The Congolese Tribes Selling Weed to Survive | WEEDIQUETTE

Krishna travels to Congo to meet the mbuti pygmies, female dealers, and farmers in rebel territories who all smoke and sell weed as a way of eking out a living.
This episode of Weediquette first aired on VICE TV in 2016.
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[@antonykanithkar]

can i ask you , the lady said , noone will no or indentify am selling drugs, now you exposed her , how can she will survive

[@freekickindiansportschanne9284]

​@JaiMuhammad-hy1jtx Q ❤

[@3five771]

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@JaiMuhammad-hy1jt kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5ekY5aPZpiHZ9Usi=Ewj2OqVKYe7BQeFM

[@armonharris953]

⁠@JaiMuhammad-hy1jt0𝓹

[@nettceo8543]

"When you are hungry, you cannot be scared" this hit me.

[@zulMarong-ux6kj]

Fact🎉

[@ShouldaWaved]

The pigmies ripped me scrotumms and used it for rolling papers 😢

[@StreetStoriesEnt]

@PeteBogg cause she aint scared

[@ryantab]

Lollll​@@StreetStoriesEnt

[@Ophelia0428]

Yea it hits when your hungry also 😅

[@simpleshapes8113]

The way the tension in the room changed when the elders thought you might be there with intentions to exploit local recourses was a very eye opening experience

[@undisclosed.5x]

Very much needed given.

[@Brundlefly78]

I was expecting that to happen since these guys don't mess around.

[@zenkai8247]

That's because investigative journalism can make anyone feel uneasy. By that I mean, intentionally or unintentionally asking questions that may get them in trouble. Like at 13:13 when he asked them who buys and where do they sell it.

[@BetterCallTyrone1]

Because that’s what the yt man usual does in places where natural resources are plentiful

[@simpleshapes8113]

@@BetterCallTyrone1 Oh I’m aware my Cherokee ancestors faced it too

[@lasha9174]

Selling weed is better than selling body... gosh, this woman will go straight to heaven for saving so many lives...

[@t3hwaddledee]

Yes! I think of all the folks that would be clutching their pearls about teaching women to sell drugs instead of something else, but when kids get through school, even uni, and can’t find work back home, why not? It’s not the same as the drug dealers an American would think about…but being picked up off the street for sex is dangerous everywhere. Working the fields for veg to sell in the market is dangerous with rebel groups around, even. I am glad they’ve found a way to better their lives, connect to other women, and almost have a sort of support group where men and women smoke together and just…forget that life is hard for a bit. She’s a businesswoman, mentor, and therapist, at the very least. Respect to her - and all the women choosing ganja over prostitution in a difficult place! Others like the Mbuti as well, who are making the best of an awful situation with weed, also get all my respect. Treated like subhumans, driven from their home, forced to change their way of life…but they can at least bring in a little money with weed, plus use it as natural medicine (and I appreciate their rule to only take leaves from their own plants or the medication doesn’t work, talk about good neighbors). We are all humans. We should be treated as humans. I hope, for the sake of them, the women in Goma, everyone really, that eastern Congo sees a lasting peace that doesn’t involve the west/China/Russia making a grab for resources in return for helping to rebuild and modernize infrastructure. (oops I typed too much! but to your point, again, 1000% yes, she is an angel on earth for helping these struggling women avoid prostitution.)

[@Ralph-z1w]

🙌🙌🙌💯💯💯💯

[@nickacelvn]

Nothing wrong with drugs. In fact, they have arguably got us to where humanity is atm. It's the stupid abuse that screws us.

[@XCBOZ]

Yes weed is God's given herb! God must be very proud of that woman and any alike.

[@hokuspokus11111]

thats not weed, they cut it weeks to early they smoke plants from the plant theres no thc in it

[@lamaabbas1908]

Its amazing how the world is silent about what's really happening in congo ,thank you for giving them a spot to tell their story

[@akoamoseetave3091]

The world has done enough, from the days of Kabila till date . Congolese including Africa and Africans must be responsible for their actions . If we want to pick up arms as the only solution our problems all left to us .

[@logobogo578]

your ignorant if you didn’t know abt their war this is common knowledge pay attention in school🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ronv6326]

This about weed tho not about the real problem shi about the slaves that make half of everyone’s phones

[@akoamoseetave3091]

@@logobogo578 sorry nothing like common knowledge. The power mongers of Africa always have an excuse to cling on.

[@3five771]

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[@stillakilla]

Shoutout to the plugs who only sell marijuana. Y'all might not know but you're saving lives out here. Thank you.

[@jeffomalley100]

Lol I just go to 1 of like 20 of the dispensaries in my area. No plug can keep up with the variety of strains around let alone all the concentrates and edibles too lol. But I do agree they could be selling worse things lol.

[@sumper_man]

Nothing wrong with throwing a lil shrooms in the mix too😂

[@gaara2447]

I selled a couple gramms but am i not like getting people addicted and hurted?

