Shocking: Inside Tarrafal, Cape Verde in 2024

[@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.

[@gb_the_accuser]

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!

[@faisalmohamedabdulla3600]

In that case you havent travelled continent well.

[@Kaze-h8j]

What did you see that made you say that?

[@spikefivefivefive]

Because it was governed by the Portuguese.

[@timothyreardon4243]

So clean and neat. Beautiful city design. I love the rental costs.

[@dicksonnoble-osei2767]

Everywhere is clean and neat.

[@edoborasemotaasemota5459]

The whole country has less than 600,000 people.

[@bernardospinelli5588]

@@edoborasemotaasemota5459 there are way less populated countries which are well more dirty and polluted than Cabo Verde, this has nothing to do with population size

[@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 🙌🏽

[@coz2j69]

I also prefer Black women (have a Black mother and a Black father) . Respect to the Black guy in truck, for speaking positively about Black women

[@kevinkevan2403]

I also prefer black women (have white mother and white father) go figure! I live in Cape Verde, been here 4 years.

[@FlyWithVeiga]

Thank you for showing off my country 🔥

[@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.

[@jkperkins4582]

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

[@frogtraveller]

It seems that the guide took him to a place where he gets the commision. It's very touristic and there are much better places to go like Sol e Luna, or why not the food court where locals eat?

[@WorldTravelerCA]

12:50 I experience exactly the same thing when I travel in south east Asia when I’m with a local person and we meet others they start talking to each-other in their own language, laughing etc. at first it used to bother me, but not anymore. I got used to it after many years of traveling the world. I noticed this mostly happens in a Third World country when people are less educated. Similar never happened to me when I travel in Europe and North America but French speaking Quebec is whole another topic how ignorant they are even to fellow Canadians from Toronto they on purpose will speak back to you in French. Safe travels my friend please stay humble.

[@J19D82]

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

[@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 🙌🏾

[@delianatygoodwing2857]

Tarrafal has potential to be big in tourism like others islands

[@SuperhumanUnchained]

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

[@WillieFungo]

Thanks!

[@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

[@KevoUptownChicago]

That young lady is beautifully put together sheesh.

[@WillieFungo]

Which one? 😂

[@KevoUptownChicago]

@@WillieFungo the one that showed you her home.

[@WillieFungo]

@@KevoUptownChicago I agree

[@TheBlackChessAuthority]

Thanks for the insight into African culture.

[@tyronejones7341]

My kind of city !!! , clean and sparsely populated !!!!!.

[@jzk2020]

Black is black. ✊🏾🤴🏾 BL🖤CK L🖤VE .... 🗿...😎

[@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.?

[@tyronejones7341]

The city looks clean !

[@teddydavis2339]

While they babel in creole? Lol I love how clean their beaches are. That town is really nice and the buildings are well kept.

[@amariza21]

And that is a country side. I spent a couple of weeks in there in 96 and had great time. I was supposed to be there for at least 2 months, but got homesick and had to leave

[@jahlivemendes6641]

An Lost Paradise in the middle of the Globo 🌎, Cape Verde, the most Amazing country that GOD CREATED .

[@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.

[@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.

[@G_zuz]

Basically, yes. Even capeverdeans living in USA get slightly more obese

[@HappyRareGrooveMan]

Sal is a nightmare for persistent people trying to sell you cheap goods, i know they are trying to make a living but the buy buy come to my shop ( a tin shed) was relentless, Boa is more chilled .🎉 Enjoyed your video 😊

[@bernardospinelli5588]

Harassment of people who "look like" foreigners or tourists is a nightmare that puts off many foreign visitors and residents in CV, and this is particularly true (and very damaging to the goal of promoting the country as a tourist destination) in Sal and Santiago. Also true that in Boavista the harassment is somewhat milder and this plus the natural characteristics of that island makes the visit to Boavista far more enjoyable.

[@peterlawrence3152]

Would like to visit. Really looks amazing.

[@gunwu9084]

Very clean and neat country. Looks as if its somewhere in Southern Europe. It deserves more tourism I think.

[@marcioluis3829]

Southern europe ? Where exactly ?

[@gunwu9084]

@@marcioluis3829 Not an existing place that I know of, but the architecture looks Portuguese with some Canary Island influence in it as well as it is as colorful as in the Caribbeans.

[@marcioluis3829]

@@gunwu9084 There is no place in Southern Europe that looks like Cape Verde not even the Caribbean. These people go to one island and start making assumptions of some place they never heard about.

[@gunwu9084]

@@marcioluis3829 It reminds me of Portugal, Canary Islands and Caribbeans at least. And I have checked for a vacation there already, so I knew the place, but only the main tourists spots.

