Mauritania: Slavery's last stronghold

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  • čas přidán 17. 03. 2012
  • Mauritania's endless sea of sand dunes hides an open secret: An estimated 10% to 20% of the population lives in slavery.

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  • @soroibrahim
    @soroibrahim Před 10 lety +612

    "Never begg someone freedom, take your freedom" Malcom X

    • @SumDumGai5
      @SumDumGai5 Před 5 lety +15

      @@synergyzer07 The owners are light skinned. The slaves are dark skinned.

    • @ike9854
      @ike9854 Před 5 lety +10

      TOTALLY AGREE

    • @linusbao8650
      @linusbao8650 Před 5 lety +25

      @@synergyzer07 your point? Thats a really vague and meaningless connection in this context, that's like saying the nazis were christian and John F. Kennedy was christian so therefore JFK was a nazi.. it makes no sense

    • @adad-ec6ht
      @adad-ec6ht Před 5 lety +10

      Support Kashmir and Palestine.

    • @publicminx
      @publicminx Před 5 lety +8

      @@adad-ec6ht they are both racist Nazi like antizionist/antisemit, homophobic, discriminate females and are intolerant. better to support democracies like India and Israel ... general rule: always support what brings forth mankind, not what one just want support because grown up with. that's an unenlightened loser criterion.

  • @joeb5080
    @joeb5080 Před 7 lety +606

    Umm...plenty legalized slavery in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Mauritania isn't "the last stronghold".

    • @earthakitt3661
      @earthakitt3661 Před 7 lety +109

      Not legalized, just hidden from the public, funded by major Arab oil corporations and Saudi princes.

    • @joeb5080
      @joeb5080 Před 7 lety +48

      +James Johansson
      Depends what you mean by "hidden from the public". Immigrant guest workers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia have no labor rights whatsoever; they do not get paid, they cannot quit their jobs until their employer releases them, they're subject to physical abuse, and all of this is perfectly legal. I wouldn't call this "hidden from the public". In these Gulf nations, slavery is out in the open, legal, and accepted by society.

    • @joeb5080
      @joeb5080 Před 7 lety +14

      +IN GOD WE TRUST
      Their pay is often withheld until the employer releases them. They sometimes never see that money at the end. If and when they get paid, it's slave wages.

    • @joeb5080
      @joeb5080 Před 7 lety +15

      +Arslan
      Not sure what religion has to do with this. Most of the victims are themselves Muslims from countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, or Somalia.
      And withholding someone's pay and not allowing them to quit if they want to is the textbook definition of slavery. The reason people come to the Gulf is because they have no idea what's awaiting them. Some governments in source countries are starting to warn their citizens about migrating to the Gulf.
      You're so blinded by your unconditional knee-jerk defense of anyone "Muslim" that you're blind to how they treat their fellow Muslims. Shame on you.

    • @joeb5080
      @joeb5080 Před 7 lety +8

      +Arslan
      "Exactly eligion doesnt have to do anything with this..."
      So then why are saying that I'm criticizing the Gulf countries just because they're Muslim?
      "...BUT that is bullshit you are posting that happened few times..."
      No, it didn't "happen a few times". It's commonplace in the Gulf countries. There are no labor protections in those countries; the legal system allows slavery. Why are you taking this so personally? Are you Emirati, Qatari, or Saudi? Arslan sounds Turkish to me. Turkey is light years ahead of the Gulf countries on labor issues.

  • @derriepage5934
    @derriepage5934 Před 6 lety +437

    GOD THANK YOU FOR MY WARM BED THIS MORNING, AND MY CAN OF CHEF BORADEE MAC AND CHEESE. MY FREEDOM TO GO AND COME AS I PLEASE. SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD THEY HAVE IT. THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING I HAVE AT THIS MOMENT.

  • @TyehimbaJahsi
    @TyehimbaJahsi Před 9 lety +111

    When that government official was speaking, couldn't you just feel "LIE" in his voice and see it in his face?

    • @breakfastattiffanys741
      @breakfastattiffanys741 Před 3 lety +8

      He looked like he was holding back a smirk the entire time 😡

    • @LilSuperOG
      @LilSuperOG Před 3 lety +5

      His fuckin smirk

    • @a.f.2330
      @a.f.2330 Před rokem +1

      Yeah, it's called "duping delight" - when someone lies and think they got away with it, they smile like that

  • @mellajoe
    @mellajoe Před 3 lety +22

    the fact that slaver owners were also dark themselves, is beyond me

    • @DanielPerez-xl6lf
      @DanielPerez-xl6lf Před 2 lety +7

      You know that slavery still exists in Africa and many other places around the world it's a underground thing

    • @tyler-hp7oq
      @tyler-hp7oq Před 2 lety +20

      Skin color has nothing to do with anything. Most of the slaves that came to America were already slaves in their homeland. White people didn't just hop off the boat and start capturing blacks.

    • @horminmangfi5653
      @horminmangfi5653 Před 2 lety

      @@tyler-hp7oq , some of them did, but most were bought
      Only after all slaves in USA were black, did colour become a part of slavery
      Makes sense from their perspective since it's easier to identify someone who doesn't look like you
      Horrible, yeah

    • @IT-qb7dw
      @IT-qb7dw Před rokem +1

      @@tyler-hp7oq they did to

    • @a.f.2330
      @a.f.2330 Před rokem +2

      No, they're talking about the difference in skin color between Arabs and Africans when they meant "lighter skinned". It's not as drastic as the difference between the skin colors of black and white people, but there is a difference. Historically, lighter skinned Arabs have owned black slaves, so that's why they mentioned it in the video (and because it still seems to happen). Note how none of the slave owners were black (at least in this video) - their skin color (and ethnicity) may have been a factor when oppressing them

  • @PeedizzleFoShizzle
    @PeedizzleFoShizzle Před 12 lety +66

    Evil, evil, evil, evil. Makes me sick.