[@jeffomalley100]

@@sumper_man now were talking lol

[@Jay-mp7ir]

I'd say they're more neutral as opposed to saving lives

[@tefocharlesmodise9937]

That wife runs the show for real for real...she is the commanding officer...😂😂😂

[@promiseland772]

The interviewer is the feds to her LOL

[@mb2776]

you can find similar structures all around the world, much more peacefull

[@nathanbowler6409]

She would absolutely end a life without hesitation

[@tetherblows]

"i dont smoke personally" while his eyes are bloodshot and he cant focus at all X D

[@musikman337]

Flip that role wt the man doing such and it's suddenly oppressive and slavish smh🙄😓 y'all gotta make up yalls minds mane lol😵‍💫

[@SteveBlack-u4g]

I’m from Jamaica 🇯🇲.. growing up as a young kid 14 -16 years old I had to prepare weed to sell before I go to school each day.. my family was poor.. don’t turn your nose at people everyone life’s are different..the struggle is real ❤️🇯🇲🙏 Jah bless

[@prentisdavis9781]

I hear that there is pure weed in Jamaica. Not that chemical stuff with no seeds like in the US. Is this true?

[@THEMANCURTIS]

Bless!

[@gunztommiegunz]

@@prentisdavis9781oh my, you will find seeds even in dispensary weed. They are simply growing seedless by picking all of the males before they can pollinate the females. Also the weed in America is much more pure then there other than when chemicals are used only nutrients are needed and when used we get up to almost 40% THC and it’s unheard of in Jamaica who has maybe 15-20 percent at best which will still get you lit af h

[@clixidusss__837]

@@prentisdavis9781 most of it yea..im from jamaica and i tell u them that the weed is strong strong since the land here is quite fertile due to climate. Weed has been in the rastafarian cultures for a long time thats why its very abundant in Jamaica. Weed is pretty accessible since small amounts of it aren't illegal and if u go to any urban areas and see ppl smoking weed, weed here isnt really a big deal cus its quite a norm here

[@GasBabyDee58]

@@prentisdavis9781 wait wym no seeds ? Are you talking bout weed with no seed ? Or dat other stuff like H, white, and Ice ?

[@AMYP6]

I respect the wife for protecting their family by not wanting to expose too much to VICE.

[@aceylaboy9773]

The one that says she distributes marijuana?

[@Mediocre00Rebel]

I wonder how they don't get in trouble for appearing in these videos

[@cliffbrown6478]

@@Mediocre00Rebelthey’re free people but just victim of circumstances

[@YouAreRìght-t]

​@@Mediocre00Rebel some do, some died.

[@Cubanflowers]

hi..she has already exposed... too much.. i swear i don't understand these people.. the congolese especially after everything.. leopold did to them... they still invite.. and allow.. pink people to take advantage of them..and treat them like they in zoo !.... .. be blessed

[@smokedawg3420]

The wife of the lieutenant was trying so hard to get him to stop self snitching 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mawandomendohaynes6061]

No she said he don't smoke but his high as a kite

[@KecksBarü]

That woman is not a mere wife but the commander of the house. A Lieutenant can't du nothing, the woman is the Bank as well

[@terarara189]

@@mawandomendohaynes6061 i think he is drunk

[@joel9002]

@@terarara189 crossfaded perhaps

[@jux357]

and in the end, he was open about it 😂😂😂😅

[@geffeniz]

The richest country but the poorest people..my heart cries for my motherland

[@deadhand8819]

If you cry why don't you go over there and help them.😂😂

[@EZ_Money101]

The enemy makes you forget who you are so they can own you & everything you got.

[@redmanrm1]

😂😂😂

[@sankaplays3098]

@@EZ_Money101 Respectfully, there is nothing in the Congo we want lmao.

[@alvine7117]

You make it seem like its a quick fix....idiotic comment ​@@deadhand8819

[@PatYouells]

The solider and the wife killed me. "I dont smoke weed" he said absolutely baked lol

[@BLITZftw]

😂

[@ChandlerSavage]

Seriously! I feel for them though, because weed is still illegal there and they have to be very careful about it.

[@FlipNasty1]

Homie just got what we call "gravy eyes"

[@DontFeedTheUnicorn420]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@philmcgroin]

For real, even his wife had to move his head for him!

[@dariusjohnson4554]

Them calling you white boy when you’re clearly brown is too funny 😂😂 please know she meant no harm it’s just good humor.

[@Fatherdass]

😂😂ikr, most African countries,if you are not African,you are white "mzungu"😭

[@SlickWilly-g5o]

They weren’t joking lol. First worlder= white boy

[@ner077]

ongod wth u laughin abt???

[@sheaholland9704]

He’s not black and he’s barely brown , y’all just try to identify everyone as black

[@FoxQueen13853]

Black people think if your not Black then your white. All races promote White Supremacy so to me they’re white.

[@MonkeDLoopy]

THESE are the kind of documentaries that we loved Vice for! Keep these up.

[@MIKEY1G-xk3rf]

this came out in 2016 btw

[@mfburns7909]

They've been recycling 10 year old episodes forever

[@patrickmcgovern676]

No it puts people's lives in danger and you're heartless for saying so. Just because weed is being legalized in one country,you don't go asking how it fits into your life in other countries.

[@liightsreign6024]

@@patrickmcgovern676so what happens if weed becomes legal in other places? What kind of irreversible damage will it cause as opposed to other things that are already legal?

[@missqt48]

Before Disney bought shares. Now it’s misinformation and propaganda! Don’t support the network, I only come back for the old documentaries.

[@brxan3096]

As a Kenyan, I've always found it interesting to listen to the way the Congolese speak Swahili in their own dialect. Naturally, I'm more familiar with Swahili spoken in the Anglophone countries in Eastern Africa such as Tanzania for example(even though there's still some slight differences) but with a Francophone country such as The DRC it sounds a lot different. I can still pick out a bunch of the words they say but I really have to make a conscious effort to listen closely so that I can have an idea of the context. I've known quite a few Congolese folks over the years here in Nairobi & I really hope things can get better for their nation in the near future. It sucks seeing a country so rich in resources essentially being looted for generations while most of its population stays living in abject poverty.

