The Congolese Tribes Selling Weed to Survive | WEEDIQUETTE

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  • 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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  • @nettceo8543
    @nettceo8543 Před 12 dny +1516

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

  • @tefocharlesmodise9937
    @tefocharlesmodise9937 Před 12 dny +2978

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

    • @promiseland772
      @promiseland772 Před 12 dny +294

      The interviewer is the feds to her LOL

    • @mb2776
      @mb2776 Před 12 dny +66

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

    • @nathanbowler6409
      @nathanbowler6409 Před 12 dny +81

      She would absolutely end a life without hesitation

    • @tetherblows
      @tetherblows Před 12 dny +210

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

    • @musikman337
      @musikman337 Před 12 dny +51

      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😵‍💫

  • @lasha9174
    @lasha9174 Před 8 dny +496

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

    • @t3hwaddledee
      @t3hwaddledee Před 6 dny +14

      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.)

    • @user-hr2ec6md8s
      @user-hr2ec6md8s Před 6 dny +1

      🙌🙌🙌💯💯💯💯

    • @nickacelvn
      @nickacelvn Před 6 dny +9

      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
      @XCBOZ Před 5 dny +2

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

    • @hokuspokus11111
      @hokuspokus11111 Před 5 dny

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

  • @k0r0z1f
    @k0r0z1f Před 7 dny +127

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

  • @simpleshapes8113
    @simpleshapes8113 Před 13 dny +2276

    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
      @undisclosed.5x Před 13 dny +83

      Very much needed given.

    • @Brundlefly78
      @Brundlefly78 Před 12 dny +67

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

    • @zenkai8247
      @zenkai8247 Před 12 dny +138

      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.

    • @DontcallTyrone_
      @DontcallTyrone_ Před 12 dny +162

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

    • @simpleshapes8113
      @simpleshapes8113 Před 12 dny +42

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

  • @stillakilla
    @stillakilla Před 13 dny +1701

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

    • @jeffomalley100
      @jeffomalley100 Před 13 dny +55

      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
      @sumper_man Před 13 dny +141

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

    • @gaara2447
      @gaara2447 Před 13 dny +12

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

    • @jeffomalley100
      @jeffomalley100 Před 13 dny +11

      @@sumper_man now were talking lol

    • @Jay-mp7ir
      @Jay-mp7ir Před 13 dny +10

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

  • @t.b..h.n
    @t.b..h.n Před 4 dny +28

    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
      @pulsar3483 Před 3 dny +2

      May he rest in peace ❤

    • @Appulseed87
      @Appulseed87 Před 3 dny +1

      Blessings for you and your people my brother🙌🏾

    • @2BluntsLaterJr
      @2BluntsLaterJr Před dnem

      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

  • @CrystalGeyser69
    @CrystalGeyser69 Před 7 dny +22

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

  • @user-mp3ei1ud2w
    @user-mp3ei1ud2w Před 9 dny +646

    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
      @prentisdavis9781 Před 8 dny +24

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

    • @THEMANCURTIS
      @THEMANCURTIS Před 8 dny +6

      Bless!

    • @gunztommiegunz
      @gunztommiegunz Před 8 dny

      @@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
      @clixidusss__837 Před 8 dny

      @@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

    • @GasBabyDee
      @GasBabyDee Před 8 dny +6

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

  • @geffeniz
    @geffeniz Před 10 dny +446

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

    • @deadhand8819
      @deadhand8819 Před 10 dny +23

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

    • @EZ_Money101
      @EZ_Money101 Před 10 dny +20

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

    • @redmanrm1
      @redmanrm1 Před 10 dny

      😂😂😂

    • @sankaplays3098
      @sankaplays3098 Před 10 dny +5

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

    • @alvine7117
      @alvine7117 Před 10 dny

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

  • @jesstheuncoloured2670
    @jesstheuncoloured2670 Před 8 dny +131

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

    • @sirajhassan3667
      @sirajhassan3667 Před 5 dny +3

      Guka anaitwa tateku😂😂😂

    • @sharongitau8727
      @sharongitau8727 Před 5 dny +2

      Haha same here. She looks like us too

    • @lputaa
      @lputaa Před 4 dny

      Vipi bana mtuwetu 😂👋🏿?