  • @rhythmictiger
    @rhythmictiger Před 4 lety +72

    Hearing the brave young woman's story about her baby breaks your heart. You wonder why more can't be done but it's hard to change aspects of a country or culture when they are enshrined by law and corruption. I hope these women were able to use the sewing skills they learned to create new lives for themselves.

    • @chevereidioma
      @chevereidioma Před 2 lety +1

      Banu Maqil & Bani Hassan, Qahtan tribe 505 in Western Sahara and Mauritania
      I have a video with subtitles in Arabic and English on my channel
      czcams.com/channels/NQXqfo15TNsvxCZIVNRD-Q.htmlfeatured

  • @nadiafulitva8051
    @nadiafulitva8051 Před 5 lety +133

    Don’t be fooled slavery is more alive than it’s ever been

    • @invictus1180
      @invictus1180 Před 4 lety +12

      Yeah, please read a history book. More than it's ever been? Pfft.

    • @taylor7595
      @taylor7595 Před 4 lety +7

      TheKlawedOne I think you’re the one that needs the book🧐

    • @invictus1180
      @invictus1180 Před 4 lety +7

      @@taylor7595 Alright explain to me how slavery is "more" alive today than its ever been.

    • @lilgangster_savage8292
      @lilgangster_savage8292 Před 4 lety +2

      Nadia Fulitva not really

    • @evs251
      @evs251 Před 4 lety +2

      No it isn't you dumbass

  • @jayo3074
    @jayo3074 Před 7 lety +413

    watching this got me angry. who in their right mind thinks they have the right to own another human being?

    • @jayo3074
      @jayo3074 Před 7 lety +21

      ***** white people

    • @jayo3074
      @jayo3074 Před 7 lety +5

      ***** from my research not all slavery is the same and you can't compare identured servitude with the transatlantic slave trade that white people did

    • @jeremiah7731
      @jeremiah7731 Před 7 lety +5

      Emperor Krell don't say the African. Say the west African, us north and East Africans didnt commit such actions and plus Africans are different. There ruling systems are extremely diverse

    • @aerochristina1005
      @aerochristina1005 Před 7 lety +3

      well the white slave owners beat and raped slaves for wealth.....in africa it was more like servitude..until they started copying white men....

    • @aerochristina1005
      @aerochristina1005 Před 7 lety

      they were doing fine and dandy and they were free

  • @nathantaylormckenzie
    @nathantaylormckenzie Před 8 lety +158

    Sounds like after Mauritania outlawed slavery in 2007, very little has changed

    • @ghaliyadhebi2608
      @ghaliyadhebi2608 Před 4 lety

      @Youssef Houaoui where are u from

    • @ghaliyadhebi2608
      @ghaliyadhebi2608 Před 4 lety

      Are u morracan or Mauritanian if you are great speech thanks

    • @ghaliyadhebi2608
      @ghaliyadhebi2608 Před 4 lety +4

      @Youssef Houaoui oh cool I'm Mauritanian

    • @fisebilillah4406
      @fisebilillah4406 Před 4 lety

      At least it had avoided a CIVIL WAR, which some have not.
      When economy becomes dependent on slaves that is hard to changem

    • @stressfield4225
      @stressfield4225 Před 3 lety +6

      Ayaat s. Yo man shut he fuck up do you even understand hassaniya

  • @ike9854
    @ike9854 Před 4 lety +23

    The whole world is like one body. And all humans on earth is like one body, in spite of what some say. If some people are living without any freedoom in Mauretania it affects us all, more or less. If people in Syria are killed and wounded in a war, it affects us all. We are all one body, and if a tooth aches, or you get stung by a bee or get a finger cut off, it affects the whole body.There obviously are people fighting slavery in Mauretanie and that is a good sign. These good persons deserve our appreciation and support.

  • @AsellusPrimus
    @AsellusPrimus Před 5 lety +226

    This documentary helps to shed light on a struggle that most of us are oblivious to. Unfortunately, Mauritania is far from "slavery's last stronghold". Maybe it's one of the last places where an entire social structure built on slavery exists in the open, but millions of people live and work as slaves around the globe. And if you extend your definition to include people reliant on less than living wages, the numbers become astronomical.

    • @fisebilillah4406
      @fisebilillah4406 Před 4 lety +3

      Rough number of ACTUAL SLAVES is 27 million.

    • @xxjr8axx
      @xxjr8axx Před 3 lety +37

      I personally think if you define someone who doesn't make enough to sustain themseves as a slave your watering down the meaning of being a slave.

    • @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917
      @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 Před 3 lety +13

      @@xxjr8axx I agree with this 100%.
      Slavery means you are bound against your own will. Of which you are owned. Where you cannot leave. As in, my own ancestors on my fathers side. Owned by plantation owners.
      Personally, I have worked for shit wages before, for one of my first jobs. I no longer work for shit wages. I have a choice, as well as can and do pave my own path.