[@briankipsang8248]

Baana...kuna mtu nimeskia akisema ako bie

[@lucygathiri8934]

Africans belong together. We were just manipulated by "them" yk. Africans arise. Not for me but for my future generations.

[@salimmajani-vt6po]

Thank my fellow Kenyans God bless you all and our future generations,am 28 years old ,our Government does not even listen to its citizens nowadays,its very sad😢😢

[@faux4780]

@@lucygathiri8934 africans do belong together, but if you look through history, they were never together, african slaves for example were trafficked, used and transported by europeans obviously, but everyone bought from portugal, who bought from Afonso, the king of the Kingdom Of Kongo. The only reason the Kingdom Of Kongo stopped selling their own people was because slavery got abolished by the UK 60 years or so before USA, and in todays money, possibly trillions was spent to patrol the coasts, buy the freedom of current slaves, etc. the debt we went into doing this was paid off by the taxpayer in 2012 to give an idea of just how much time, money and men were used to do this. A couple decades later after the USA abolished slavery, and the main income from the major powers in africa disappeared, only then did europe start drawing lines on maps and invaded.

[@cccmmm1234]

Some of the wo4ds are even the same as Zulu and Xhosa.

[@greenviper7716]

"When you are hungry, you cant be scared" A very strong line to bear with😞

[@_UncleHector_]

It doesn’t seems like she is very hungry tho..

[@mohammedsaleh3051]

I like the Swahili accent of our beloved Congolese Love from Kenya

[@vanbeet5105]

I'm from Kenya too, and i have to say their Swahili is quite unintelligible, no doubt due to influences of other local languages.

[@Donmusty]

Ni tamu sana...nimeishi Lubumbashi for 4 years na ilikuwa inanice mbaya especially ukichanganya na hizo tanakali za sauti ya french😂😂😂

[@july23rdchild]

It warmed my Heart to hear the Congolese speak Swahili...Bantu connection

[@Holysimba21]

Of course they do it's a Bantu language...kwani nyinyi hamujui History ya kingozi jameni

[@tsungigudza8803]

I’m Zimbabwean of the Shona tribe and I also could understand their language 😊…we’re all one people ❤

[@badbrother_2023]

Haiya. Kumbe tuko wengi

[@VRNAMIBIA]

Some words sounds exactly like Wamboe language here in Namibia

[@mbatshintopo7698]

Same as Kalanga from Botswana

[@k0r0z1f]

"My most two important resources are marijuana and meat." You and me both dude. Separated by continent but together in needs!

[@willynzyoki9960]

😂😂😂😂

[@DomenicPalozzi]

Sameeee brooo I felt him

[@everythingButTheRat]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@everythingButTheRat]

@@willynzyoki9960 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thedailycheckpoint]

Except your meat is a different kind 😉

[@jaffarjafa9638]

Leautenant Muteba's wife is so intelligent. She controls what information leaks into media and try to protect her husband's reputation. God bless our African Empresses❤

[@RomeoFinance]

he seems kind of clumsy coz he's probably a big pothead🤣that part was funny

[@mnpd3]

Hubby says he doesn't smoke weed. LOL He's stoned out of his gourd as he says that fib.

[@rasngaboofficial]

Rastafari I

[@utterlyjames0]

4:36 "We got a spy!" ahh moment 😂😂😂😂

[@danielzihindula3463]

Exactly 😅

[@ishmaelholt]

He’s jeopardizing those people’s lives. How are we to know these people weren’t harmed after this interview.

[@gkrebs6636]

i totally agree...its cool to watch and all but I would hate to think what could have happened to them...not sure if we needed that

[@ishmaelholt]

@@gkrebs6636 the wife is mad because she knows that her husband isn’t aware of the situation and how it can be bad for their family, when the interviewer return to there home they are still going to be left there and who knows who will be watching this stuff. What they are doing is illegal and our consequences here differ from the consequences in their country.

[@evidencenathanael2286]

​@@ishmaelholtI

[@GCH215]

Facts

[@GCH215]

Right I think he should have seen how scared they was well the wife in stop the interview or edit that out.

[@patriciam4123]

Life is hard in such places..... Let them have their cannabis for God sake.

[@SvenZwaaneveld]

Amen bro❤

[@Retropangolin]

Totally Agree Mate.

[@Steve-ev6vx]

What I don't understand is if no one has jobs, where do people get money to buy the weed?

[@SalsaSippin_]

Too lazy to plant gardens, raise chickens and cows. Nope, sell dryyugz. 😂

[@carbonconnection2480]

​@@Steve-ev6vx just like selling anywhere.. They "Nickel and dime" it out to many different people.