[@marcioluis3829]

@@gunwu9084 Yeah only the tourists spots of sal island

[@alanmacmillan6957]

went to sal recently and although it is a culture difference from regular western countries the people were friendly and as good as gold. on the food and some other aspects ..... practically everything is imported.... so you have to take that into account when it comes to the cuisine. I had chicken in espargos which was nice, but a lot of other places - ok maybe not great but its spent days if not weeks on a ship coming in. if you want something local and fresh you gotta have the fish.

[@koreanstallion]

Thank you!

[@seriouslyfly110]

Love the content Brother!

[@WillieFungo]

Thanks!

[@jewelniles4041]

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

[@arthurminck5464]

❤ Unbelieveble what was so shocking.....🤔😅

[@kxcabral]

The girl at the beach was asking them if they are looking for a drink! And to come tomorrow for a drink where she works at.

[@s1rmunchalot]

I have had African girlfriends, I can tell you that many African men insist on speaking their language deliberately not just to exclude foreigners but also to berate African women from being with foreigners... yet African men consider it a status symbol to be with western women. Of the African women I have been with in this situation only one, a woman from Rwanda stood up to the men, kept speaking English, and told them to go mind their own business. It's very likely your 'guide' also considers himself to be your self -appointed chaperone because many African men know that African women behave quite differently toward 'foreign' men when there are no African (local to them) men around. Not all African men are like this, but enough of them are to make socialising a tense situation for African women. The fact that your skin colour is the same does not mean to them what it seems to mean to you, they still see you as a foreigner, of course the difference is that from a distance they can't tell that you are a foreigner so easily. Racism is colour blind, it can affect anyone of any ethnic background and it exists all over the world especially in areas where there is a lower standard of living and education.

[@WillieFungo]

@@s1rmunchalot Fascinating insights. Thanks

[@WillieFungo]

I've also noticed that African men will only introduce foreigners to local women if there is a financial incentive-- ie visa seekers and sex workers. They will very rarely introduce foreigners to quality, normal women in the society To be fair, I'm sure similar dynamics exist in Europe, Asia or anywhere else. What surprises me is how it transcends skin color.

[@s1rmunchalot]

@@WillieFungo Yes, it is less about skin colour than ethnicity and social status. There is a difference between the perception of hospitality and social acceptance, they tend to think in terms of extended familial groups - they call each other 'brother' and 'sister', older women are Momma. A stranger is just a distant relative you haven't met yet. Being unhospitable is considered rude and low class. They will smile, offer food, help you find things and places but they guard the women they might have a potential interest in... again as you say.. this isn't limited to African men. My wife is a Filipina, it's very similar in the Philippines. In western mentality you marry a woman, outside of the west you are marrying the family. In the west people are concerned with propriety and outward respectability, African men don't care if the women sneak off for some 'fun time' as long as they are discreet, they do care who a girl might bring back to the family, very much so.

[@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

[@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

[@jacobsalihu4721]

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

[@LuisNeloFonsecaMonteiro]

Just search Sal island or Boa vista island u will find the same hostels and resort u find in canary islands or pints cana, or Cancun

[@willankhatter]

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

[@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,

[@theoracle6881]

Nice video but invest in some better sound equipment that wind is so loud it hurts my ears cause I got my volume turned up because it's hard to hear you talk, new subscriber looking forward to more videos!

[@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.

[@gunwu9084]

@@WillieFungo French speakers? Then they might be migrants from Senegal not?

[@marcelogamboa2742]

@@gunwu9084also because many people from Santiago have lots of relativies living in France

[@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

[@airwolf8915]

Are there any beer bars, what about night life ?

[@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

[@fredfells209]

Your tour guide friend single? 😂

[@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

[@johnice099]

the Cape Verdean people do not joke with cleanliness I did not see a single piece of paper or trash on the ground and I noticed that there are only recent or new cars

[@amariza21]

It used to be bad in the 80s abd early 90s, specially in praia. But yes, Cape verde is very clean. If that country had natural resources, it would've been the capital of africa. Hard working people and less corruption throughout Africa

[@bernardospinelli5588]

@@amariza21 it is very true that if Cabo Verde didn't lack in basic natural resources like water it would be a very developed country. Cabo Verde is a true democracy and they have everything they need in terms of institutions

[@amariza21]

@@bernardospinelli5588 and they also have European mentality

[@bernardospinelli5588]

@@amariza21 European like what? Swedish? Hungarian? Albanian? "European" is a tremendously broad term and sorry, albeit the Portuguese have left a strong imprint in Caboverdian mentality your statement is very innacurate (and I'm not implying European is "good" and non-European is "not good", I'm just saying caboverdian have their own mentality and it's not similar to what you generally find in the old continent, regardless of where in the old continent).

[@boalifevida7212]

Willie do you live in Cape?

