Abandoned Alone in an African Tribe

Strangely, this story did not end the way I wanted, as you will see at the end of our video, however, the groundwork for this idea was laid about a year ago by Amar. I also think Thomas in an environment like this would be "It's very awkward, so let us know in the comments if you want to see Thomas

abandoned

and in a rural African village. The idea was for me to be

abandoned

in an African

tribe

for at least a "It seems like someone is going wild without me." Re abandoning me is not all that is happening.

These subdued people that I'm going to spend time with live in Cameroon and they're almost like isolates, like they're too, very, too remote for me to live with them, learn from them, and immerse myself in them. an environment I have never experienced before, yes on this road trip it will be quite dangerous, there have been kidnappings in North Cameron, but I don't think I have been as nervous as I have been in a long time and So right after our first episode of our African Saga, which I highly recommend you watch after this if you haven't seen it yet, I traveled to the country for our Second Adventure in Africa, one that let's say was full of surprises to get to. the

tribe

we were looking for we had to drive about 15 hours on rainy days.

We begin the road trip to the eastern outskirts of Cameroon, near the border of the Central African Republic, a country currently in civil war and therefore a place where few visitors come. to officially get on dirt roads, how many kilometers on red dirt roads and 89. We go very far, yes, so we keep getting stopped by people trying to find a defect in the car to charge for something I can catch you on and say it's OK. for example, ten thousand five thousand, for no reason, a little traffic, yes, local traffic, as we were moving further and further away from the capital.

I admit I was getting nervous, our only spare tire for the drive there and back was already used. and as I sank into the remoteness of where we were going, I realized how far away we were in case something went wrong. Well, this is the town we're staying in the bucket tribe, it's miles from here in the jungle, so that night. We arrive at the only hotel in the village near the forest where the tribe lives like a home sweet home for the night, okay, very good, yes, as we head towards the tribe, first I would like to share with you the opportunity to join me. on an adventure next year and I promise it probably won't be as crazy as this one, with the most recurring DM and email comment we get from you guys wanting to join us on adventures, we've decided to open the door for that to happen as our main fuel for these adventures and the Rockstar team behind the discomfort-seeking Yes Theory will be bringing three people involved in our Christmas installment this season with us on a trip with me next year.

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The Baka are considered the primary hunter-gatherers of the West Central African rainforest, averaging five to five feet tall. They were formally known as pygmies, a term now considered derogatory. They live semi-nomadic lifestyles and survive primarily by foraging and setting traps in the jungle, an art form they have perfected over centuries and centuries of expert survival. They reside primarily in the southeast. from Cameroon, northern Gabon and However, in the northern part of the Republic of the Congo, unfortunately, like many indigenous communities around the world, tobacco farmers have been driven from their native lands deep in the forest in order to harvest the natural resources of the area.

For these reasons, we have chosen to spend some time with this marginalized community to learn from them and experience what their lives are like today halfway living on the edge between towns with schools and hospitals and deep in the jungle like their ancestors, the plan It's about being completely left to my own devices with this small town of nine families in the hopes of learning everything I can and the time they gave me. I'll be honest, I didn't really know what to expect from this experience, all I can tell you is that I entered the strip with an open mind and an open heart our welcoming committee wow oh my goodness wow I wasn't expecting this at all just the warmest workout ever I have never received I can't describe what I feel right now I am walking now to the forest where they live and then I will be with them for the next 24 to 36 hours.

I can't say that when we started this channel I ever thought it would end up this remote, but I guess here we are. I assume they don't really get many visitors? They probably don't come from Sweden. The boss we are showing you. Where they live? Yes, before gaining its independence in 1960, Cameroon was colonized by the French Republic. meaning that to this day French remains one of the most common spoken languages, which made it much easier for me to communicate with the locals and some of the Baka. I've been to a lot of remote places, but I don't think I've ever felt so far from home in my entire life.

The husband and wife sleep there. The three kids sleep here. Are we nervous? Yes, but I also chose to be here. I I feel honored to be here, so." I'm also very grateful that you made a space for me um the only traditional wow oh Mercy Mercy Mercy wow the warmest welcome I have ever received as a gift and thank you we brought a lot of food we brought rice we brought soap we brought salted sugar and we will also distribute some funds to each one of the families as a thank you for letting us be here, it is not something they are expecting or asking for, I was a foreigner, I ended up here. been away from home I'm not going to say I haven't done that before but never

alone

in these circumstances I don't know what I'll eat I don't know how I'll drink I did bring some water because they drink from a stream down here and, although I have a water filter, the risk of getting sick is probably quite high so I chose to play it a bit safe on the boardwalk, the food I have no idea I didn't make.

Bring anything with me and I don't know what to expect. Wow, it says it even helps with malaria. He says they often get malaria here. Yeah, it can't be easy to deal with under these circumstances. They have learned French and have already moved. further from the forest, closer to the villages 20 years ago, the Baka were taken from the depths of the forest to move closer to the villages, so the current generation now lives on the edge maintaining their traditions and way of life of The best way. They may still feel pressured to leave their past behind by finding themselves somewhere between the lives of their ancestors and the rest of local society.