[@t.b..h.n]

My brother Nzarubara Canel Bahati, may his soul rest in peace, was a Congolese living here in Kenya who died on Feb 9th, 2024, In his last minutes before death preached for peace in Congo, today i watch this with tears, May God intervene

[@pulsar3483]

May he rest in peace ❤

[@Appulseed87]

Blessings for you and your people my brother🙌🏾

[@thedailycheckpoint]

The Congolese wouldn’t accept him anyways. He has a Kinyarwanda name and they would immediately call him Rwandan even though those people had been there before the country was recognized

[@mathiassewap5069]

sorry for your loss

[@marcusmarcel3945]

My birthday day 😢

[@keny5997]

I lived war for so many years in Goma . I survived a Gun shot. Thanks God I am far from there but my family is there and i always helping them all the month. My grand mother , my cousin and uncles... very sad story. I love you my Goma , my Town ❤❤❤

[@CannabisReviewPDX]

Big respect to you for continuing brother

[@alexisdigital]

✊🏿power to the people

[@datFUNKYb]

👊

[@kar1aurent]

Sending to you and the people of Congo love and Strength.

[@keny5997]

@@CannabisReviewPDX ❤️❤️❤️

[@juniiiior999]

Im a South African Zulu man and some of these words they use, sound a lot like something in my daily zulu vocabulary, happy to see we really are close like that with our fellow Africans The nguni levol

[@catarinaoliveira5641]

I also noticed, some words from our Mozambican languages.

[@willmays4954]

Then you know, they can't have their people poaching the endangered wildlife

[@bnd8371]

it's swahili yall speaks bantu languages

[@madeinafrique2849]

I thought the same, I’m Namibian.

[@JumaAnaklet]

Bantu connection

[@stekariuki4241]

My thoughts and prayers go to the wonderful people of Congo . The world has exploited this country it’s such an evident on how greed affects humanity but one thing that’s for sure the spirit of the Congo people will always be alive

[@GuitarBldr9]

16:54 probably the first time he's ever been called a white boy HAHA

[@zethloveless7238]

To Africans he is basically a white man. Light skin is white to them 😀

[@spicychad55]

Krishna finds out he's "white" 😂

[@ahorrell]

It's not the best translation.... Mzungu means white person, but it can also mean traveler or foreigner or westerner. Although she's pretty funny, so she might be calling him white boy as a gag - Congolese people can be pretty funny

[@imweezybaby6]

what would they think of me lolol i shine when my stomach comes out...

[@WILD__THINGS]

​@@ahorrellTrue. Or they could actually mean white. To a lot of people in Sub-Saharan Africa, if you're aren't as black as them, you are white by default.

[@winniealwayo700]

That soldier and his wife😂😂😂. Iam sure He got a beating after the interview for looking back at her and talking too much.

[@jamiwedo2041]

Lmao. ,facts

[@samuelvalentine7846]

And she kept on trying to stop him from giving too much information. She a real one 😂

[@walkercramer8765]

@@samuelvalentine7846 The husband is a snitch

[@dejavually]

that was great

[@walkercramer8765]

@@samuelvalentine7846 He was snitching on himself

[@emmanuelobelogu]

Africa so rich and blessed yet so impoverished. It’s an irony that no one can explain why. Thank you for putting the poor and vulnerable people of Congo on the global stage.

[@Shamashon]

I can explain why. It’s a curse for the hand they had in the transatlantic slave trade. Also prior to that, they were the taskmasters of the strangers among them. “The negroes” but less commonly known as “the Hebrews”.

[@Kenyasmatatuculture]

Politics n africa sell outs

[@paperman9708]

"I officially pronounce you as a friend" How cool is that? It was hilarious when that lady was joking about the white boy helping with laundry. I just hope this video doesn't cause problems for any of these lovely people. They're so open and friendly to a total stranger.

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

This was over 8 years ago she has been executed

[@jonnypkedu617]

You ever thought your exposing her and stopping her hustle since its illegal ?

[@davidborboa77]

He was happy to hear that. He looked nervous when he had machete.😂😂

[@bantuvoicemuchaik.k.7715]

Dude was stone though ....🤣

[@CarmanStCovet]

📌 Dude get out of my brain 😳😂

[@shakur1459]

As a Kenyan and African seeing these beautiful people who speak the same language as me (swahili) go through hardship breaks my heart, hope they can overcome

[@danielotieno9935]

What if they were not speaking the same language as you, would their condition still break your heart?

[@Heegooat]

A remnant of the Arab swahili trade.

[@christopherbaity745]

A real reporter willing to take the risks. I commend you and appreciate your passion to spread knowledge

[@CannabisReviewPDX]

Shame this stuff is all long in the past since the heads of VICE sold out and went for the paycheck. This video is almost 10 years old and they're just reposting stuff no

[@Schlongslanger2474]

Fr fr

[@ASR0023]

​@CannabisReviewPDX yeah originally aired 2016

[@CrispinShema]

This bring tears to my eyes caus it's in my neighbour hood and it's crazy the way I can relate to every single word they are saying😢😢😢

[@onamjknm9973]

Am From congo🎉 am saying to thanks to vice for the balls to step in that territory, the rebels have occupied one of the best part of our country, masisi is a dream land from the landscape to the minerals, Congo nde Mboka 🇨🇩🇨🇩

[@javedhutchinson538]

How would you describe what life is like in other regions in comparison? Asking from Jamaica.

[@janetapun7067]

North Kivu and South Kivu are spectacular in terms of landscape they have to be one of the most beautiful regions in the world.

[@janetapun7067]

@@javedhutchinson538 life is a bit better in other regions

[@donnyhooks6970]

You're not lesser humans and we all love you.

[@3five771]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5ekY5aPZpiHZ9Usi=Ewj2OqVKYe7BQeFM

[@EXPERTENKWRITER]

I agree.