    • @gamberro72
      @gamberro72 Před 2 lety +5

      yes, @Asellus , in some rich families in Lebannon and Emirates: girls from Africa, Philippines , Bengladesh are still treated like slaves apparently

    • @billydagenham
      @billydagenham Před 2 lety

      @d R of course they were in a far worse situation as miserably poor sustenance farmers, but no one who pretends to care when they talk about how bad capitalism is cared then because it wasn't a convenient part of their dumb political philosophy. Ironically you would have used China in this example if it were 10-20 years ago, but now they are too wealthy. Soon south east asia will be as well, then the next region of the world living in horrible sustenance farming will get your pitty

  • @awaloveyou
    @awaloveyou Před 12 lety +234

    that broke my heart as African slavery should stop

    • @lanazh2443
      @lanazh2443 Před 6 lety +23

      Krogg Rache - eXeX Blacks failed themselves & been selling their brothers & sister's into slavery for very long time....

    • @jamieamills87
      @jamieamills87 Před 6 lety +22

      You mean African slavery should stop? Or slavery should stop?

    • @mobrown7594
      @mobrown7594 Před 6 lety

      Awa Ndoye so should Europeans 🤔😒

    • @pinklady7184
      @pinklady7184 Před 6 lety +5

      Where there is slavery, there are ugly corrupt nations.

    • @teaguetjv2555
      @teaguetjv2555 Před 6 lety +21

      All slavery should be prevented across the world. Not just African slavery. Europeans were enslaved by Africans (Barbary Slave Trade). Slavery effects ALL races not just Africans.

  • @Artsartisan
    @Artsartisan Před 8 lety +24

    Some of the most severe trafficking in slavery is in Southeast Asia - the Mekong region including Cambodia. Slavery continues in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar / Burma, South Asia [the Indian subcontinent which includes India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, ans Sri Lanka. There are slaves in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Moldova. etc.

    • @phylicia595
      @phylicia595 Před rokem

      Pakistan doesn't have slavery or even trafficking.
      Even the black descendants in Pakistan aren't treated like this

  • @Lellobeetle
    @Lellobeetle Před 6 lety +27

    Finally something truly worthwhile from CNN. Please keep up the good work! Props from this very conservative lady.

    • @carlhieme8501
      @carlhieme8501 Před 3 lety

      For me who been in this area I could do or show you better this a joke a trillions dollar's business and you show me local get out here. Follow the money CNN ain't shit

    • @ericrivera8410
      @ericrivera8410 Před rokem

      What does you having to be a conservative have to do with this ... conservative are judgemental scum

    • @ericrivera8410
      @ericrivera8410 Před rokem

      @@carlhieme8501 you're ghetto as fuck

  • @sorayaallaf7176
    @sorayaallaf7176 Před 6 lety +24

    Amazing ! I was desperately looking for a documentary about the slavery in Mauritania, cause I knew it still exists but they are hiding it as you’re saying.

  • @acberetyemane496
    @acberetyemane496 Před 3 lety +15

    I see this phenomenon when I went in Burkina Faso I was really angry and I asked why this happen? to the organization which I was worked with nobody give me an answer. I talked also with the slaves that were there, and I understand that they don't even know they are slave. Thank you that you are doing something to this people they need to open their eyes

  • @KevinP32270
    @KevinP32270 Před 5 lety +29

    Great job cnn. I felt many different emotions while watching this. I want to see more stories like this.

  • @aksentmelvin4779
    @aksentmelvin4779 Před 3 lety +11

    These people will thrive, and become successful because they are Human Beings. Human Rights ⚖️ 🌍 🇪🇹

  • @gamberro72
    @gamberro72 Před 2 lety +9

    ."..Even when the real chains stop to exist, mental chaines are still there for generations..."
    And even when people are free, their closest companion becomes misery.
    It is so good to see this man born in Bourgeoisie clearer skin class slowly become aware of the horror of slavery by reading about the french revolution , and decided to fight against it, along with former slaves, facing mental rigidity from most of his neighbours. I nearly cried , it make me believe that humanity means something, but maybe this story is too nice to be true, Im am too naive.

  • @MaryamaAmina
    @MaryamaAmina Před 10 lety +39

    The enslavement I see here is beyond a physical one. It's kind of like the envisioned reality of poverty. That's the real slave master here poverty and lack of education. I mean yes the enslaved person can run a way but what will become of him or her. The government although they banned slavery them refusing to provide programs to help ex slaves, it's just the same as not banning slavery. I do see this weird social construct in certain parts of the world, it doesn't have to be called slavery but kind of the poorer the country, the cheaper the human labour. But God Bless to those fighting the problem, thanks for the doc, I will be following up this issue.

    • @mocny01
      @mocny01 Před 10 lety +6

      Slavery is every where in the world, not only in Mauretania ,,Masters just changed names call slaves law pay workers and themselves bosses

    • @ardosow9009
      @ardosow9009 Před 9 lety +4

      I like your take on this burdensome issue. However, what the government in Mauritania is doing pertaining to slavery and other human right violations is nothing but smoke and mirrors. This government is ready to give a lot of money to 'former terrorists' to help them fit back in society, but shows no willingness to rehabilitate those who are victim of slavery and/or government savagery. RACISM is what hinders many of the problem this country is facing. Combat racism and 'obsolete slavery' will slowly vanish.
      Regards

    • @victorytrumpet672
      @victorytrumpet672 Před 8 lety +3

      +MademoiselleLapin You are right; the people are mentally enslaved. Most of them do not know how to be independent because they have no resources or education to better themselves.

    • @hasiburrahman4272
      @hasiburrahman4272 Před 6 lety

      MademoiselleLapin are you married???

