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Pilot Guides 02x12 West Africa - Benin Burkina Faso and Mali
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00:00No, I'm not in France. I'm in West Africa.
00:12I'm traveling through three countries where the continent's dominant two cultures,
00:16Arab and Black African, meet.
00:18And where the common language is, Monsieur, un café, s'il vous plaît, French.
00:30Just south of the Sahara Desert, the three former French colonies of Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali
00:44cover some of the toughest traveling terrain in West Africa.
00:53From Ouida, my journey takes me to Benin's capital, Cotonou, then north to Naritengu.
00:58I then travel to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso,
01:03and on to Gorongoram before entering Mali and the ancient city of Djene.
01:08Passing through Makti, I end my journey in Timbuktu.
01:12Independent from France since 1960, the former kingdom of Dahomey, now Benin,
01:30was once notorious as the slave coast of West Africa.
01:33The center of that trade was Ouida, once a thriving port where slave traders built colonial mansions
01:42and where reminders of the past are ever-present.
01:45The destiny of one family has been more tied to the slave trade than any other here in West Africa.
02:03The patriarch of that family came here from Brazil in 1788
02:08and administered the slave trade for the king of Dahomey.
02:12He amassed a great fortune.
02:14He organized the slave trade better than anyone else had,
02:17and his name was Dom Francisco de Souza.
02:23Prosper de Souza, a direct descendant of the de Souza family,
02:27proudly showed me around the compound,
02:29which today stands as a monument to Ouida's most influential family.
02:33Francisco, who became viceroy of Ouida,
02:41was responsible for the export of hundreds of thousands of black slaves to the Americas.
02:50His descendants still wield enormous respect in Benin
02:54and are reluctant to condemn their illustrious ancestor.
03:00Prosper told me that the family still views slavery
03:02as an act of charity.
03:04Rather than executing prisoners of war,
03:07they would be sold into slavery.
03:10Yours is the most respected family here on the coast,
03:12and I'm just curious to know if you feel at all guilty
03:18about the past of the de Souza family.
03:23The black man, he said, is physically very strong,
03:26so the boats would be loaded with double the number of slaves.
03:29The slave traders thought they could survive the trip,
03:31but nearly half those transported died in the hold.
03:41This is the other side of the story.
03:44This is called Slave Road.
03:46Well over a million people were led down this road at night
03:49so that they would feel disoriented.
03:51And those who survived the trip across the ocean,
03:54well, they became the slaves in the new world.
03:57Well, they became the slaves in the new world.
03:57And those whose semble penguins were led to the lands of the dead king.
04:08Can you ever see a village of the lord Ridson vs Cleveland,
04:12the cós from the zoo?
04:13I bet that I loved it.
04:14I would deal with it at night.
04:15Do you believe that these have been the next day behind it?
04:16Not any parents?
04:17Or do not listen to any parents?
04:18The ghost Natasha 3
04:19About the death of п?
04:19That's the death of the monarch of the dove now,
04:20and no matter what they came out in the country.
04:20These have been the other horizons.
04:23It might look like a beach resort,
04:25but it's hard to forget the ghosts of the past.
04:31These French Kelowna buildings have been in decay since independence in 1960,
04:35but this one here has been renovated recently,
04:37and now it's a sweet little hotel called the Auberge de Grand Popole.
04:41All this for only $18 a night.
04:53Very good, considering you get the ocean right outside your door,
04:58four-poster bed, and the very essential mosquito net.
05:06To be honest, West Africa is the first place I've ever been to
05:09where I'm taking the risk of getting malaria very, very, very seriously.
05:13I'm actually going to complete the entire round of malaria pills
05:16that the doctor prescribed.
05:18These are larium. They make you feel horrible,
05:20but you have to take them.
05:22And if you can't afford this, there's a camping place
05:26run by the same people right next door, and that's only $2 a night,
05:29and they'll also give you mosquito nets for free.
05:32Now, the pièce de la résistance of this wonderful room.
05:43Flushing toilets!
