The Imraguen people: the skilled sailors of the desert | SLICE

Situated in both North and West Africa, Mauritania is three-quarters desert and one and a half times the size of France.
North of Nouakchott, covering an area of 12,000 square kilometres, the Banc d'Arguin is home to unique fauna and flora. It is there, in this sandy universe with its windswept mud flats, that the Imraguen people, an exceptional society entirely based on the sea, live.
As rugged as the desert they have learned to survive in, the Imraguen people are known for integrating into their community anyone willing to learn their ways. The saying goes that you aren't born Imraguen, you become it.
That means a chance for Hamada, an apprentice fisherman from Nouakchott, to learn a new profession.
Extract from the documentary: “Today in Africa - Mauritania”
Direction: Julien Naar
Production: Bo Travail !, Voyage & TV5 Monde
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This Is A Amazing Way of Life........ God's Blessings 2 All...... Watching from Catonsville Maryland USA East Coast

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Thank you team Slice! I'm hooked on your videos. They're a perfect wind-down.

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love the overdubs the man is a legend

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i just love sailboats ⛵️

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fantastic view from above...and beyond,...incredible living when the land is three-quaters desert.....👀 Thanks, i appreciate every docu. around the World 🙏

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This one is very good video quality thank you. Story is strong with the people.

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Beautifull images 👍👍

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That place is gorgeous!

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Beautiful documentary.

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0:39 slow mo is epic

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Long live my people, I can't wait to get back.

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Why are they so lazy? Don’t they want to advance?

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Lazy !!!!! No sir You are the lazy ignorant people, sitting silent while one percent in slave you every day. These proud people answer only to Allah and their dignity. Just stay away far away! Waleed Kuwait the arabic

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You should go to Mauritania and see. There are many hard workers there

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Great documentary.

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Beautifull

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Ubarikiwe..

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Really amazing! But I was expecting to see some dolphins action, lol.

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Very nice movie

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once it was called passing on tradition, today we call it intellectual property 😎

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These people are Moors or Berber. You can tell from their name. Imraguen.....

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B

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Mahurim or Maharin...westerners

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[@YouTubeUzername]

This guy wants to be a fisherman and cant swim?? Wth???? Why not start with swim lessons first?

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Historically European fishermen and seamen in general couldnt swim either, it seemed it was the norm until contemporary times.

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@@louisazraels7072 Bro, thats wild!

[@freedomfreedom6544]

Non of these guys seems to be enthusiastic about fishing like western fishermen. The fish they catch is considered bait here. No wonder they live in boxes.

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@@freedomfreedom6544 this is what's called subsistence fishing in a lot of poor countries, even getting proper fishing lines and hooks isn't easy in small villages in the Sahara,