[@twomp1162]

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

[@barkleysucesso]

The mini buses are not called "alugueres" like you said...."aluguer" means "rent". They are called "Hiace", which is the model of the car by Toyota. They have the sign "aluguer" on it, which means either they era rented or you can rent them to bring you to the other cities and places on the island

[@augustineaduboampong3257]

Difficult to read the inscriptions. It would have been good if they are in black instead white as the background is also white.

[@26-TC545]

unseasoned rubber 😂😂😂😂

[@theresaandrade5708]

It's not Cape Verde, its Cabo Verde. It's been renamed since 2013. Cabo Verde asked the UN to be referred to by it's original name and not the Anglican Version.

[@LeahTVdotcom]

kool

[@1nicostocklin]

The Sound really sucks.

[@christopherouko1187]

Nice content, very educative! You may want to wipe your camera lenses.

[@ArianaVaz]

Cabo Verdiano sempre fala criolo independentemente do país que vive. Não é nada pessoal contra as pessoas é algo normal para nós. Mas eu intendo que é desconfortável para quem não intende. Mas sinto que não pessoas que falam inglês não se esforçam muito para aprender outras línguas e depois querem que as pessoas dos países que visitam falem inglês com eles sendo que nem toda a gente sabe falar inglês. Mas de qualquer normal de facto cabia ao guia turístico traduzir.

[@WillieFungo]

English is a "lingua franca" or international language. Even when tourists come from China or Japan, they will speak English. It is completely unreasonable to expect tourists who only visit for one or two weeks to learn your language. People always try to impose silly expectations on Americans that aren't expected from anyone else.

[@ambconstrucao3770]

Dude, 12 Euros for that? I sell that in Fogo for 6 Euros and better restaurant environment. I am not sure who your guide was, but they were killing you. hahaha

[@thomasdane1781]

The girl on the beach... Perhaps it is because the women become shy when they have to speak in English and are afraid of saying something wrong

[@kellyandrews8161]

There are plenty jitneys.

[@kensurridge4598]

Too much wind blowing over your microphone.

[@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.

[@lazerlabmusic]

You really need to get a better microphone.

[@andreasnystrom1998]

So where is the part that is shocking? Lot of click bait on your channel, too bad........

[@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.

[@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

[@Demarcointuit]

Seems like he was playing you. I have come to expect a little hate from local guys no matter what African country I visit. It appeared young lady was interested in you before he sort of hijacked the convo.

[@WillieFungo]

Facts

[@bgreg6069]

What's the official language there? What money do you use? Is it safe for a white european to go there for holiday?

[@kevinkevan2403]

Official language is Portuguese, but they have their own Creolo. Money is escudos, can use dollar and euros. I am a white guy from America, been living here for 4 years. Never had a problem, people are very friendly.

[@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.

[@Simphiweful]

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

[@migpow]

Of course we are Europeans... 😅

[@kellyandrews8161]

Is French the official language?

[@chryzzzs]

no Portugueses

[@StuartAinsworth]

@kellyandrews8161 no, Creole.

[@luisfilipe316]

​​@@StuartAinsworth Isso do creolo, é reconhecido pelas Nações Unidas, ao menos? Até tem vergonha de dizer que falam português...NO APTO.

[@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,

[@russelfisch4201]

Unprofessional sound quality, boring presentation and no sense for the beauty of that island. There is no reason to watch this video to the end...

[@WillieFungo]

Adios!

[@augustineedu-poku2412]

Always negative. 😢

[@WillieFungo]

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

[@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 👎🏾

[@gameplayglobe268]

I'm so confused by this accent, first time here. Are you a white man in black man skin? lol

[@kxcabral]

😅

[@pauladam2853]

Perhaps you should make an effort to speak their language. Have some respect.

[@WillieFungo]

@@pauladam2853 Spoken like someone who has never traveled a day in his life.

[@phlando2155]

The video is nice but your argument about people speaking a different language you don't understand is not necessary. And come on! Shocking: Inside Tarrafal, Cape Verde in 2024? you are being dramatic.

[@kevinkevan2403]

Funny story, I am always asked what language I speak, mostly French, Portuguese, German, sometimes English. I tell them no, better to speak to me in Creolo, I understand them better! Then they ask if I am Cape Verdean.

[@chrisb4629]

You make great content however you have a penchant of talking negative about Africans. When you go to Russia or France do you ask them to speak English. You ain’t no boss to dictate what people should say and the language they speak.

[@WillieFungo]

​@@chrisb4629 If i have a tour guide, i will absolutely expect him to speak English or translate, otherwise im exiting the situation. You don't even understand the point im making, so save the lectures.

[@pablobilbao9258]

This does not look like an African city.

[@kxcabral]

It’s because it’s a Island 😅

[@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

[@standardprocedure7017]

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

[@geraldinechinenye7432]

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