05:44Toilets!
05:48If you want a decent room, which you normally do,
05:50I think if you're on your own, otherwise it gets very miserable.
05:54It's about...
05:57It's maybe £10 a night, really, in English money.
06:01You can sleep on the roofs of the hotels.
06:04That's generally a hell of a lot cheaper than sleeping in the rooms.
06:07If you hang around the markets,
06:10then people will offer you accommodation very cheaply.
06:16Behind the beautiful beaches of the coast
06:19lurks a more sinister side to Benin's culture.
06:22So, why is Benin called the poison capital?
06:26Poison is something that's in people's mind.
06:28I mean, it's a daily occurrence.
06:31People don't die of a natural day?
06:32Never.
06:33There's always a reason.
06:34Bonjour.
06:35Bonjour, Philippe.
06:37You always die of...
06:38Even if you're dead, very old in your bed,
06:40people go,
06:42something's fishy there, you know.
06:43Really?
06:44Yes, of course.
06:45For example, see, he brought the bottles closed
06:48because if they were open, nobody would touch it.
06:52So, this is a lively example.
06:54So, you always receive your bottles closed, you think?
06:56That's right, yeah.
06:58What are some of the ways that people poison people?
07:01Well, the one I find most exotic is the...
07:04how to kill people at distance with a butterfly.
07:07If I want to kill you, I'll steal a piece of cloth
07:09that has been in contact with your body,
07:12and then I'll make sure that the butterfly lays its eggs in that cloth.
07:17And so, when they hatch, they have your smell in their brain.
07:21So, then I take the new butterflies,
07:23I put poison on their little claws, and I let them go.
07:26They go after you.
07:27And then, for a few days, a few weeks, or whatever it takes,
07:30they come and land on you, scratch you, go away.
07:32And after a short while, you're dead.
07:40Along with slaves and the drum, Benin's other export to the New World was voodoo,
07:45the animus belief system known to whites as black magic.
07:55Today, Benin remains the cradle of this religion.
07:58Worshippers make animal sacrifices to honor the voodoo spirits.
08:02Blood is dauged onto the feet of those who want a special favor from the gods.
08:22This isn't your standard tourist event.
08:24Services like this can be bewildering, to say the least.
08:28And you'll need a local contact to get you in.
08:33The most extraordinary part of the ceremony
08:35is the possession of the dancers by the voodoo spirits.
08:38And the beating of the drums creates the rhythm
08:41that allows the worshippers to enter into a trance.
08:58The fits of trembling and convulsion symbolize the eviction of the person's soul,
09:08and the entering of the voodoo spirit.
09:19Once awakened, the possessed person remembers nothing of the event.
09:23As we left Grandpapo, we came upon the river-borne funeral of a man
09:40whose swollen corpse was proof to the community of death caused by voodoo spirit.
09:45I was told that the man was a thief and had therefore become a victim of voodoo.
09:52I asked why the corpse was swollen and if the man had been poisoned,
10:04but he assured me it was definitely a voodoo spell.
10:11I headed for the capital city, Cotonou.
10:28I was told that the man had been poisoned.
10:34Seventeen years of communist rule, which ended in 1988,
10:38have left little impact on Benin.
10:42Today, private enterprise is back on the road.
10:46Bonjour. Bonjour.
10:48On Marché Fétiche?
10:50Ça coûte combien?
10:53300 francs.
10:5460 cents to go to the Fétiche market.
10:56D'accord.
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11:01There are over 40,000 of these yellow-shirted entrepreneurs
11:04on their mopeds in this city.
11:06They're called zemijan, which in the local language,
11:09fawn, means pick up and put down.
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12:12amulet, a potion, a magic. It's a little spooky, a little creepy. There are a lot of dead things
12:18here.
12:35So the dead animals are inside?
12:37Okay, very good. So I wish whatever I want. You don't have a husband? I don't have a husband.
12:44If you fell down with... If I fall in love? If I want to fall down with a man?
