Shocking: Inside Tarrafal, Cape Verde in 2024

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In this video, we will take a walk through Tarrafal, the third largest city in Santiago, Island. This will be a deep dive into the lifestyle of the Badiu black Cape Verdeans.
00:00 -- Introduction
01:11 -- Traveling to Tarrafal
03:35 -- Arriving in Tarrafal
08:06 -- The main beach
13:12 -- The city center
24:26 -- Getting lunch
26:40 -- Meeting a new friend & returning to Praia

[@earthq3945]

lovely content but uppity when you argue they dont speak english when you are in THEIR country... like what do you mean bro? Some blacks have become uppity like the wyt man themselves living in the west

[@WillieFungo]

I'll tell you what I mean. When I pay someone to show me around, I expect them to speak in a language we both understand or translate the speech of others. When I go to dinner with large groups (3 or 4 people, typically at my expense), I expect them to communicate in a language we all understand if they are able. This is not too much to ask. It's actually basic manners and hospitality.

[@yungbfresh1]

He saying a guide should be considerate to his client. Its rude and inconsiderate to pay someone and they are not including you in the conversation with locals. I would be irritated as well.

[@jewelniles4041]

​@@WillieFungoif you want to live there do you have to leave the island every 90 days???

[@rootz2go]

@@jewelniles4041 They have a 1 month tourist visa and then you can extend it to 3 months if you want but they will be slow with paperwork. You can also apply for a long term 6 month visa. Honestly, if you overstay your stays, they charge you between 0-100 euros when you leave which isnt too crazy

[@WillieFungo]

@@jewelniles4041 No. You can renew your visa while in the country.

[@MishaElRusito]

This must be the most beautiful african country I've seen. Thanks for the video!

[@dicksonnoble-osei2767]

Everywhere is clean and neat.

[@jkperkins4582]

YOU are hilarious, that description of your dinner was phenomenal! And that meal was $15!

[@SuperhumanUnchained]

Great video thanks for the upload hit that like button and I love cape verde

[@WillieFungo]

Thanks!

[@seriouslyfly110]

Love the content Brother!

[@WillieFungo]

Thanks!

[@jewelniles4041]

​@@WillieFungoif move there to live do you have to leave the island every 90 days?

[@koreanstallion]

Thank you!

[@Slopes92]

I’m loving your work because it presents unbiased points of views. I hope that you have more videos coming out 😊. The Buzio have different levels of tenderness, I myself like it to be on the softer side as well, most of the times I ask if they make it that way, it’s not standardized yet(tenderness varies by restaurants) ps: Add a bit of hot sauce you’ll be in paradise. It’s meant to be cooked with solely its marine flavor to transmit the elements of the ocean: water and salt. In terms of the drinks that you saw in Carla’s house, most of them seemed to be ponche. We collect a lot of our national drinks, some times they seat there for generations and only open them in special occasions.

[@jacksonjoseph8563]

WILLIE FUNGO: Please continues with the tremendous amount of good works. Cape Verde also as Known Cabo Verde 🇨🇻. I could relates with your Cabo Verde KZbin Video Story. Thank you so much. WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 2024.

[@TheBlackChessAuthority]

Thanks for the insight into African culture.

[@mrbless1569]

I enjoy watching your videos when time permits. I'm trying to decide whether to bring my business to one of the countries in Africa. I want to connect with local governments in a few countries. Thank you and keep up the good work 🙌🏾

[@willankhatter]

11:36 😂😂😂 "so I left" balls💪🏽 It ain't no people there, very empty 😮

[@jacobsalihu4721]

Is it a holiday distanaton? Could you show the commercial district please?.. thanks

[@J19D82]

@willie fungo the monkeys were first introduced from guinea Bissau and they multiplied... You can only find wild ones in Santiago island

[@KevoUptownChicago]

That young lady is beautifully put together sheesh.

[@WillieFungo]

Which one? 😂

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

Tarrafal has potential to be big in tourism like others islands

[@kellyandrews8161]

There is too much concrete and asphalt. There is greenery but more needs to be intertwined with the buildings and street. It is a clean quiet country,

[@rexx9496]

Love the type of bodies on these women. Slim but curvy at the same time. I ran across 3 young black Cape Verdean women while I was in Portugal and they had that same type of slim-thick body type. It drives me crazy. Not like the black American women who are mostly obese.