    • @markregis6418
      @markregis6418 Před 4 lety

      Exactly. If they leave the slave master, where will they go. Who will employ them? How will they earn a living? Where will they live? So they are force to stay under the Arab and half-Arab domination stuck in poverty and oppression because the slave master provides them subsistence for their labor.

  • @noemiareis1121
    @noemiareis1121 Před 5 lety +11

    This will never stop... my heart it's broken

    • @MegaBrandon3
      @MegaBrandon3 Před 7 měsíci

      Lies God said he will stop it and destroy the nations that benefit from it and God does not lie!

  • @HalifaxPeacock
    @HalifaxPeacock Před 24 dny

    Thank you for posting this documentary.

  • @MariAnnRoss
    @MariAnnRoss Před 10 lety +7

    The worst kind of slavery is "multigenerational". Multigenerational slavery exists when an individual(s) is out of slavery yet "psychologically" they are still slaves. "Psychological slavery" is when your thought processes have been acquiesced to the authority of another. Too, multigenerational slavery is perpetually handed down.

    • @Tejaye777
      @Tejaye777 Před 10 lety +1

      You are so right unfortunately although most blacks worldwide are free. We still have "psychological" slavery. We have the opportunity to become Engineers,doctors,lawyers,Scientist and Business owners rather though we chose to debase ourselves and not take advantage of the opportunities we have.It is so sad to see that blacks still worship anything that is not black.
      Rather we pull down our own selves gender wars black men and women exist in a way that no other race of opposite genders exist as a divided unit. Black men and women would sell out each other just to have the favor of other races.Added to that blacks lack ambition to become valuable contributors to society. We always settle the the bottom of every social setting status wise.

    • @MariAnnRoss
      @MariAnnRoss Před 10 lety

      PUZZLEMENT: Is an individual (singularly, and/or jointly, and/or severally) enslaved when they wittingly and willfully acquiesce their inherit rights (e.g., self-interest, -worth, -determination, -esteem, -defense, -awareness, and so on) to another (singularly, and/or jointly, and/or severally)?

    • @MariAnnRoss
      @MariAnnRoss Před 10 lety

      PimpThe478 Kudos. ... You get it. 

  • @julianjdogg
    @julianjdogg Před 4 lety +15

    Slavery exists in the USA too. It's called prison labor.

    • @0urMutualFriend
      @0urMutualFriend Před 4 lety +2

      Preach! The prison-industrial complex is a curse and a disease

    • @theShaunus
      @theShaunus Před 4 lety +1

      American Gulag Archipelago

    • @b0ris360
      @b0ris360 Před 4 lety +4

      You can chose not to end up in prison.

  • @bonniecurrie4906
    @bonniecurrie4906 Před 7 lety +22

    Wow. He drove around and killed the baby...

    • @bIoodinmycup
      @bIoodinmycup Před 3 lety

      lol pro gamer move

    • @servantofgod6801
      @servantofgod6801 Před 3 lety +4

      @@bIoodinmycup and that person who did that will burn in hell on the day of judgement inshallah Allah is the all witness

  • @muzz444
    @muzz444 Před 3 lety +8

    As an arab... Im ashamed of them... Freedom for all!

  • @MrCmon113
    @MrCmon113 Před 7 lety +61

    The story of the slaver, who repents after reading about the French revolution, is almost too romantic to be true. O_o

    • @theShaunus
      @theShaunus Před 4 lety

      My sentiments exactly.

    • @jp2908
      @jp2908 Před 3 lety +5

      The French revolution came to be in a developed rich country that got pushed a bit far, the slaves in Mauritania could never rebel en mass, I doubt many of them know how to write or read, only thing I can belive being taught to them is the Quran.

    • @a.f.2330
      @a.f.2330 Před rokem

      Whether or not the story was true (he came across as very unbothered when talking about such a heinous practice that he was also a part of perpetrating so it does seem untrue), he does seem to be helping slaves that escaped. That's what matters

  • @jacquelineedwards1699
    @jacquelineedwards1699 Před 6 lety +8

    The very idea of owning another human being saddens me. Yet there are those who think that there are people who are nothing more than property. Granting liberties with a sense of independence is an evil trick to keep ownership without responsibility. One would think that all forms of slavery would be abolished by now.

  • @juliusmaehlich3138
    @juliusmaehlich3138 Před 6 lety +41

    It blows my mind to see the evil and cruelty humans can do to each other.

    • @ManAman-db7pf
      @ManAman-db7pf Před 6 měsíci +1

      Are you still a life😂

    • @2l8mate59
      @2l8mate59 Před 5 měsíci

      Greed, money and power is the biggest drug of all. While currency exists in its current form, this will never stop.

    • @RandyWatson-st5pg
      @RandyWatson-st5pg Před 5 měsíci

      Moslems

  • @SobayoSowemimoCoker
    @SobayoSowemimoCoker Před 6 lety

    Thanks for uploading this informative video onto CZcams

  • @fashionista444
    @fashionista444 Před 12 lety +10

    Great documentary. Made me aware of something I didn't know about this country.

  • @jameswill2017
    @jameswill2017 Před 3 lety +11

    We must do something to end this atrocity now

  • @selinarittenhouse1181
    @selinarittenhouse1181 Před 8 lety +120

    I find it sad, how some cultural practices from many decades ago, still go on today. Every country has their own issues, but I hope one day the world can be free from slavery, pain, and hurt.

    • @MuslimOwned
      @MuslimOwned Před 8 lety

      +Akiko Sillanpaa True, please look at Michelle Alexanders video's here on youtube.