    • @shalbec3232
      @shalbec3232 Před 3 dny +1

      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
      @shalbec3232 Před 3 dny +1

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

  • @blckcatluver
    @blckcatluver Před 8 dny +95

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

  • @smokedawg3420
    @smokedawg3420 Před 12 dny +824

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

    • @mawandomendohaynes6061
      @mawandomendohaynes6061 Před 11 dny +75

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

    • @user-wj9lm7gt2w
      @user-wj9lm7gt2w Před 10 dny +52

      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
      @terarara189 Před 10 dny +13

      @@mawandomendohaynes6061 i think he is drunk

    • @joel9002
      @joel9002 Před 10 dny +8

      @@terarara189 crossfaded perhaps

    • @jux357
      @jux357 Před 9 dny +3

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

  • @PatYouells
    @PatYouells Před 10 dny +798

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

    • @BLITZftw
      @BLITZftw Před 9 dny +9

      😂

    • @ChandlerSavage
      @ChandlerSavage Před 9 dny +27

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

    • @FlipNasty1
      @FlipNasty1 Před 9 dny +14

      Homie just got what we call "gravy eyes"

    • @DontFeedTheUnicorn420
      @DontFeedTheUnicorn420 Před 9 dny +2

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @philmcgroin
      @philmcgroin Před 9 dny +19

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

  • @evalongaz2832
    @evalongaz2832 Před 8 dny +15

    I speak shona from Zimbabwe and it's amazing how many similar words I could hear throughout this documentary. It's true that we came from the Great Lakes

    • @ym20031
      @ym20031 Před 8 dny +2

      Indeed Kinyarwanda and Shona are very similar.

    • @Suewally
      @Suewally Před 8 dny +3

      Ndatoshamisikawo ka ini 😂😂

    • @dfui.
      @dfui. Před 5 dny

      All Bantu groups in East, Central, and South Africa descend from a single group that dispersed from Eastern Cameroon 2000 years ago.

    • @evalongaz2832
      @evalongaz2832 Před 4 dny

      But there was no Cameroon2000
      yrs ago?

    • @dfui.
      @dfui. Před 4 dny

      @@evalongaz2832 This conversation is too advanced for you, it seems. So, you mean, 2000 years ago, the location where Cameroon is today, didn't exist?

  • @user-qx8vr1hb5p
    @user-qx8vr1hb5p Před 7 dny +5

    What a wise lady, she’s calculative and protective

  • @Xethyl
    @Xethyl Před 13 dny +1002

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

    • @MIKEY1G-xk3rf
      @MIKEY1G-xk3rf Před 13 dny +43

      this came out in 2016 btw

    • @mfburns7909
      @mfburns7909 Před 13 dny +42

      They've been recycling 10 year old episodes forever

    • @patrickmcgovern676
      @patrickmcgovern676 Před 13 dny +4

      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
      @liightsreign6024 Před 12 dny +5

      @@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
      @missqt48 Před 12 dny +16

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

  • @greenviper7716
    @greenviper7716 Před 10 dny +233

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

  • @parkerjudd7814
    @parkerjudd7814 Před 8 dny +6

    When you are hungry you can't be scared. I felt that comment

  • @andrejblenman2369
    @andrejblenman2369 Před 7 dny +6

    best vice documentary I've seen in awhile amazing work

  • @patriciam4123
    @patriciam4123 Před 13 dny +816

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

    • @SvenZwaaneveld
      @SvenZwaaneveld Před 13 dny +33

      Amen bro❤

    • @bearcubd3900
      @bearcubd3900 Před 13 dny +21

      Totally Agree Mate.

    • @Steve-ev6vx
      @Steve-ev6vx Před 12 dny +16

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

    • @SalsaSippin_
      @SalsaSippin_ Před 12 dny

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

    • @carbonconnection2480
      @carbonconnection2480 Před 12 dny +29

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

  • @brxan3096
    @brxan3096 Před 10 dny +308

    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
      @briankipsang8248 Před 9 dny +16

      Baana...kuna mtu nimeskia akisema ako bie

    • @lucygathiri8934
      @lucygathiri8934 Před 9 dny +10

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

    • @salimmajani-vt6po
      @salimmajani-vt6po Před 9 dny +6

      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
      @faux4780 Před 9 dny +2

      @@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
      @cccmmm1234 Před 9 dny +8

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

  • @divyanshusethi3161
    @divyanshusethi3161 Před 6 dny +4

    Excellent journalism and very eloquently narrated, Thank you for this amazing insight!