[@_The_James]

Crazy this doesn’t have more likes

[@MuhaJeyeb-kp9ee]

i agree

[@JoshuaFatman]

I was thinking the samething how sad 😢

[@peezyworld420]

The first pygmy dude is my hero. "The weed is the most important thing"

[@DrummerJacob]

"My most two important resources are marijuana and meat." My man! If im ever in the area, imma bring a goat and some papers.

[@skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251]

literally just commented that he is my spirit animal, i live in the Alaskan bush, his words hit hard and true af.

[@earth-6163]

@@skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251 spirit animal?

[@rahvilla3533]

When BRO SAID WEED IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT GIVES ME THE STRENGTH TO WORK ( I CAN HONESTLY RELATE TO WHAT HIS SAYING ) FACTS

[@mathewomolo]

they'll never get it. its so relatable.

[@MisterPhil7]

Some feel lazy afterwards

[@mathewomolo]

@@MisterPhil7 there are so many strains. Some are literally redbull. others are sleeping pills.

[@PNW313]

Y’all are not the same lol

[@rahvilla3533]

@@PNW313 😂 Dat part but I feel him

[@MahoganyRaven]

He probably has PTSD from his brothers death and the cannabis helps him get through each day, I hope he is doing ok.

[@sarak4418]

and that's what America dont understand !

[@alshatrihakimushamavu7433]

Congolese don't know about PTSD we always survive on our own. and that is the only resource that both party benefits in it (Government and population)

[@cantinadudes]

​​@@alshatrihakimushamavu7433he may not know that it is ptsd but he's still probably haunted by his past, and weed helps with that, he must've noticed that at some point. I can only speak from experience but weed really helped me. I suffered from heavy depression and was very suicidal for a very long time, pretty much since i was a small child due to trauma. Then when i was 17 i visited a friend, we climbed on his roof and he gave me a few pulls of his joint. Ever since then i've had pretty much 0 issues with suicidal thoughts. I still get a bit depressed when my weed runs out but its nothing like the hell i had to go through before so i'll take it lol

[@unabashedlyluckynerd7148]

Guess people in america never had ptsd. Tf you on about ​@@sarak4418

[@benzofrmdayeos]

The husband and wife totally killed me😂😂,it's worse if you Congolese,her reactions are killing me 😂😂

[@254Hooligan]

She is the regulator 😂… ‘Angalia mbele’

[@tweet2138]

What language was she speaking

[@meloudeaja2826]

No fr🤣🤣

[@Beetwate305]

@@tweet2138French

[@benzofrmdayeos]

@@tweet2138 Swahili

[@elijahdixon294]

Made me smile when he immediately handed the lighter back 🤣 He’s a G, made sure to give that thing back

[@saudfaisal239]

Social etiquettes are the same in the human race. Share and care.

[@digitalprazmonkee]

This was an amazing documentary! Thank you so much for making this and sharing it with the world!

[@3five771]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5ekY5aPZpiHZ9Usi=Ewj2OqVKYe7BQeFM

[@avemaria-iloveutoo]

"you're talking too much to the white man" love her lol

[@amandalivingston888]

He ain’t even white I’m confused

[@garycooper9207]

That word also means foreigner or traveler

[@mufasa1794]

@@avemaria-iloveutoo that’s ignorant. Foh u call me white we gon have a problem

[@avemaria-iloveutoo]

@@mufasa1794 Well then id recommend that you never travel to Africa . It's not "ignorant", that word doesn't exist to us. I am brown, I come from an ethnic group mixed for generations so we're classified as coloured, a lot of things are different here. Coloured doesn't mean black and anyone light skinned is called white, it's not meant to be insulting.

[@KingBerry23]

@@amandalivingston888her calling him “white” is ancestral. She knows his people were colonized

[@Krytair]

Swear I cried when he said I officially announce you as my friend. Why can the world not get along like these guys?

[@cyclingbulgarian-london8643]

You're out of your mind, wake up and smell the roses, there all high and do nothing all day

[@bunnymaher8521]

Wow , have you ever think it might be because they are restricted to go outside and treated same as everyone ​@@cyclingbulgarian-london8643

[@silviaanastan5127]

@@cyclingbulgarian-london8643 + those are serial rapists and murderers, you seriously wanna get along with them. So before coming with a judgment call, ask yourself if u d let your kids one day with those guys. If not, don't blame the people actually living there that do not want that ....

[@thrubesko3258]

@@cyclingbulgarian-london8643 Dude in the beginning said he is hunting then proceeds to place one trap and then sits down and smokes a fatty 😂

[@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070]

Because that was one friendly man in a country that still beheads people

[@koob837]

04:40 "I officially pronounce you as my friend" I love this ❤

[@OneGodYeshuah]

❤

[@Insertuserr]

that was so sweet | 🩵🥲

[@alphajayy_9832]

0:26 “No I dont smoke” *baked asf*

[@Ipussprospina]

We needa do business

[@brotherronardo6766]

Just from the title, I don't even have to finish the video. Protect them. We need these people to survive. And treat them well. Help them.

[@lefthookouchmcarm4520]

Ok. Let's go. Actually never mind. You can go. I'll stay here and spread the word. 😂

[@brotherronardo6766]

@@lefthookouchmcarm4520 you know what, me too.

[@renemanegu8554]

Am also a weed dealer

[@Earth_Angel777]

💯

[@ismailmahomed6366]

Noticed the change in character when alcohol came into the picture, when it was just weed the character was very chilled and relaxed

[@edsonnokanogueira8012]

Diference between pr*stitutes, young people with no jobs and Grown up men that are into big business. Of course the grown up dudes wouldnt be all smiles with a white dude knowing they are the prime cause the country is in the states it is.