    • @adrianewilliams8711
      @adrianewilliams8711 Před 6 lety +4

      Flowerfell Frisk Mainly Islamic countries still try to enslave Africans

    • @MohamedOmar-wc6mb
      @MohamedOmar-wc6mb Před 6 lety

      Amanda Sillanpaa I agree with you

    • @KevinP32270
      @KevinP32270 Před 5 lety

      Amanda Sillanpaa let's never forget or we will repeat it

    • @sybahh9399
      @sybahh9399 Před 5 lety

      Thanek you

  • @abdisalanaden2049
    @abdisalanaden2049 Před 7 lety +73

    enough is enough I can't listen slave story anymore we need action because we cannot watch this to be continued for ever

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices Před 6 lety +8

      Abdisalan Aden For as long as the murderous enslaving rape cult of Pedophile Mohammed (PBUH) remains, there will be people enslaved, corpses copulated and goats grabbed.

    • @abdiaizisse113
      @abdiaizisse113 Před 5 lety

      It not enough we need to know all stupid people bro 👍

    • @sb8095
      @sb8095 Před 3 lety

      @@waterheaterservices true!!

    • @lisa196409
      @lisa196409 Před 3 lety

      The more you watch the more enraged it makes you the more it makes you want to do something about it what's being done about it this is some sick ass man s***.

  • @ubuntu2551
    @ubuntu2551 Před 4 lety +36

    Slavery is still practiced in mauritania. Its embedded in the sahrawi culture to keep slaves.

    • @eraselife7654
      @eraselife7654 Před 3 lety +9

      Im Sahrawi and im against slavery.

    • @brownhippiex496
      @brownhippiex496 Před 3 lety

      Erase Life same with some whites

    • @bucktooth002
      @bucktooth002 Před 3 lety

      Wow no wonder they don't have their own country.

    • @eraselife7654
      @eraselife7654 Před 3 lety +9

      @@brownhippiex496 Its not really the same. White people abolsihed slavery a long time ago. My people still practice it to this day, and it hurts to see that my own people are involved in these practices. My grand-mother had a servant girl when i was a kid, and it really broke my heart to see how she had to live. Especially when i only realized she was in slavery when i became older...

    • @eraselife7654
      @eraselife7654 Před 3 lety

      @@bucktooth002 Sahrawis are Moroccans.

  • @jamallsp4773
    @jamallsp4773 Před 6 lety +9

    I'm mad for real I've been in Mauritania for 5 months and I just found out about it...I know lots of people work but they get paid not much but they are still treated like people

  • @sirjamesjemo3390
    @sirjamesjemo3390 Před 3 lety +5

    I almost cried when I saw that girls smile at the end. May Jah grant more freedom and livity to our people who are still being downpressed by Arabs.

    • @j.i.k2.044
      @j.i.k2.044 Před 3 lety +3

      These Arabs have been oppressing Africans for centuries, may Yah help free our people

  • @TheSSANetwork
    @TheSSANetwork Před 11 lety +2

    We're in shock! Very informative, interesting but upsetting documentary.

  • @anabnulislam3499
    @anabnulislam3499 Před 6 lety

    Ilove such documentaries thy mek me want to work with ngos in Sha Allah

  • @crashstitches79
    @crashstitches79 Před 7 lety +10

    These people are sitting in a tent in the desert, starving and dying, and they proclaim that they are actually waiting for THE GOVERNMENT to step into their lives and fix everything. My head is exploding.

  • @Suite_annamite
    @Suite_annamite Před 11 lety +4

    Probably much longer. The Berbers may have kept African slaves for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks mentioned them for this in their accounts.

  • @luisoscarsalomon7997
    @luisoscarsalomon7997 Před 4 lety

    ¿Alguien puede indicarme si hay posibilidad de escuchar audio en español? Gracias!

  • @Terrell2119
    @Terrell2119 Před 8 měsíci +1

    The topic of slavery in the world today doesn't get enough coverage or exposure from the Media.

  • @shenasmith906
    @shenasmith906 Před 6 lety +4

    How can we help???

  • @englishforallmed6930
    @englishforallmed6930 Před 4 lety +8

    انا موريتاني و اشاهد العبودية كل يوم هذه شهادة لله I am Mauritania and slavery is exist

    • @Vr-vj9ss
      @Vr-vj9ss Před 3 lety

      Your Arabic is wrong

    • @TheShows247
      @TheShows247 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@Vr-vj9ssno they're just mauritanian 😂😂

  • @FloFloNL
    @FloFloNL Před 9 lety +1

    Brilliant documentary !!
    We can help !!!

  • @martinetiramani1480
    @martinetiramani1480 Před 8 lety +8

    Congrats and thank you to all those that work to make a better world!

  • @niathairu6625
    @niathairu6625 Před 6 lety +6

    And I thought I had problems.

  • @hermmano
    @hermmano Před 6 lety +9

    This is the inheritance of Islam in Africa.

  • @pam1974argentina
    @pam1974argentina Před 11 lety

    hi, I strongly agreed with you an by the way, did you see the rageh omaar facebook page in wich he has several slavery documenatry footage? they are really good and, of course, form a wider perspective. see you

  • @saurabhjain9785
    @saurabhjain9785 Před 3 lety

    Abdel Ethmane has such a saintly calmness on his face, such a pious and wise guy.