  • @user-zc2dx4gy3g
    @user-zc2dx4gy3g Před 7 dny +1

    Respect for going out to the Congo to document this story.

  • @july23rdchild
    @july23rdchild Před 11 dny +320

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

    • @Holysimba21
      @Holysimba21 Před 11 dny +10

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

    • @tsungigudza8803
      @tsungigudza8803 Před 11 dny +36

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

    • @badbrother_2023
      @badbrother_2023 Před 11 dny +6

      Haiya. Kumbe tuko wengi

    • @VRNAMIBIA
      @VRNAMIBIA Před 10 dny +16

      Some words sounds exactly like Wamboe language here in Namibia

    • @mbatshintopo7698
      @mbatshintopo7698 Před 10 dny +11

      Same as Kalanga from Botswana

  • @christopherbaity745
    @christopherbaity745 Před 13 dny +243

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

    • @CannabisReviewPDX
      @CannabisReviewPDX Před 12 dny +13

      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

    • @SimulatedReality_3.0
      @SimulatedReality_3.0 Před 10 dny

      Fr fr

    • @ASR0023
      @ASR0023 Před 9 dny

      ​@CannabisReviewPDX yeah originally aired 2016

  • @samir.4718
    @samir.4718 Před 8 dny +1

    massive respect for showing the world the reality of life. Best doc I've seen in years. Keep producing such masterpieces!

  • @Wodensdsy
    @Wodensdsy Před 9 hodinami +1

    I spent 2 weeks deep in the Rainforest with a tribe of people that lived in it. They hunted and gathered stuff from the Forrest every day. They also grew tomatoes and peppers and some leafy plants that they’d grind up and mix with chili to eat in the morning. But about 80% of that village also grew their own weed. They would take bones from animals they’d killed and boiled all the flesh off before cooking them over the fire so they dry out before they crush them and mix urine and charcoal together as a fertilizer. The plants would get 9-12 feet tall and produced some of the most incredible marijuana there is on the planet. Orange, purple, red, yellow colors all over the buds. The smell was so strong when you’re 2 miles down wind you can still smell it. When they go to harvest hundreds of pounds they slash the plants down and hang them upside down to dry. Then sold it for (if I did the math right) 10lbs would get them about $260 American. These tribes get so ripped off by the other tribes and other African

  • @jaffarjafa9638
    @jaffarjafa9638 Před 10 dny +362

    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❤

    • @JohnnyDLaw
      @JohnnyDLaw Před 9 dny +32

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

    • @mnpd3
      @mnpd3 Před 9 dny +10

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

    • @rasngaboofficial
      @rasngaboofficial Před 9 dny +1

      Rastafari I

    • @utterlyjames0
      @utterlyjames0 Před 9 dny +2

      4:36 "We got a spy!" ahh moment 😂😂😂😂

    • @danielzihindula3463
      @danielzihindula3463 Před 9 dny +1

      Exactly 😅

  • @Ghostworld_
    @Ghostworld_ Před 13 dny +106

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

    • @sarak4418
      @sarak4418 Před 3 dny +1

      and that's what America dont understand !

    • @alshatrihakimushamavu7433
      @alshatrihakimushamavu7433 Před dnem

      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
      @cantinadudes Před dnem

      ​​@@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

  • @Nancy-mw2dg
    @Nancy-mw2dg Před dnem +61

    ..
    VICE... dun went in HAM on this right here! a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took his career of 2 da big leagues after he dun found that page

  • @worsman1870
    @worsman1870 Před 5 dny +2

    Feels like every decade we get a new ‘Great VICE Era’

  • @keny5997
    @keny5997 Před 12 dny +197

    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
      @CannabisReviewPDX Před 12 dny +14

      Big respect to you for continuing brother

    • @alexisdigital
      @alexisdigital Před 12 dny +11

      ✊🏿power to the people

    • @datFUNKYb
      @datFUNKYb Před 12 dny +5

      👊

    • @k1aurent
      @k1aurent Před 11 dny +6

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

    • @keny5997
      @keny5997 Před 11 dny +5

      @@CannabisReviewPDX ❤️❤️❤️

  • @koob837
    @koob837 Před 10 dny +103

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

  • @alexanderlumunonakachinda2922

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

  • @NamalKarunathilaka
    @NamalKarunathilaka Před 5 dny +1

    Yoo this make me cry. Love from sri lanka

  • @stekariuki4241
    @stekariuki4241 Před 13 dny +87

    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

  • @shakur1459
    @shakur1459 Před 10 dny +43

    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
      @danielotieno9935 Před 9 dny

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

    • @Pmooli
      @Pmooli Před 9 dny

      A remnant of the Arab swahili trade.