12:54With a man? Fall down with a man. You check it inside and you check. Yes?
12:59You speak inside and you check it. Do I say who I want? Who I want?
13:04Who I want? Who I want? Carlos?
13:08And then I do this.
13:10Hey, tell me the name. Carlos?
13:13Carlos? Carlos, I fell in love with you.
13:19I fell in love with you. You can help me to see the very good thing, to see the money
13:26and you check it. But I fall down with you.
13:30Ah, I fall down with you.
13:32Ah!
13:33Ah, huh.
13:34Ah!
13:35Eh!
13:36Voilà!
13:37Ce fait très bien.
13:41As dusk falls, Cotonou's suburbs come to life.
13:47But I had a train to catch.
13:49Good evening.
13:51Good evening.
13:53I would like to bring a bill to the paracour.
13:56Contenu paracour.
13:58First class.
14:00First class, the couchette.
14:02Six 630.
14:04Six 630.
14:06Here.
14:08A couchette.
14:11Twelve dollars.
14:13Um, I don't think this is the first class.
14:25Or, that's a funny first class partner right over there.
14:31First class must be over this way.
14:34Qu'est-ce que c'est mon numéro ?
14:38Les couchettes sont où ?
14:41I'll ask someone who's working here.
14:43Uh, y'a quelqu'un qui travaille ici ?
14:46Pour vous travailler ici ?
14:48Oui.
14:49Ah, bon.
14:51I was reading the wrong ticket.
14:53Okay.
15:06Trains in West Africa are common,
15:08but even the sleeping compartments are basic.
15:11This journey north took all night.
15:24So there's no dining car on the train,
15:26so you've got two options if you want to eat.
15:27Either you bring your own food,
15:29or you take advantage of one of the many, many, many, many, many stops the train makes,
15:34and you buy food here, um, off the platform.
15:37So I see some baguettes and some beurre.
15:41S'il vous plait, je peux acheter un peu de pain ?
15:44Et du beurre ?
15:45Oui ?
15:46Ça va ?
15:47There's shrimp over here.
15:48Cola ?
15:49Cola ?
15:50Cola ?
15:51115 francs.
15:52115 francs.
15:53Okay, that's fine.
15:54That's like 20 cents.
15:55Okay, merci beaucoup.
15:57And I have my supper for all of 20 cents,
16:00and I'm back to the train.
16:13The train doesn't go all the way to Natitango,
16:15my ultimate destination,
16:17so from Parakou, I took a taxi to Nati.
16:21Well, I didn't get to see very much from the train,
16:25because it was dark,
16:26and I didn't really get to talk to any of the people,
16:28because they managed to sleep.
16:30Now, I got a four-hour trip to Natitango.
16:32Either I could take a bush taxi,
16:34which means wait for eight or nine or ten other people to show up,
16:37or take a taxi by myself,
16:39which only cost six dollars,
16:41took the whole back seat to myself.
16:44Great, great view.
16:51The remoteness of the Samba Valleys
17:10have helped the Samba tribe resist slavers and colonizers.
17:15I met a guide who helped me gain access to their village.
17:22It's his dog?
17:24Yes, it's his dog.
17:25He went to pay it to make sacrifices.
17:28He bought it to sacrifice it?
17:29Yes, sacrifice for fetish.
17:31Why? Why?
17:32When a child is sick,
17:34we pay the dog,
17:35we go to fetish,
17:36we cut it,
17:38we put the blood on the fetish,
17:40and then we prepare.
17:42We take the blood,
17:43the son,
17:44from the dog,
17:45for a sick child,
17:46an enfant malade.
17:50Two days later,
17:51the child is fine.
17:52The father buys the dog,
17:53sacrifices.
17:54Yes, the dog,
17:55and then he brings it to fetish.
17:57He takes the blood to the son,
17:59the blood to the fetish?
18:00Yes, the fetish.
18:01In West Africa,
18:10there are more than 50 different tribal groups.