[@billyhorton5779]

That would be from eating their local food and diet with lots of walking. American black women overeat, to much fried unhealthy foods and too little exercise.

[@julimorgado7229]

Let me know next time when you want to go to Cape Verde I will come with you and introduce you kept very to you the way you never seen it before

[@ellieteixeira3621]

The girl, said she works in the restaurant by the beach, today is her day off…they never ask for a drink.. maybe you should consider get new tour guy this one is funny, doesn’t know enough English to translate. Praia is my birth island 🏝️❤ 🇨🇻 🇺🇸🙏🏽

[@WillieFungo]

The girl said "drink" in English. And my guide confirmed that's what she wanted.

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

@@WillieFungo Wrong. She was saying that she works at that restaurant over the hill. That today was her day off, and that you could stop by for a drink tomorrow, her day in. She is trying hard to gain customers for the place where she works. A great employee. Obs: Your guide is horrible. If you want to get to know a city well, you have to get a guide from that city. cannot be a guide from a different city or island

[@WillieFungo]

@@delianatygoodwing2857 Ah ok. That makes sense.

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

@@WillieFungoThat bar has a great view. You should have gone there. Even just for support

[@ellieteixeira3621]

@@WillieFungo yes I understand that drink can be like water, juice, coffee, etc! for these young women to get to know you that’s all “ none alcohol” thank goodness brother, you doing a great job around Africa 1luv 🙌🏽

[@alfredmcarroll7229]

Do you have any interest in doing a set about Mwanza, Tanzania? It is the second largest city in Tanzania. Rock City is it’s called. Indians, Arabs

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

The low population is killing many cities in Cape Verde. Even clubes in tarrafal just open in summers because is when there’s more internal tourism. Summer and January 14th

[@Geoduck.]

Lovely island and Cape Verde music is great. Been enjoying this content. Is English comprehension uncommon on Cape Verde? It's understandable the young lady spoke her language but your guide should have translated. Although both young ladies were cute her eyes were suspicious IMO not someone safe to hang out with.

[@WillieFungo]

@@Geoduck. English comprehension is very uncommon. It's easier to find French speakers than English in Santiago.

[@esmaelhbr]

she was trying to sell you a drink, she works the next day after 12pm. she was just inviting you to the restaurant where she works.

[@bernardospinelli5588]

yeah, the way the situation was depicted seemed quite odd, as if she was "buy me a drink" was an euphemism for other things like usually "buy me a drink" means in many places... but she was just explaining about the drinks you can have at the beach

[@twomp1162]

Like your vlogs. To much wind noise in the back ground.

[@kellyandrews8161]

There are plenty jitneys.

[@julimorgado7229]

And I speak five language 85% my language from Cape Verde and the rest I speak them really good I live in Iceland for 33 years now but I have been to Cape Verde 18 times😊

[@willankhatter]

Do you speak English the same way you write it.?

[@1nicostocklin]

The Sound really sucks.

[@julimorgado7229]

Hey bro I am from Cape Verde Islands I live in Iceland you said how did Monkeys get to Cape Verde Cape Verde used to have a lot of kind of animals the weather changing we lost a lot of them

[@animemvp9862]

Are you sure your from Cabo Verde?😅 Im from santiago island and i have á monkey pet, its never wrong to ask question before you say some dump sht. If you wanna know how i got the monkey just ask me😅😅

[@julimorgado7229]

@@animemvp9862 sim mi e de sáo vicent bo sabe ale English perece ke nao

[@julimorgado7229]

@@animemvp9862 because if you would understand English you won't understand what that I write there read and understand before you talk

[@animemvp9862]

@@julimorgado7229 this is your words. Cabo Verde used to have lot of kind of animals the weather changing we lost a lot of them 😭. Who the fock toll you that?

[@julimorgado7229]

Well and that is right we used to have a lot of them stop raining and that's what happened we lost most of our animals but that's actually many many years ago

[@geraldinechinenye7432]

U lie, cotonou hv this kind of streets and its very clean

[@kensurridge4598]

Too much wind blowing over your microphone.