  • @topboy_moh
    @topboy_moh Před hodinou

    Thankful i am alive to watch this. Life is beautiful

  • @UCbaker
    @UCbaker Před 7 dny

    As a Jamaican descending from this blood line , this was amazing to watch and learn about my people!

  • @peezyworld420
    @peezyworld420 Před 12 dny +108

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

    • @DrummerJacob
      @DrummerJacob Před 10 dny +9

      "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
      @skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251 Před 6 dny

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

  • @onamjknm9973
    @onamjknm9973 Před 12 dny +118

    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
      @javedhutchinson538 Před 9 dny +1

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

    • @janetapun7067
      @janetapun7067 Před 9 dny +1

      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
      @janetapun7067 Před 9 dny

      @@javedhutchinson538 life is a bit better in other regions

  • @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!

  • @anljdfvcwafd
    @anljdfvcwafd Před 4 dny +2

    Krishna rules. Brave dude. This report made my life feel so trivial. Hope to see more stuff from Krishna here. Ride on dude!

  • @bertinvick
    @bertinvick Před 11 dny +116

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

    • @neildavid10
      @neildavid10 Před 10 dny

      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
      @procabclub7153 Před 10 dny

      It's been absolutely new to me as well.

    • @shable1436
      @shable1436 Před 9 dny

      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
      @flexrestorationke4975 Před 9 dny +1

      ​@@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
      @flexrestorationke4975 Před 9 dny

      sad huh

  • @winniealwayo700
    @winniealwayo700 Před 12 dny +384

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

  • @ThePenguin4120
    @ThePenguin4120 Před 2 dny +1

    This is the type of content that made me love vice

  • @insomniacproductions1779

    "Weed is the most important thing that gives me strength to work"
    Me too bro, me too.

  • @paperman9708
    @paperman9708 Před 9 dny +268

    "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.

  • @brotherronardo6766
    @brotherronardo6766 Před 8 dny +144

    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.

  • @LuKaZz420
    @LuKaZz420 Před 7 dny +3

    The LT and his wife were epic. "Look at the camera"

  • @JJadx
    @JJadx Před 2 dny +1

    love the producers interview style. respecting the locals. getting on equal footing.

  • @GuitarBldr9
    @GuitarBldr9 Před 13 dny +379

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

    • @zethloveless7238
      @zethloveless7238 Před 12 dny

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

    • @spicychad55
      @spicychad55 Před 12 dny +40

      Krishna finds out he's "white" 😂

    • @ahorrell
      @ahorrell Před 12 dny +101

      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
      @imweezybaby6 Před 12 dny +3

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

    • @WILD__THINGS
      @WILD__THINGS Před 12 dny +32

      ​@@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.

  • @benzofrmdayeos
    @benzofrmdayeos Před 11 dny +95

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

  • @Roastdawg
    @Roastdawg Před 7 dny +5

    “As of today, the hunt continues.” Such true words.

  • @katekablessings2044
    @katekablessings2044 Před 8 dny +2

    Africa Unit🙏 this is eye👀🧠 opening. The pain in the mother's speech😢

  • @ismailmahomed6366
    @ismailmahomed6366 Před 12 dny +117

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

    • @edsonnokanogueira8012
      @edsonnokanogueira8012 Před 12 dny

      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
      @vicyvic Před 12 dny +6

      next time they should do cassava traders

    • @musmelo_muspablo
      @musmelo_muspablo Před 8 dny

      Smart observation 👌🏾

  • @user-pc3io5ji1o
    @user-pc3io5ji1o Před 10 dny +65

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

    • @Lovell93
      @Lovell93 Před 8 dny +7

      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.

    • @go_djentle
      @go_djentle Před 8 dny +3

      @@Lovell93 he and Hamilton are their only saving grace tbh.