18:13Most tribes live in close-knit villages,
18:15but the Samba live in the middle of their cultivated fields,
18:18which means their compounds are scattered over the countryside.
18:22These two-story structures are called Tatu Samba,
18:28and are like miniature fortified castles.
18:41The Samba,
18:42once legendary warriors,
18:43now display their archery skills and unusual homes to tourists.
18:48This is your house?
18:49Yes, it's my house.
18:50Yes.
18:51It's so clean.
18:52And this is for what?
18:53Yes.
18:54What do we do here?
18:55Yes.
18:56Yes.
18:57The rice.
18:58The rice.
18:59You pound the rice here.
19:00It's very clean.
19:01Yes.
19:02The cows.
19:03Yes.
19:04Yes.
19:05The cunamong.
19:10The cunamong.
19:11Yes.
19:12The cunamong.
19:13Yes.
19:14The cunamong.
19:15Yes.
19:16The cunamong.
19:17Yes.
19:20Yes.
19:21Ah, the birds are in there.
19:22And what's over here?
19:23Yeah.
19:24The chickens.
19:29Ah, you have the cow here, the vaches are here.
19:38So, the animals live in a very clean house.
19:52Why is it round?
20:02Joseph told me, in the past, these mini fortifications helped to protect the tribe against other tribes looking to capture slaves.
20:10You used the arrow to choose your house?
20:21And where the arrow lands, that's the house.
20:30Near Natitango, there is a place called Tanumbu Water Pool, which is 20 kilometers north of Tangueta.
20:38And you can have a very wild swim in there, it's wonderful.
20:42If you can take bush taxis, which you normally have to, regardless of the weight, it's nearly always going to take longer than the actual journey.
20:49You can be sitting around for hours, hours and hours, and then eventually when it's full, they're all cramming like sardines.
20:56And that's just a little seat to sit on, and it can be extremely uncomfortable.
21:03The price is fixed, or departure time isn't. You have to wait until it gets full. Really full.
21:13Bush taxis are the most common form of long distance transport in West Africa.
21:26It was a seven hour journey across the border into Burkina Faso and the capital, Ouagadougou.
21:32At this time of the year, April and May, the heat is intense and can reach temperatures of 110 degrees.
21:45Known until 1983 as Upper Volta, Burkina Faso is famed for its post-independence history of bloody coups, excellent beer, and its beautiful French-style capital, Ouagadougou.
22:01Ouagadougou is very much a traveler's meeting place and well known for its hundreds of bicycle lanes, relaxed atmosphere, and variety of markets.
22:15You have to watch out when you eat chicken outside of Ouagadougou because, well, they put everything in it.
22:24The head...
22:25The head, the legs, the... also the... the feet.
22:29Nice.
22:31Yeah, Fufu is a good feed.
22:33That's cassava and plantain, banana.
22:37They sort of boil it up, pound it up into, like, a white paste, and then you just get it in balls.
22:44And then you serve it with, like, an okra sauce, a bit of fish and that.
22:48Yeah.
22:49It's very cheap.
22:50Good feed.
22:51There's an art to it, though.
22:52You have to swallow it.
22:53You can't chew it.
22:54You have to swallow it.
22:55Once you suss that out of your eye.
22:56You can get toad or spaghetti sauce on the street, but, um, beware.
23:00Toad?
23:01Toad.
23:02Toad.
23:03You don't know toad.
23:04It's a ball of...
23:05It's like slimy dough balls, sticky.
23:08Not slimy, yes.
23:09Well, there, you get about four.
23:11And there's a snotty orange or yellow sauce with it.
23:15This is West African food with a bit of French influence.
23:20These are, um, beignets, crevettes.
23:24This is fish with, um, white wine sauce.
23:29Nothing is spicy.
23:32If you want spice, you add it yourself.
23:35This is called sombala.
23:38It's, um, a strange African herb.
23:40I don't know the name of it.
23:42And this, over here, is called acheki.
23:46And it's couscous manioc.
23:49And it tastes like dust.
23:52Oh, oh, oh, wait, wait, wait.
