Niger, Mauritania and a few other corners of the Muslim world - and you won't see any of those Muslim apologists (who shamelessly repeat the lie that Islam abolished slavery) doing or saying anything about it!

[@boxinghogg2843]

Damn as a African from Nigeria 8:51 I don't feed my goat paper/cardboard

[@helenaranaantezana6867]

What else do we need to suffer to understand that the glory remains in our countries of origin, we need to fight against ignorance, we need more education!

[@oskarkawulicz3956]

interesting

[@funfacts4704]

16th century to 1870 is not 400 years of slavery

[@bwwm7914]

Pls, Google

[@funfacts4704]

the video says slavery from 16th century to 1870 and then says its 400 years.@@bwwm7914 Pls, watch full

[@giorgimeqvabishvili8210]

Does anyone know the song?

[@cassert24]

It's a prime example of a too-complex-to-solve problem. I can't come up with any valuable remarks. Just feeling for everyone.

[@MrCityprince75]

Whats the name of the school ?

[@saimandebbarma]

😔🙏

[@payitforwardpower9910]

Cardboard for the sheep’s? That’s wild

[@divulgatrice]

28:38 can t he take the glass by himself?

[@cherylk.2474]

How horrid that the forefathers sold people, irrespective of the price.

[@KandaEzana]

The Islamic slave trade needs to be discussed more

[@lindatonui]

Did they make it across?

[@jalijali8448]

The only continent with an enormous increase in population

[@MyHolidayArchive]

Yeah that’s right, Africa’s population will double in size by 2050. Niger has the youngest median age (15) of any country in the world, with the average mother having 7 children. Niger is the poorest country in the world too.

[@spikefivefivefive]

They can't feed'em yet they keep on breeding'em.

[@knowz2367]

Doesn't Asia have a population four times that of Africa?

[@CMoore8539]

@@knowz2367 No they are having the same problem with population counts. No one seems to be having children anymore. It’s just a difficult time for the whole globe.

[@mnkwazi]

@@knowz2367 It currently has a much bigger population than Africa but not for long!

[@yugihoe4111]

Feeding the sheep cardboard..oof

[@lewisc6539]

Terrible people! 🤦‍♂️

[@briopalumpus8676]

@@lewisc6539 they cant find grass.

[@briopalumpus8676]

they are probaly drinking posioned goat milk as well.

[@gayathriGayathri-mi1sn]

😭😭😭😭 God bless them

[@obamielyseechrist7103]

what was inside the slave attenuation well ?? so sad

[@shebanadam7569]

some wrongs just can never be righted....and trying makes it even worse.

[@CMoore8539]

I agree. There doesn’t seem to be any Justice anymore anywhere. Just greed.

[@emancipatedlionm9215]

Hopefully things will become better that these young men fathers, carpenters , prospective lawyers, teachers, builders, etc etc can ignite a fire within themselves to educate themselves, build CREATE opportunities for themselves n others n save their lives. No one is saying that it is easy but we've got to try , build up our communities, towns, cities...we cannot totally depend on political officers who may be blinded themselves. Let us strive to build up our lands; get rid of this notion that europe is better. At what/ whose cost ?🤔

[@SeeLasSee]

Agreed. I hope you’re living in Africa and improving it rather than living off public money in Europe.

[@tuforu4]

THOMAS SONKARA tried.

[@emancipatedlionm9215]

@@tuforu4 indeed he did - thus his untimely death🤔

[@tuforu4]

@@SeeLasSee what about Australia.

[@kreativeforce532]

you say that like the burden is on them. if they're educated then what? will that education be valued when its in a Black mans mind and properly compensated? Or will he be disdained and given lopsided deals from arabs, europeans and east asians? Deals that maintain the poverty for all the people coming up underneath that African man and thus repeating the cycle. you see?

[@123works]

Livestock chewing card board. smh

[@BenDaeHo]

Dang thought dude say only 5 passengers. That was more like 15 smh.

[@lwscijunkie]

What do they think they'll be doing in Spain?

[@King__Tone]

12 million my ass. More like 87,000 the rest were already here

[@makara80]

…and of course encouraging (if not outrightly participating in) this illegal enterprise are the _NGO’s_ who for some reason receive only minuscule condemnation when compared to their ‘human trafficker’ counterparts / business partners… A curious disparity. 😉

[@Keithlfpieterse]

makara80: Your shoe-size exceeds your I.Q. score by far!

[@makara80]

@@Keithlfpieterse Well don’t hold back on me Keith! Feel free to demonstrate your superior intellect by elucidating as to _why_ my sobering yet pertinent observation is inaccurate… It’s more constructive that way and surely preferable to juvenile insults. 🙂

[@llJiggyFlyll]

@@makara80 NGOs are criticized all the time, so maybe don't pretend like you're the holder of secret top shelf knowledge. If they're not condemned further, well you explained it they're 'encouraging' not outright participating. Thus destination countries tend to focus on the root issue (ie the traffickers), it's really not that crazy an idea. Take a deep breath and go do something else, starting arguments in YT comments with such patronizing lukewarm takes is a poor use of time 😓

[@Keithlfpieterse]

@@makara80 : SLEEP WELL RIP VAN WINKLE!

[@makara80]

@@llJiggyFlyll Having witnessed a majority of discussions on this incendiary issue devolve into trite accusations of being aligned with the ‘alt right’ (and worse) for having the audacity to criticise NGO’s and their participation in human trafficking I stand by my observations, Hank. Alas there exist a good many folk, many wielding not inconsiderable political leverage in various countries/upper echelons of government, happy to only shine a very strategic light on this growing calamity. Naturally _all_ dramatis personae involved in this scandal should be scrutinised with _equal_ resolve if appropriate remedial action is to be taken - something that, as I say, is visibly _not_ the case in many quarters…