  • @autumnhomer9786
    @autumnhomer9786 Před 9 lety +143

    When I see things like this I realise just how lucky I really am, to be born in a country where no one cares, about my sex, race or religion. Where we are all educated and taught to respect human life.
    Just like how that ex slave master became educated and changed his mind about slavery, that can happen to others too.
    Bilah was a Black Muslim who was held dear to Mohammad's heart. I can also remember a long time ago reading in either the Qu'ran or a Hadith that he himself, HATED slavery, but felt that he had to abide by the rules of that land. Even if the Muslim masters were illiterate they would know of Bilah because he's well known. So Just like many other religious people, they pick and choose what they want to follow.

    • @melinternets8368
      @melinternets8368 Před 9 lety +44

      Mohammed never hated slavery and he never abolished it either in the Quran or the Hadith. In fact the contrary is true. There are many hadith and verses from the quran that support slavery, and regulate it. That is not abolishing. I can provide links or you can look at wiki islam and look up the references yourself. Stop spreading lies about islam to make it look good

    • @CodysCharm
      @CodysCharm Před 9 lety +21

      shareena clarke where do YOU live because i don't know any place on this planet where what you say exists. even in America, the land of the free (wink wink)

    • @melinternets8368
      @melinternets8368 Před 9 lety +15

      If that were so why did Mohammed take slaves and trade them? There are numerous Ahadith all sahih of him doing this? Also there is historical doubt as to whether he made a last sermon

    • @LadyAbyssinian
      @LadyAbyssinian Před 9 lety +11

      Where is that, on Mars? There's only a delusion of freedom. No country is truly fair and free. You have a lot to uncover.

    • @LadyAbyssinian
      @LadyAbyssinian Před 9 lety +4

      ***** so you think you're better because you get your "truth" from a book and others from the Internet. Religion is the crown of all ignorance. Religion is the single most tragedy of humanity. You have the capacity to evaluate every information and reach an educated, rational, reasonable and logical conclusions. Accepting an ideology just because it's in print or because it's believed by many is extremely shallow and ridiculous. You must Learn to listen to all ideologies with an open mind but never accept them for the truth without questioning and proof. Religion and logic do not go together. You're either a reasonable logical being or you are an irrational, complacent and gullible being with no grip on reality. You shouldn't be so scared of unusual claims which question god or government. It's better to seek an uncomfortable truth than living with a comfortable lie.

  • @DonaldG-qq4ol
    @DonaldG-qq4ol Před 5 lety +3

    my God help these people be able to help themselves!!Thank God for the courage for ones helping them!

  • @kdavidmcd
    @kdavidmcd Před 12 lety

    @Imnawaahla Descendants of Cain? I don't remember where I heard this, but didn't God turn Cain black after he killed Abel?

  • @henryhill92
    @henryhill92 Před 18 dny

    Don't forget though, at the same time the French were espousing 'all men are born equal' they were ruling over some of the most brutal conditions of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Haiti.

  • @aojuri01
    @aojuri01 Před 11 lety +6

    That's true, they were so cruel in capturing their own people to sell

  • @ismailadan2550
    @ismailadan2550 Před 6 lety +6

    remember the scene from game of thrones where all the slaves rose up.

  • @tytiw516
    @tytiw516 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Most of the former French colonies are poor and impoverished. Sad. May they will revive and be more prosperous in the near future.

  • @reckondragon2130
    @reckondragon2130 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Islamic Republic of Mauritania. A religious country that practices slavery.

  • @fzchannel3616
    @fzchannel3616 Před 7 lety +6

    Mauritania isn't the last stonghold of slavery.
    There is slavery in:
    -Rastaveks in Haïti
    -Construction builders in the Gulf States
    -Dalits in India
    -Sex slaves in Western Europe
    -Plantationslaves in West-Africa
    -etc.

    • @putinsgaytwin4272
      @putinsgaytwin4272 Před 4 lety

      FZ Channel I never heard of sex slaves in Western Europe?

  • @luckydave328
    @luckydave328 Před 3 lety +3

    Slavery exists all over Africa and in Arab countries as well as in South East Asia, China...and there are still slaves in America and Europe including the UK. It's everywhere in fact but most common in Islamic countries as it is condoned and even encouraged in Islam.

  • @camilosittegassevol2944
    @camilosittegassevol2944 Před 3 měsíci +2

    i never hear our african americans condemned islamic slave owners

  • @sulaimaanahmad
    @sulaimaanahmad Před 8 lety +36

    this practice still exists to this day...pure evil. 😈

    • @babeena_gt_3645
      @babeena_gt_3645 Před 4 lety +3

      2020 and it still exists not just there but in many other countries

    • @sulaimaanahmad
      @sulaimaanahmad Před 4 lety +2

      Nathan gucci
      say whatever ignorant statement you desire about islaam, just think...when i started writing this response to your shortsighted self by the time i'm dome they'll be more muslims than when i started! 😁

    • @sb8095
      @sb8095 Před 3 lety

      @Nathan gucci true!!

    • @sb8095
      @sb8095 Před 3 lety +4

      @@sulaimaanahmad islam is a toxic religion.

    • @sulaimaanahmad
      @sulaimaanahmad Před 3 lety +3

      soumya batra
      all religious become toxic when people use them to oppres others in the name of religion.

  • @PetuniasMommy
    @PetuniasMommy Před 7 lety +20

    So incredibly sad and infuriating!

  • @Henk-jv7ro
    @Henk-jv7ro Před 5 lety +5

    Very sad to see this. I hope the best for them in the future.

  • @charleskristiansson1296
    @charleskristiansson1296 Před 3 lety +1

    Slavery is disgusting... it doesn't matter where! It's time to stop this abuse of humanity.