23:55And the plantains.
23:56Plantains.
23:57Very typical.
23:58You find this everywhere.
23:59Okay.
24:00I'm, I'm finished explaining now.
24:02So we just had a great meal.
24:04And now we're going off to the movies.
24:11And it's very popular, because almost everyone can afford a seat somewhere in the movie theater.
24:23And it's very popular because almost everyone can afford a seat somewhere in the movie theater
24:28And in fact Burkina Faso is the capital of the movie industry in West Africa
24:33So I thought great we're gonna go see a great West African movie
24:35But in fact the most popular movies in West Africa are from India
24:53Here we are in this amazing open-air cinema, it's like a drive-in without the cars
24:59These are the cheap seats
25:01And those are the expensive seats back there
25:05And everyone's watching this Indian movie, why is it Indian movies?
25:09They don't even understand the French
25:11They don't even understand French
25:12It's just because I think Indian films are accessible, very accessible to our population
25:18Yes, love, music, blonde
25:21Yes, love story
25:23And they're long, right, good value for your money
25:25Yes, they like it
25:26Heading northeast from Ouagadougou into the desert
25:40You reach Garam Garam, one of West Africa's most popular market towns
25:45Much of West Africa is Muslim
25:50And at Garam Garam market, a devotee recites verses from the Quran
25:54This is the place to come for anything
25:59From food, to jewelry, to football boots
26:02Garam Garam market takes place every Thursday and is Burkina Faso's largest and most colorful market
26:20This bracelet seller explained to me that slaves are still slaves
26:27This bracelet seller explained to me that slaves are still kept to this day, particularly by the Tuareg, the Sahel, the Pol and the Bella tribes
26:34They do all the work and they're not paid
26:41They do all the work and they're not paid
26:48And if they do want to leave, they cannot, because if they do, they are doomed
26:55How much is this?
26:56How much is this?
26:57How much is this?
26:5812,000 CFA francs
26:5912,000 CFA francs
27:0512,000 CFA francs
27:0612,000 CFA francs
27:1215,000
27:1415,000
27:2315,000
27:2415,000
27:2715,000
27:2815,000
27:2915,000
27:30If you think you're gonna come to West Africa and buy things dirt cheap, you can forget about it
27:3315,000. 15,000. 15,000. If you think you're going to come to West Africa and buy things dirt cheap, you can forget about it.
27:42All the West African countries have the same currency, so there's no problem of changing to local currencies.
27:50We found it very useful to bring a range of currencies, French francs and U.S. dollars and traveler's checks. It doesn't really matter whether the traveler's checks are in dollars or in pounds.
28:03It's easy because one franc is 100 francs GFA, so it's easy to calculate. It's no problem at all.
28:33This is a great room, but it's too hot to sleep in here at night, so I chose to sleep outside.
28:59It is amazing what you can do with mud, isn't it? This is the bed frame, very sturdy, set-in mattress, and then they've built in these little mud benches with mud tiles.
29:12There's some nice windows carved out of the mud walls, a little delicate.
29:18And the roof is a very typical African mud hut construction of thatch and branches, and it is essential to have running water and a nice cool shower when you're sleeping in the desert.
29:34You'd have to go a long way to beat the color and spectacle of camel racing in Garam Garam.
29:42The Tuareg, nomadic tribes of the Sahara Desert, hold races every year, but they'll arrange them at any time for tourists who are willing to pay.
29:51The Tuareg, nomadic tribes of the Sahara Desert, hold races every year.
30:21Oh, oh, oh, very, very bad.
30:51Oh, oh, it smells good to you?
31:00It smells like a very rotten, rotten camel mouth, if you can imagine what that would smell
31:14like, that's what it smells like, very frothy, very frothy.