    • @user-pc3io5ji1o
      @user-pc3io5ji1o Před 8 dny

      @@youtubegk4105 no I’m white American lol

    • @user-pc3io5ji1o
      @user-pc3io5ji1o Před 8 dny

      @@go_djentle I also really like Thomas Morton

  • @ashleymarshall5616
    @ashleymarshall5616 Před 7 dny

    The mom in the beginning is SO BEAUTIFUL my god 🥹😍🌹

  • @jhamalcar_detailing7173

    Wonderful work brother
    The video explains everything love it ❤

  • @WestHaddnin
    @WestHaddnin Před 10 dny +76

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

    • @dankduck
      @dankduck Před 9 dny +1

      Right

    • @sprout1599
      @sprout1599 Před 9 dny

      what i thought

    • @jeanpierremulusa5781
      @jeanpierremulusa5781 Před 9 dny +14

      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
      @Stryver103 Před 9 dny +9

      the footage is from 2016

    • @KriTss23
      @KriTss23 Před 9 dny

      @@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

  • @gbolahanfadeyi2886
    @gbolahanfadeyi2886 Před 10 dny +24

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

  • @gothboi4ever
    @gothboi4ever Před 6 dny +2

    Krishna is the best Vice journalist.

  • @zollruskin6389
    @zollruskin6389 Před 6 dny

    This film should win an award.

  • @bantuvoicemuchaik.k.7715
    @bantuvoicemuchaik.k.7715 Před 12 dny +51

    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
      @theoigeno2100 Před 9 dny +3

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

    • @benizungu7774
      @benizungu7774 Před 8 dny

      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

  • @mupenziii2097
    @mupenziii2097 Před 12 dny +32

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

    • @tweet2138
      @tweet2138 Před 10 dny +1

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

    • @easterbunnymomson130
      @easterbunnymomson130 Před 9 dny

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @2BluntsLaterJr
      @2BluntsLaterJr Před dnem

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

  • @ZachZachZachZachZachZachZachZz

    Great interview. Thx vice

  • @user-oy4sm3lj2l
    @user-oy4sm3lj2l Před 8 dny +2

    Any One who speaks Kiswahili enjoyed this even more am sure

  • @Lowshyne
    @Lowshyne Před 13 dny +121

    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
      @VetranoD Před 12 dny +24

      These are old episodes...

    • @ariesfairy4444
      @ariesfairy4444 Před 12 dny +17

      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
      @queenbathory5288 Před 12 dny

      LOL moron is proud about reruns

    • @CannabisReviewPDX
      @CannabisReviewPDX Před 12 dny +9

      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
      @RayBarK1 Před 10 dny +1

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

  • @ACTUALLYRICH
    @ACTUALLYRICH Před 11 dny +30

    Congolese music in the 70s/80s was top tier ❤ .M’bilia Bel? Tabu Ley Rochereau? It’s my go to happy music

    • @declobawak
      @declobawak Před 11 dny +1

      Yeah African music Power house for decades now

    • @lindsayobath8028
      @lindsayobath8028 Před 10 dny

      M'bilia Bel performed in Nairobi recently, and she was ELITE ! Music is superior, indeed honored to have watched her live🎉😊

  • @ronnelmiguelvlog6738
    @ronnelmiguelvlog6738 Před 7 dny

    godbless taker allways..watching from philipines..

  • @shimoysmith5594
    @shimoysmith5594 Před 3 dny

    I love this documentary 🎉very interesting and informative

  • @billmuray
    @billmuray Před 12 dny +15

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

  • @avemaria-iloveutoo
    @avemaria-iloveutoo Před 12 dny +39

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

    • @amandacammack9385
      @amandacammack9385 Před 10 dny +3

      He ain’t even white I’m confused

    • @garycooper9207
      @garycooper9207 Před 10 dny +9

      That word also means foreigner or traveler

    • @mufasa1794
      @mufasa1794 Před 10 dny

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

    • @avemaria-iloveutoo
      @avemaria-iloveutoo Před 10 dny +11

      @@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
      @KingBerry23 Před 10 dny +4

      @@amandacammack9385her calling him “white” is ancestral. She knows his people were colonized

  • @JuliusBatali
    @JuliusBatali Před 16 hodinami

    THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO FOR BRINGING AWARENESS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN CONGO, AND FOR YOUR BRAVERY FOR ENTERING THE COUNTRY WITH YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU SIR.

  • @awindaphilip
    @awindaphilip Před 13 dny +116

    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
      @JimboJamboJames Před 11 dny +7

      That was a crazy hardcore situation to be in.