  • @berhetensea451
    @berhetensea451 Před 2 lety +2

    This country is a total disgrace.

  • @francoiselesensuelite6884
    @francoiselesensuelite6884 Před 6 lety +22

    Pretty strong documentary, but slavery is not unique to Mauritania, you can find it hidden in Los Angeles, in Phoenix, in Atlanta, London and many other big metropolis of the world.

    • @peacefulinvasion684
      @peacefulinvasion684 Před 5 lety +3

      Really? Can you point out where? No minimum wage doesn't count.

    • @claudiamarianidamato9499
      @claudiamarianidamato9499 Před 4 lety +3

      That is not true . Whatsoever . You are spewing out opinions not fact

    • @thirstiestvillager9233
      @thirstiestvillager9233 Před 3 lety

      Actually it is true, and not just sexual slavery.
      It's especially common of women coming from Latin America and Asia. They come here and then the people that got them here(either legally or illegally) claim they are owed money, even if they have already been paid, and then they keep people as slaves, supposedly paying off a debt, but the debt never gets paid off.
      It's similar to what Mining companies used to do to miners. They never pay you, they only write down that you paid off some debt, or pay you in credit or tokens of value (but NOT money), then they keep adding to the debt by charging you for food, water, board, etc.

    • @williamrosenbloom215
      @williamrosenbloom215 Před 2 lety +2

      That's definitely true but I think there's a huge difference between underground human trafficking and socially accepted, institutional slavery. Speaking sociologically

  • @cushconsultinggroup
    @cushconsultinggroup Před 8 lety +9

    This documentary was interesting, not because of how it was being portrayed, but because of the evolution of history, culture and facts. Nice one.

  • @josephsmith6777
    @josephsmith6777 Před 3 lety

    How are they bought and sold or are they only generational

  • @psmorgan2542
    @psmorgan2542 Před 21 dnem

    This is insane the world isn't putting more effort into talking about this and people in the UK and US are worrying about their past history and micro-aggressions.

  • @glorialewis5444
    @glorialewis5444 Před 6 lety +4

    Aww bless these women and the men that help them.☯☥

  • @mcmthug
    @mcmthug Před 9 lety +105

    first of all let me introduce my self...my name is mame cheikh mbaye,from senegal (next to mauritania)...
    what is funny is that these so called slave masters got african features (they don't look like arabs )...the difference beetween them and the slaves, is the skin complexion (they are light skin )....
    people wonder why these people remain slave? well, because they are poor, and not educated....they are not aware....hope that the black people (all around the world) realize that education is the key...like Nas said :read more, learn more change.....
    Really got love for all my people all around the world, Africa, Brazil,USa....peace
    ps : mcmthug (mame cheikh mbaye....the thug (i am a big pac fan)..
    i'm far from being a thug...i'm a peacefull man )

    • @adrianewilliams8711
      @adrianewilliams8711 Před 6 lety +8

      mcmthug Amen it is the remnants of former slave master's and their children carrying on that shameful legacy. And Africans so brainwashed by Islam do not understand that they are born free.
      m.czcams.com/video/Sn32cWUT83E/video.html
      🎥 The Haitian Revolution - Documentary (2009) - CZcams
      The slave master's children were killed in Haiti for this very reason.

    • @grahamjohnson2559
      @grahamjohnson2559 Před 6 lety

      mcmthug It's a way of dealing with a worldwide problem, what to do with blacks.

    • @notinterested8452
      @notinterested8452 Před 6 lety

      Arabs are blacks and they look it.

    • @Noname-ni8qm
      @Noname-ni8qm Před 6 lety

      mcmthug ya in east europe in the villages is the same problem ,people are slaves they work almost for nomoney even has pfysical torture on them from richest ones

    • @98psico
      @98psico Před 6 lety +4

      Not Interested i'm arab but i have straight hair and light skin 🤔

  • @icebrown342
    @icebrown342 Před 6 lety +2

    This really breaks my heart

  • @ristuach7895
    @ristuach7895 Před 4 lety

    How much is one?

  • @snehajoshi3356
    @snehajoshi3356 Před 3 lety +6

    May god love them more.. I felt devasted 😭😭😭😭

  • @paulwhite8493
    @paulwhite8493 Před 6 lety +4

    This is happening In Dubai as well...

    • @carlhieme8501
      @carlhieme8501 Před 3 lety

      This happened in Amsterdam (prostitute) Italian in they farms etc..

  • @fe8445
    @fe8445 Před 2 lety +1

    Prophet Mohammad 's(pbuh) last sermon:
    "Allmankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a White has no superiority over a Black nor a Black has any superiority over a White except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly."
    "Do not therefore do injustice to yourselves..."

  • @sirtommyrobinsonsbitonthes7299

    I know Americans don’t get irony but the cheek of them calling out anyone on their use of slaves. You still had segregation until the 1960’s..

  • @shzarmai
    @shzarmai Před 3 lety +3

    I hope all Mauritanians under the yoke of slavery can be FREED as soon as possible ........ smh sigh, it's truly saddening to think that Modern-day slavery exists in Africa :(

  • @aerochristina1005
    @aerochristina1005 Před 7 lety +29

    Also did anyone else catch bits of french and spanish?

    • @Shortana
      @Shortana Před 7 lety +15

      That whole region was a colony of France and Spain.