[@26-TC545]

unseasoned rubber 😂😂😂😂

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

Presidente câmara ranja mas mercadinhos em cada zonas e tra vendedeiras riba passeio Pelo amor de Deus

[@z3llc423]

Ntem serteza ma tem merkado pá akomoda tudu kez vendederas ki sta usa passeio. Problema pobri e pobri até di espírito. E kel kultura di mizeria ki pessoas gosta di kultiva ainda ki bu ofereses tudu kondisoes. Sinseriamente e um vila bastanti aprazível, maz pessoas ka ta djuda.

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

@@z3llc423 Mas autoridades ka existe? Tá fica mesmo feio kês pobres coitados de mente lá tá invade passeio. Ami é contra isso

[@z3llc423]

@@delianatygoodwing2857 Autoridadi ta existi sim. Sertamenti djez txumado atensao. Problema e Camara Municipal ka sta faze esforsu di traz di rua ku medu di perdi votu y adversario usal a se favor. Infelizmenti tudo sta poliitizado oji. Mi tb e kontra di pessoas ta bende na rua.

[@agnesmacharia6055]

But seems like very quiet and beautiful country their are no street people like ghetto or something very different country in Africa compare to others African countries

[@DjallonkaBadiu]

There are ghettos in the city. You don't know what you're talking about.

[@lazerlabmusic9625]

You really need to get a better microphone.

[@factsnotfeelings3247]

Lose that guide, he does not want you to connect with local women.

[@marcioluis3829]

Why women lol ?

[@factsnotfeelings3247]

@marcioluis3829 it's called "kock blocking" and insecure men do it.

[@WillieFungo]

​@@factsnotfeelings3247 Right. A lot of these dudes seem to see foreign black men as a threat. As soon as a woman enters the picture, they refuse to translate anything and switch to their local language.

[@WillieFungo]

@@la1130 You don't know me bro. This whole channel is about understanding local cultures. But being in a foreign country and respecting their culture doesn't mean you have to submit and take everyones B.S.

[@eddietee6305]

I remember Carla. She doesn't think she from Africa. Strange. Black Uhuru sings: The whole world is Africa/but is dividend into continents/states

[@jbrobele]

Will you are a gentleman, I would have immediately fired that guide. Complete lack of courtesy given the situation. I personally have zero patience for brainless activity like that. Not to mention it poses a huge safety risk. They could have easily been plotting to set you up.

[@bernardospinelli5588]

Cape Verde is pretty organised and neat, somewhat safe and that's cool, but professionalism is still a mostly unbeknownst concept, in this regard the country still has a long way to go

[@kellyandrews8161]

Is French the official language?

[@chryzzzs]

no Portugueses

[@mahamaedmusa]

your white girl friend carla is with you again,you always wst africa whic country you have been to in west africa except nigeria,

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

Péssimo guia, péssimo. Vocês nem foram a Ponta de Atum e nem visitaram o lugar onde os surfistas fazem artes tradicionais. Esperava mais desse vídeo

[@chryzzzs]

muito ruim mesmo 👎🏾

[@Simphiweful]

Cape Verde people they can't survive in SA I mean they think they're Europeans 😢

[@wongawongs8385]

Why do you bother with a guide?? Just go and explore on your own…… if you get lost your phone will sort it out

[@augustineedu-poku2412]

Always negative. 😢

[@WillieFungo]

No, my videos are always neutral. You might focus on the negatives because of personal insecurities.

[@standardprocedure7017]

It is our responsibility to speak a/our common tongue. Embarrassingly, English (and specific our European ones) are tarnished colonial/imperial language.

[@metromoob]

Go to São Vicente I heard there is where the most beautiful woman are

[@WillieFungo]

That's where the lighter skinned women are, so I guess it's a matter of consumer preference. 🙂

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

Lol lighter skinned women’s are not synonymous for beauty in Cape Verde. All islands have lighter skinned. But light skin are the ones that immigrate the most.

[@johnice099]

@@WillieFungo be careful in são Vicente the colorism is very high

[@notimeforfakes1609]

Why they don’t Go to your country? Yall think cap verde women are bitch or what

[@esmaelhbr]

@@johnice099 be careful? believe me no one is going to attack you in cape verde based on your skin color. all of the island have dark skin people.

[@Simphiweful]

Police brutally in Cape Verde wow black people jst cannot be free

[@WillieFungo]

@@Simphiweful I would assume it doesn't have anything to do with race