[@vicyvic]

next time they should do cassava traders

[@musmelo_muspablo]

Smart observation 👌🏾

[@Lowshyne]

Vice just casually dropping bangers these past few days. Don’t stop y’all. I thought Vice was done for. But new owners have only improved on the content we all want to see. W vice.

[@VetranoD]

These are old episodes...

[@ariesfairy4444]

these are all old😭 they’re just now posting the full episodes here on youtube but some of these episodes are from as far back as 2016/17

[@queenbathory5288]

LOL moron is proud about reruns

[@CannabisReviewPDX]

Lol Vice has officially shut down didn't you hear? That's why you only see decade old videos being posted. They're way past doing this. I'll go to these places and film if y'all crowdfund me

[@RayBarK1]

@@CannabisReviewPDX hell yea come stay in South Africa you got a place to chill and smoke

[@kerrypierre9494]

I'm sure that there is more going on behind the scenes than this Doc. Covers but for me, I totally understand and support the people who are selling weed to feed and school their children.

[@bertinvick]

As a Congolese and from Goma this is new to me, kudos to VICE for bringing to light such stories...

[@neildavid10]

The Congolese government doesn’t tell the truth that’s why. There are too many rebels around they just point fingers at whoever they can so they don’t get blamed for this nonsense

[@procabclub7153]

It's been absolutely new to me as well.

[@shable1436]

I'm sorry that you have to deal with laws that make it illegal, I'm in US and my state has been legal for a few years, but the rich ppl make all the money selling in stores

[@flexrestorationke4975]

​@@shable1436your country called out for a ban for weed but now y'all are legalising it one state at a time yet our poor ahh countries can't legalize it anymore

[@flexrestorationke4975]

sad huh

[@CrystalGeyser69]

“When the herb is your own it will cure everything “🔥

[@hannahandthesearchforhappiness]

I feel like a portion of this video should go to that amazing woman helping all of the young women in that area. What an amazing lady!

[@chri55cott]

A lot of bosses who just need a chance

[@user-mz6sh4uo7u]

Rest in peace real Vice journalism.

[@TylerRamos-h2o]

Im really glad Krishna still works for vice he has always been one of my favorite reporters of theirs.

[@Lovell93]

Yeah VICE is a pretty biased unreliable network when it comes to politics but I do appreciate Krishna's journalism when it comes to marijuana. He does a good job.

[@TylerRamos-h2o]

@@youtubegk4105 no I’m white American lol

[@TylerRamos-h2o]

@@go_djentle I also really like Thomas Morton

[@blckcatluver]

“i dont smoke” “LOOK AT HIM THEN” im hella weak

[@roadtripghananana3113]

Alcohol is smoking him..😅😅😅😅😅

[@lungelomokoena3456]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣boss lady

[@SvenskSork]

they all look very stoned xD

[@everythingButTheRat]

@@SvenskSork 🤣🤣🤣

[@kigongowinnie4014]

😅😅😅😅

[@WestHaddnin]

Why wouldn’t they blur her face?! This is going to be broadcasted to millions of people!

[@dankduck]

Right

[@sprout1599]

what i thought

[@jeanpierremulusa5781]

Specially for the soldiers know my country this video will put the guy in real trouble please find a way to edit this part.

[@Stryver103]

the footage is from 2016

[@KriTss23]

@@Stryver103 i dont think so, they said they arrived in 1994 and the guys said it s been more than 20 years, so it s filmed in 2024

[@ebrimajarju7645]

If you are hungry, you don't get scared. They treat us as lesser humans Those lines are deep. I pray that peace reigns in the Congo.

[@alexanderlumunonakachinda2922]

Congo my heart bleeds to see such a resourceful country with such a hard time to make ends meet for an average person.

[@3five771]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5ekY5aPZpiHZ9Usi=Ewj2OqVKYe7BQeFM

[@jessicah-22]

Love to hear kiswahili language from our Congolese neighbors... As a Kenyan i didn't need translation 😂so cute 🇰🇪🇨🇩

[@sirajhassan3667]

Guka anaitwa tateku😂😂😂

[@sharongitau8727]

Haha same here. She looks like us too

[@lputaa]

Vipi bana mtuwetu 😂👋🏿?

[@shalbec3232]

That because her dialect is difference you haven't heard all the different accent especially lushi accent you won't understand well without help

[@shalbec3232]

​@@sharongitau8727 congo is diverse over 100 million ppl we don't all look the same

[@Zack-qq8ph]

24:00 thats a ride or die right there. Tried stopping her husband incriminating himself 😂😂😅😂😂

[@despisesimps5997]

That was funny lmao

[@MrDidildk]

24:50 the wife started to tell him what to say😂

[@cashmoney-jq5rw]

We know who wears the pants in that relationship 😂😂 that boy is getting the back of the spoon later

[@ellieteixeira3621]

Blame the alcohol

[@ellieteixeira3621]

😂😂

[@emmanueleboh868]

This is a lovely documentary. Big ups to Krishna for going through the dangers just to share this information to us. Great journalism

[@3five771]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5ekY5aPZpiHZ9Usi=Ewj2OqVKYe7BQeFM

[@gbolahanfadeyi2886]

Reggae star PETER TOSH said it in his song GANJA CURES EVERYTHING..Even the animals love it.