    • @TheCiddie
      @TheCiddie Před 7 lety +3

      I'm pretty sure there was no spanish otherwise I would've understood it since I speak it. I did understand the French though, very cool and a reminder of colonialism

    • @TheCiddie
      @TheCiddie Před 7 lety +3

      I'm pretty sure there was no spanish otherwise I would've understood it since I speak it. I did understand the French though, very cool and a reminder of colonialism

    • @aerochristina1005
      @aerochristina1005 Před 7 lety +1

      Unique you might not have heard it through the accents....idk but i think i heard a word or two., i also speak it.

    • @TheCiddie
      @TheCiddie Před 7 lety +1

      Aero Christina Maybe, also French has some words similar to Spanish so maybe it was that. But it's totally possible that there was some Spanish too

  • @basharalhashimi6187
    @basharalhashimi6187 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Can anyone tell me something about mosques and tv series in Mauritania???

  • @Abuamam
    @Abuamam Před měsícem

    Abolishing slavery on paper alone makes no sense. What would a freed slave do to earn an income? Rent himself out to the same or another master for pay instead of food. What has changed? The fact that he gets a salary to buy food instead of the food itself?

  • @tonalfon4251
    @tonalfon4251 Před 3 lety +4

    Unbelievable this still happens. And still “ part of their culture” ?

  • @highchiefsav
    @highchiefsav Před 7 lety +4

    OMG!!!! HEARTBREAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @user-mp6ee6pr1e
    @user-mp6ee6pr1e Před 2 lety +1

    Couldn’t help but notice classic old benzes

  • @toshirohitsugaya6421
    @toshirohitsugaya6421 Před 7 lety +6

    7:20 the guy does not pay the black farmers

  • @10solidrocks
    @10solidrocks Před 11 lety +4

    I am glad I watched this video because I was completely unaware of the slavery still ongoing in Mauritania. On the other hand, I see it as you do, slavery exists all throughout the world and in every economic class (if class still exists). The corporations make slaves of their "employees" and groups who highly regard themselves and their own wants and needs have, since the fall of Adam and Eve, suppressed and oppressed others and turned them into slaves. Slavery is wicked to its core.

    • @Nikwunu
      @Nikwunu Před rokem +3

      there is no comparison between signing a work contract and being the property of another person.

    • @a.f.2330
      @a.f.2330 Před rokem +1

      @@Nikwunu I have to agree with you completely. To equate employment with what was shown in this video - the lack of dignity, the lack of freedom, being traded and used as someone else's property, being treated as less valuable than even an animal - is mind boggling.

  • @lexzone-six9912
    @lexzone-six9912 Před 4 lety +1

    13:44. Not gonna lie, y'all had us in the first half.

  • @samihah1976
    @samihah1976 Před 11 lety

    I would like to know more info about that school for woman who escaped slavery. Please send me a message with their information.

  • @jamesking5508
    @jamesking5508 Před 6 lety +4

    ...."ME AND MY HOUSE WILL SERVE THE LORD..."

  • @epiclife5450
    @epiclife5450 Před 7 lety +41

    im white and im 100 percent against slavey its just wrong

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices Před 6 lety

      Epic Life For this you just may get a birthday card from Imam Obama.

    • @MrJm323
      @MrJm323 Před 6 lety +7

      Um, ....What do the two facts ("I am white") and ("I'm 100 percent against slavery. It's just wrong") have to do with each other?
      Were you suggesting that, had you been black or brown, you'd be only 72 percent against slavery?
      Yes, it is true that the first international movement to abolish chattel slavery worldwide was started by white people (the British, specifically the Clapham sect of Christian evangelicals). And that it had been whites who first promulgated the natural right theory of human beings as being free in terms of individual liberty.
      Neither Europeans (nor Arabs) had INTRODUCED slavery to Africa (which existed since time immemorial); but Europeans did FORCE most Africans to give up the institution of chattel slavery in the late 19th century. ...Individual liberty being an idea that was born in Europe (it was a Western idea exported to the world).
      Is THAT what you were trying to say?

    • @-star_27-20
      @-star_27-20 Před 5 lety +1

      Epic Life what’s your point? I don’t think there are any whites that want slavery

    • @shockhouser3171
      @shockhouser3171 Před 5 lety +3

      Trust me im black and i forgive white people for slavery we need to focus on the arabs

    • @qwertyasf
      @qwertyasf Před 4 lety +1

      shock houser you need to focus on yourself clearly

  • @kayodeajewole1274
    @kayodeajewole1274 Před 3 lety +1

    Aljazeera will close its eyes to this one like it doesn't exist

  • @douglasguzman2622
    @douglasguzman2622 Před 7 měsíci

    Very emotional watching this. To see the evil humanity can produce and people trapped in it.

  • @sumterblackchamberofcommer112

    My heart goes out to you sisters

  • @ZerradiZader-cc7pi
    @ZerradiZader-cc7pi Před 10 lety +4

    Do not you know governments and the United Nations in this matter ?
    Why not work to stop it ? ? ?

  • @arizeboz7844
    @arizeboz7844 Před 3 lety +1

    My heart is broken, the children eat sand sometimes, no water. Damn what a world we live in.

  • @marsutte788
    @marsutte788 Před 8 lety

    This will never vanish these people deserve for their story to be told continuously because they have suffered for no reason the problem is you think you can buy peoples pain and suffering but you cannot

  • @ShivaCharas
    @ShivaCharas Před 10 lety +20

    I have seen this first hand (when I lived in nearby Senegal) Must be denounced and ended. Allah Knows.

    • @aaronaaron2405
      @aaronaaron2405 Před 3 lety

      @Crow29Darkness czcams.com/video/ozPyi0_fvhQ/video.html
      Stfu