31:18from Garam Garam you can cross into Mali the largest country in West Africa occupying over
31:29a million square miles there is a prosperous river trade on the river Niger but Mali is
31:40still one of the world's poorest countries desertification is a major problem here every
31:46year the Sahara encroaches and turns more and more land into sand
32:16founded in the ninth century Jenny is one of the oldest towns in West Africa the mosque is a classic
32:29example of mud architecture which has to undergo major reparations each year after the rains only
32:37Muslims are allowed entry into the mosque well it used to be that you could visit inside the mosque
32:58but now I can't even climb the stairs the story goes that an American couple were found kissing
33:03in the mosque there's also a story that there was a model shoot here and models running around got
33:08their clothes on I don't know what the story is but I can't go in but it doesn't really matter
33:13because it's beautiful from the outside
33:14from Jenny I travel to Dogon country regarded as one of the most spectacular attractions in all of West
33:35Africa the Dogon is trekking country and a guide is essential for fifteen dollars a day they will show
33:48you the route help with translation and make arrangements with villagers for sleeping and meals
33:54you can find a guide in sangha a nearby village and a pickup truck seemed as good away as any to get there
34:02in the dogon says some real bargains to be had certainly worth looking at what's available in some of the
34:32small villages you look in into a small shed and there'll be various statues stools hidden away
34:38in the dust and the cobwebs well worth having a look around you've got a haggle like mad and generally
34:44when we were buying things we were buying from the chief of the village and the story goes that the
34:50money from the sale of these items goes to the village to buy grain to buy food and so everybody
34:55benefits so it's great the guys you Dogon guard will say it's no it's fine to take photos don't worry
35:00and we were there on market day they're coming up this major escarpment with bowls on their heads and
35:04babies on their back heavily pregnant and I'm I took a photo and they just all came for me although
35:10they were carrying so much stuff and just were grabbing my arms and pulling at me saying no no
35:13and so I got really feisty so be really careful if you are going to take a photo do it really sneakily
35:18Dogon's is really good watch out for the heat we did it in March and the temperatures were like 45 degrees
35:26plus so you've really got to be drinking like six liters of water a day plus we found that was a
35:33problem only walking about three kilometers a day but people were still getting affected by the heat
35:56like the Samba valleys in Benin the Dogon escarpment in Mali has provided a means of protection for a
36:04people anxious to preserve their animus traditions from Islam Dogon country is on everyone's list of the
36:15top 10 places to visit in West Africa the escarpment extends nearly a hundred miles from north to south and
36:22and it can take two to ten days to walk in the Dogon people took refuge here nearly 700 years ago moving up
36:37from the plains as Islam moved south through Africa
36:52in April and May each year all Dogon villages celebrate the fete des masques the major festival of the year it takes place as a memorial to the villagers dead and to celebrate the harvest
37:21Masks are the most important symbol of Dogon culture
37:36There are various types of masks including those which protect against vengeance and masks which help pass on knowledge to the younger generation
37:58The Dogon perform these dances to help recount the story of the origin of the Dogon
38:03The Dogon perform these dances to help recount the story of the origin of the Dogon
38:19Despite the fact that the Dogon have begun staging these dances for tourists they remain one of West Africa's most resilient cultures
38:34The last leg of my journey I'm going to Timbuktu used to take explorers years to get there now it's 12 hours by road or one hour by plane if the plane shows up there is only one plane a week
38:53The plane to Timbuktu flies from Mokdi and costs $45
39:00The plane to Timbuktu flies from Mokdi and costs $45
39:08I made it, the plane was there, got on, the only problem is I don't like to fly but weight against being on another hot dusty road I'm almost happy to be in this small old Russian plane with propellers
39:29Timbuktu is the stuff of legend and during the 19th century it became a focus for adventurers from around the world
39:43More than 150 people died trying to get here overland through the Sahara
39:49Timbuktu was founded in the 12th century by Tuareg nomads operating the salt trade from the north
40:04Today the sands are closing in but there are still the Tuareg and the salt
40:13Ah, that's the salt
40:20Bonjour
40:21Ça va, ça va
40:23So does the price of salt still go up and down on the market?