[@juvenaldasilva413]

Ganja destroy life of many peoples

[@billmuray]

The pain in his face when he told you that they killed his brother 😢

[@BillyMorry]

My full attention the whole time. Crazy good documentary. Big ups for VICE.

[@gatocomtesao4573]

She said "Im religious i dont smoke i just sell" 0:28 😂😂😂

[@Crowcryptic]

You laugh at that like it’s not common

[@gatocomtesao4573]

@@Crowcryptic Smoking marijuana is a spirit! It is of the earth "the devils land" and your selling it to others to indulge

[@KeroJahLhion241]

But she was on this highest plane😂😂😂😂

[@gatocomtesao4573]

@@Crowcryptic when have I ever said it wasn't common? I laughed at the way she said it so nonchalantly. And just because "everyone does it" dont make it right either

[@Crowcryptic]

@@gatocomtesao4573 I’m even gonna bother rn

[@mupenziii2097]

The tension in the room when the FDLR guy started talking in kinyarwanda

[@tweet2138]

Thank you for this comment! I'm sitting here trying to research what language each interviewee spoke.

[@easterbunnymomson130]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@thedailycheckpoint]

They are all FDLR lmao. I know this because even the old man broke out his Kinyarwanda when he got mad about the stones.

[@alexmutuku5698]

the lieutenant and the wife😂😂😂😂

[@rizkeppert7031]

"They come to me to escape the harsh reality of life." Smacked me like no other.

[@earth-6163]

The stoned out soldier and the sergeant wife are couple goals 😂 sh*t looks straight out of a sitcom.

[@Fatherdass]

😂😂frr

[@orvillegrant3304]

"People smoke to increase their intellect " That is so fascinating, because she is absolutely right. Jah is great!

[@leahangella]

Thanks from Uganda and so inspired by your word

[@awindaphilip]

Damn , yall almost got unalived by the chief and his people.....the entire atmosphere changed when he started suspecting you were there for the gold mines.

[@JimboJamboJames]

That was a crazy hardcore situation to be in.

[@winniealwayo700]

The fixer did well at calming the situation 😂

[@OiMate-sj1os]

​@@winniealwayo700fr he should give him some more money for potentially getting him out of some real trouble

[@bomboclat250]

guys that whole group are genocide perpetrators, you can see in their eyes guilt, shame, blood, etc

[@FakenameStevens]

"Unalived" meaning?

[@JimboBillyBob]

Someone should donate some other kinds of seeds to them and see how well they'd grow out there.

[@jumpvelocity3953]

The husband and wife were very funny, the wife is the one in command of the household 😂

[@juvenaldasilva413]

😂

[@RosscoAW]

Right, because a household is something to "command." You sound like a literal 12 year old white boy, congratulations lmao

[@keny5997]

Its always hard for me to see my people. Wa Swahili wango wa Congo suffering. I m so sad for my people . I love you , be strong. We help each other ❤️❤️❤️

[@vikramks92]

Bhangi is what we call weed in my native language, kannada (from southern India)! Amazing to know our brothers in Africa do the same!

[@sirjoelex1030]

Am from kenya 🇰🇪 and bhangi(bangi) is a swahili name for marijuana/cannabis.....In swahili it's written and pronounced, Bangi. Though Congo swahili is something else...😂

[@Uweisr]

Hio yao ni swahili french😂. kenya ni swahili english

[@bantuvoicemuchaik.k.7715]

But kiswahili yao imekuwa safi,...apart from the few french words...and native bantu words...like ikala...for stay etc...its very mutually intelligible with Kenyan Swahili

[@senpaiofsorrow5709]

The Bemba tribe in Zambia have a similar word for it, ibange

[@declobawak]

In Cameroon we call in Banga

[@munangandaadera9103]

Bangi is very important to us african is what inspiresus to think work and grow

[@StampECompany]

Here my children worry when the wifi goes down. It is incredible that this happens at the same time on the same planet.

[@KaniAbdi-bz2db]

Ironically Congo is very rich but they suffer

[@StampECompany]

@@KaniAbdi-bz2db yes the richness is not divided by everybody sadly

[@bantuvoicemuchaik.k.7715]

Someone should translate what the wife was telling the husband....she is wise and very protective and loving to her husband....😂😂i love them already

[@theoigeno2100]

You are talking to much to the white man killed me 😂

[@Benizungu7774]

He is about to talk much about the Army And it might put them in Dangerous situation!! She was trying to calm him and telling him not talk to much to the white man

[@bongumusicntuli491]

Singa Bantu straight ❤ I'm from South Africa, I'm glad I could hear nyama ( meat), Tate ( grandfather) etc.

[@mondlisibanda8257]

Yes the languages are similar. I'm Ndebele and I could pick up some words as well.

[@hypergraphic]

Yes! I lived in SA for a decade, and immediately thought of shisanyama :)

[@tsiyanebantundlovu4814]

🗣️🎙️Yup, they also say mbuzi, nkukhu.

[@simphiwedlamini3918]

I was glad to follow the Mbuti people's conversation. Naba ke baTfwa, hhayi lomfanekiso longemaSouth African Natives.

[@rubamann]

I'm surprised that Nyama(meat) is the same in your South African language (Idk which you are speaking). I love how Swahili language has some sort of tentacles all over East, Central and Southern Africa. Love from a Tanzanian.