    • @winniealwayo700
      @winniealwayo700 Před 11 dny +17

      The fixer did well at calming the situation 😂

    • @OiMate-sj1os
      @OiMate-sj1os Před 10 dny

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

    • @bomboclat250
      @bomboclat250 Před 10 dny

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

    • @FakenameStevens
      @FakenameStevens Před 10 dny

      "Unalived" meaning?

  • @Krytair
    @Krytair Před 8 dny +99

    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
      @cyclingbulgarian-london8643 Před 8 dny +2

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

    • @bunnymaher8521
      @bunnymaher8521 Před 8 dny

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

    • @silviaanastan5127
      @silviaanastan5127 Před 8 dny

      @@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
      @thrubesko3258 Před 8 dny +7

      @@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
      @stereo-soulsoundsystem5070 Před 7 dny

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

  • @beba5829
    @beba5829 Před 8 dny

    This was a great one fr

  • @drs8922
    @drs8922 Před 5 dny +1

    just have to say. Everyone is lit af at this village.

  • @ewilliamsz2099
    @ewilliamsz2099 Před 10 dny +26

    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
      @benizungu7774 Před 8 dny

      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
      @collinsgumba9119 Před 8 dny

      ​@@benizungu7774they still spent the night there. I'd have left immediately

  • @lebohangmorake6922
    @lebohangmorake6922 Před 11 dny +55

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

    • @sankaplays3098
      @sankaplays3098 Před 10 dny +1

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

    • @TheColorTheft68
      @TheColorTheft68 Před 10 dny

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

  • @Ladybugsandhexagons
    @Ladybugsandhexagons Před 6 dny

    So gifted and passionate, a valuable source from the ancestors. As a seed of Goma in the DRC, I write this message to transmute protection and honor to the people of the land in tune with the herbs. May all the bodies of the land in Congo profit in healthy value, rich in love, rich in spirit, rich in psyche, rich in material sustainability, rich in peace. Protect these entrepreneurs, Asante, Ase ⚖️🌞🌀

  • @LuKaZz420
    @LuKaZz420 Před 7 dny +1

    Brilliant documentary

  • @StampECompany
    @StampECompany Před 9 dny +26

    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
      @KaniAbdi-bz2db Před 8 dny +4

      Ironically Congo is very rich but they suffer

    • @StampECompany
      @StampECompany Před 8 dny +3

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

  • @puddleglummarshwiggle7968

    omg ... i legit shed tears when the woman beside Kiri talked about sometimes she resorts to prostitution, and kiri interjected that prostitution doesn't generate half the income weed does. wow.. makes me want to nominate kiri for some kind of award..

  • @larsozzsk7143
    @larsozzsk7143 Před 5 dny +1

    Much Love And Blessings

  • @aubreysnyder338
    @aubreysnyder338 Před 13 dny +35

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

  • @Zack-qq8ph
    @Zack-qq8ph Před 12 dny +83

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

  • @Boz_Zambia
    @Boz_Zambia Před 4 dny

    Wow! Loved this

  • @JimmyBrazy
    @JimmyBrazy Před 5 dny

    Very interesting; keep up the good work

  • @31kittykatty
    @31kittykatty Před 9 dny +24

    "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
      @Nathan-uo9yf Před 7 dny

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

    • @Earth_Angel777
      @Earth_Angel777 Před 6 dny

      💯

    • @sbss924
      @sbss924 Před 6 dny

      I felt the same. He basically made a case.

  • @TravisMcMurray
    @TravisMcMurray Před 10 dny +21

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

  • @Geoffrey-jz1ik
    @Geoffrey-jz1ik Před 7 dny

    Nice piece, bro. Kazi safi. 👊

  • @mosesajiboye2987
    @mosesajiboye2987 Před 8 dny

    This story is deep...One Love 👍

  • @keny5997
    @keny5997 Před 12 dny +18

    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 ❤️❤️❤️

  • @seanstorm3651
    @seanstorm3651 Před 10 dny +11

    Heart goes out to that goat cause he’ll be so baked 😭😭

  • @Zone9Film
    @Zone9Film Před 5 dny

    I’m just amazed that he can understand him I’m genuinely impressed

  • @cincyjohn69
    @cincyjohn69 Před 6 dny

    An amazing story !

  • @RS-un7zm
    @RS-un7zm Před 9 dny +15

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

  • @alexmutuku5698
    @alexmutuku5698 Před 12 dny +49

    the lieutenant and the wife😂😂😂😂