40:28Yes, go up and sometimes down or change all the time
40:31Yeah, but it used to be that it was the same value as gold
40:34Yes
40:35And how much is this piece?
40:37About 300 francs
40:39So it's about 60 cents
40:4160 cents
40:43So it's really gone down in price?
40:44Yes
40:45Well, it's got many salt for that
40:48Yeah
40:49Many caravans bring salt
40:50So the camel caravan still bring the salt?
40:52Still bring the salt, bring the salt from 1,800 kilometers
40:56And the caravan makes 40 days, 20 days ago and 20 days back
41:01Oh, really?
41:02And how many pieces can a camel carry?
41:04You have slaps, for example, four slaps
41:06Each camel can carry four slaps
41:08Two slaps for each side
41:10And how heavy is that?
41:11About 25 kilo
41:1250 pounds
41:1350 pounds
41:14For one slab
41:15So there's still trading going on?
41:16Still trading
41:17I intend now
41:18I've been drinking about 2-3 lbs of water every day
41:21And it costs normally about 500-600 francs
41:27Which is nearly, I don't know, it's nearly getting on for a pound here
41:31If you want a cold bottle of water
41:33That's three pounds a day
41:34That's quite a lot of money
41:35So you're almost forced to drink bottled water
41:38Which is very expensive
41:40And coming from South Africa we find it crazy to pay for water
41:43Because in water you just open any tap and drink
41:46In West Africa it's cheaper to drink beer
42:04The women do all the work
42:05Oh, the women stay in the house
42:08The women don't work?
42:09That's unusual
42:10So who does the work?
42:11The slaves
42:12The slaves
42:13You have slaves
42:14Before
42:15Before
42:16Now if you want to make work slave, you pay
42:20You pay
42:21You pay
42:22So people don't have slaves
42:24No, they don't have slaves
42:25Come on, tell me the truth
42:27No, no, no
42:28Slaves finish
42:29I don't believe you
42:30That's a long time
42:31I don't believe you
42:33I think you're a diplomat
42:35No, no
42:36Do you drink a lot of water?
42:38No, we have well
42:40But we don't drink much water
42:41No
42:42No
42:43Why?
42:44Because sometimes no water
42:45No water
42:46No water
42:47So you don't want to get used to drinking
42:48No water
42:49We just drink water going to
42:50The problem
42:51Yeah
42:52For that we drink very very small
42:53Yeah
42:54So what do you eat?
42:55Do you eat?
42:56We eat something
42:58We eat millet
42:59Millet?
43:00Millet
43:01Millet with milk
43:02Uh huh
43:03And salad?
43:04Salad
43:05No salad
43:06You don't
43:07No salad
43:08No salad
43:09Fruit
43:10No fruit
43:11Mangoes
43:12No fruit
43:13Meat
43:14Mango
43:15Mangoes
43:16Mangoes make you sweet
43:17Mangoes make you sweet
43:18That's meat
43:19Meat
43:20Milk
43:21Enough
43:22That's it
43:23All
43:24All
43:25Fetamin
43:26Well I've made it from the slave coast up here to Timbuktu
43:41And as I've been traveling in the hottest time of the year I can tell you it has been a nightmare
43:47But I love it here, the people they make you smile through everything
43:52Every conversation starts with a handshake
43:55It's great
43:56Definitely
43:57Definitely coming back
44:25Okay
44:26Thank you
44:27To be glad
44:28All right
44:29To win
44:30Waiting
44:31We're out of the way you get and be bothered to come into the dumbest future
44:32When you're seen a dream 게임
44:33Lots of things were gonna want to be a joke
44:34Oh god
44:35Forget that
44:36No problem
44:36You're expecting the reasonable fear, don't you?
44:37Don't you, you hope you won't leave your time
44:38Your meal
44:38And some humans didn't because of you
44:38You might want to eat
44:39Oh god
44:40I love me
44:40My prince
44:42Me
44:44flare
44:45respiratory
44:46Thus
44:47I love you
44:50You
44:52What
44:53You
44:54I love you
44:54W
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