Right now the village is doing various things some are eating some of the gifts some are cleaning some are hanging "After spending a few hours with the tribe attending to various tasks, the younger generation wanted to head to the forest. I have no idea where we are. Come on, just let's go, my goodness, I have never seen so many ants before. Wow, there are giant ants and what I would quickly find out is that these ants bite, look now I know why those ants were worried, look at that huge caterpillar, oh they bite, the road is getting harder and harder to leave the road at this point, ah we are. setting traps, so we are hunting right now, Baka Hunt and gathering much of their own food, the men hunt and trap in the surrounding forest often using arrows and poisoned spears to great effect.

In this case, they hope to catch small antelopes that inhabit the region and forest rodents. He's chewing on a bark that I think he'll spit back on what they chewed. and spit into traps will attract the animals they hope to catch. Well, what they are now looking for are coca leaves, common in several communities around the world. Raw coca leaves, chewed and consumed as tea, are rich in nutritional properties and minerals such as calcium potassium vitamin C and nutrients such as protein and fiber and do everything possible to find them God's love please don't fall one two and then there's one up there somehow he's making this look so easy you have to have some serious shit Corners to climb that tree and get some coca leaves, there are ants on my shoes, so many ants, okay, I'm a complete amateur, that It was incredible.

The thunder is really coming, it's starting to rain, okay, wow, it looks like they're fortifying their cabin here for rain, yeah, wow, they brought some bananas, look at that, but bananas actually sound pretty good right now. I haven't eaten anything all day, oh yeah, I'm going to take a break from eating these bananas. I'm fine, exactly. A lot of kids here are playing with a piece of flip flops that I think they cut into a circle to make them roll. A strange piece of cardboard. Children will find a way to play in any way possible. It looks like a potato, actually not bad.

Mercy wow how nice messy yes they were there before preparing it I didn't realize it was for me they were cleaning it they prepared it it is very sweet but the root is better than the plantain I will say that after eating some of the food they had offered me I heard drums outside from my cabin the drums and the afternoon dance begin at five in the afternoon when the sun sets they like to dance and sing the sun sets the basis of the long tradition and the importance of dancing and singing of the people flourishes and its full glory is freely immersed and profound in this moment, but words cannot describe it as surreal, this is all right now.

I have such collective harmony that there is no blockage in the people of the neighboring town, Rolling In The Vibes, are we? I've been here for over an hour now and it's been um it's been amazing to witness the sun basically almost completely setting. I really can't make out a great day, thanks, it's currently night, I don't really know what. What people are doing, there's someone standing outside my store looking at me. I feel a little more nervous because it's sunset and random people who aren't from this town come and go after hearing that there is a strange man sleeping in a cabin, but I have a lot of emotions to process, but overall I'm grateful that we are here now, who is outside my tent, but there is a group of them standing there, Mizami, are we?

Wow, the foreign conversation with that man was very revealing, yes, foreign, foreign, it was constructed with I have a person with cubes in mind, not a lanky Swedish guy, so I feel completely out of place, very nice of you part by giving me the space, although for now I'm done and out of the morning, it's 6.30am. I slept better than I thought. I would love you, very foreigner. tomorrow and I hope you're okay, it's okay, I'm okay, thank you, I'm not really sure what's going on, they're just standing here, I'm standing there, they're just as confused as I'm just looking.

Each Other Lost in Translation Today I will be leaving the tribe and after spending a quiet morning playing with some of the children, I spend more time trying to understand the Bacca tribe's daily struggle for survival, now we are going to go harvesting. some water, I'm not entirely sure how, okay you know, it's very easy to take water for granted, we only have it available here, just the task of retrieving Waters, there's a footprint on a journey, what a survival challenge for your foreign shoes, unfortunately. The end of our story took the biggest negative turn I have ever faced while filming and we had to leave quickly.

I don't know if this will appear in the story, but Cameron's Secret Service is on alert wondering what a foreigner is doing in the area. They're worried that I'm the spy, but now we're hiding a little bit trying to get past them. Come and ask more questions. This is becoming quite a thing. I can't leave the car. The brave and humble backup people who welcomed me. However, they really touched me, hearing firsthand from a community disconnected from its roots and struggling to find a path to the future left me without answers. I wish I could say that their future is assured and that they will eventually be taken care of, but that seems uncertain at this point as the world increasingly becomes a globalized and modernized society, smaller communities like these are left struggling and I hope that, As a global community, we can make communities like this a greater priority in our actions and conversations as we move forward.

Some local authority, for some reason,He assumed I was a foreign spy and sent soldiers to come arrest me. You can call the embassy for you. Yes, yes, there is a lot of abuse that you face here as a spawn chamber, they sent people. We went to the hotel we were staying at and looked for information and my local helpers came to ask me to leave the area as quickly as possible. This eventually turned into the most stressful rush to leave a country in a hurry I had ever been through. 15 hours straight to the airport and caught the first flight out, even though we've done everything we usually do on trips like this, something went wrong and my Africa Adventure was temporarily suspended.

Interrupted while I flew home to Paris to process what had just ended to happen