[@dwit4354]

Give this video 5 billion views and the world would change for good

[@xaexaee]

"I only sell, I dont smoke" Eyes bleeding 0:29

[@jasperbrock8035]

Krishna getting called out as „mzungu“ (white boy)must be kind of a special experience for him. Great insights, thank you Vice

[@jorisx9426]

Mzungu means neither White nor Boy

[@sibusiso_siyer]

​@@jorisx9426 mzungu means a white person. I am from South Africa, a Zulu word for a white person is " mlungu " wich as you can see is similar to mzungu

[@RS-un7zm]

The Indian dude being referred to as white boy cracked me up.

[@primesspct2]

me too!

[@Embrrstaman]

Vice: ah ha, this is your weed , The worker: Yeah!

[@31kittykatty]

"When you are hungry, you can't be scared" - powerful and true words! On a separate note, I am not impressed with the interviewer in this video. I felt he was asking too many intrusive and incriminating questions, which appeared to make some of the people uncomfortable and likely concerned for their safety. He has the luxury of making the documentary at the expense of these poor people and flying out of the country to his wonderful life. Meanwhile these poor, vulnerable people have no where to go and God help them if they've made the mistake of giving too much information or saying the wrong thing.

[@Nathan-uo9yf]

We don’t see your ass over there giving interviews, perhaps you could do a better job?

[@Earth_Angel777]

💯

[@sbss924]

I felt the same. He basically made a case.

[@TheEmpressxoxo]

Please protect and take care of the Congolese people they deserve so much more than they are getting. ❤

[@hoke0818]

AMEN , my friend.🤔🤫🤭😁🙏

[@isiyacumedia1142]

Congo has everything except leadership, all they know is to project their problems on Foreign Countries

[@Lokey_8664]

Men, i was so scared for these reporters when they were interviewing the chief and the rebels. Then when the reporter apologized and asked to see another day is when i realized he was scared. These vice reporters are some of the bravest men and women.

[@Benizungu7774]

There is no village chief and lebels....!!!!!.his the lebels region commander... You didn't see the radio call... That is not for village chief...😂😂 And all of them were FLDR lebel commanders You didn't see they changes when the drunken man was about to masse up...😂😂

[@collinsgumba9119]

​@@Benizungu7774they still spent the night there. I'd have left immediately

[@Saber_Matrix]

All day smoking stress weed rolled in notebook paper = Brain Cell deficit & Mega Migraines

[@musmelo_muspablo]

The fact that i personally know this soldier makes me burst with joy😂😂 he's a funny guy but likes to fight alot

[@tourdumonde01]

I think he drinks a lot too lol

[@musmelo_muspablo]

@@tourdumonde01 yeap he does 👌🏾😂

[@drelocs2878]

You mean you personally know the guy in the video or someone who’s just like him? Sorry just wanted clarification 😂

[@drelocs2878]

And which one 😂

[@fortunesemwaga9852]

@@drelocs2878 read his comment lol

[@3lfruler]

"what hurts the bee, hurts the hive." This one is so sad

[@TravisMcMurray]

45 seconds in and I’m already rooting for this lady. What an amazing woman!

[@mrlee9213]

That women saying she doesn’t smoke with those eyes got me rolling 😂😂

[@mathewomolo]

its the interviewer's approach. Somethings are just better not asked. or at least ask her after knowing her well.

[@mrlee9213]

@@mathewomolo thanks for the insight. I never thought about it like that 👍

[@ThePenguin4120]

This is the type of content that made me love vice

[@3five771]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5ekY5aPZpiHZ9Usi=Ewj2OqVKYe7BQeFM

[@Thequeenjuices]

You can tell the Wife yell at him on the Daily😂😂😂. Respect

[@3dagaza]

That’s why he’s always high lol

[@yofavoritegossip2581]

18 years lol

[@Thequeenjuices]

@@3dagaza He lied and said he don’t smoke😩😩😂😂😂. I know he playing. He doing something😭.

[@3dagaza]

@@Thequeenjuices he’s capping for sure he’s on the moon in that interview 😂😂😂

[@Fido1010]

He's divulging too much information. The wife knew he's high..

[@hwyy9046]

Much respect to this tribe and the many other tribes out there with this way of living

[@callodbo4kids936]

😂😂😂 The lady calling dude a white boy lmao

[@lebohangmorake6922]

I do hope these people were duly compensated for this content. It's great to see different forms of ways of living.

[@sankaplays3098]

Yes because you can definitely walk around in the congo with alot of money..... lmaoooo

[@TheColorTheft68]

Compensated for what? They volunteered to be on this. No one was forced to talk to him.

[@zollruskin6389]

This film should win an award.

[@BeccaHetrick]

It's not a film. It's just a KZbin video...

[@zollruskin6389]

You sure went out of your way to set the record straight with your "just a youtube video" comment, which does nothing but minimize this amazing documentary. ​@@BeccaHetrick

[@haydenscott7463]

@@BeccaHetrick You're annoying stfu, It's a filmed documentary uploaded to a video site called KZbin. If they added this as a short to Netflix you'd probably be eating it up

[@omerfarukozdemir3661]

These videos are a breath of fresh air. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@JD-ip4fs]

Fascinating.. that’s all I think of. I used to work in the Industry in the States. Seeing how these people use it on so many levels from cultivating, medicinal uses, and selling to make some kind of living really puts things in perspective for me. For those of us who live in the modern world we have to be so thankful for our lives. God bless these people.

[@Boombastic82]

The modern world is actually the backward world