Eat Bitter: Striving for a better life in the Central African Republic – BBC Africa Eye documentary
Eat Bitter: Striving for a better life in the Central African Republic – BBC Africa Eye documentary
In the Central African Republic, one of Africa’s poorest countries, local sand diver Thomas Boa and Chinese construction manager Jianmin Luan struggle to improve their fortunes. They “eat bitter” today in the hope of a better tomorrow, but with no guarantees of what their futures may hold.
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The narrative in the African American community is that China and Chinese investors/developers are racist and exploitive. This documentary proves otherwise. I am humbled to see the humanity, common struggle, and brotherhood between Africans and Chinese.
When he said something BAD is coming I was like well the most high may be on the way by the way we ONLY HAVE ABOUT 4 more seal until 🙏✝️ 🌍
The west has introduced their God to Afros
😂😂😂
The East has introduced their know how to Afros
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No wonder the man is trying to go as far away from his wife as possible. She's incredibly insufferable xD
Good documentary
05:02 Chinese foreman; " I gave you helmets and shoes, you just don't wear them"… Silence
14:47..same foreman with so many laborers on a site and still not a single one looks like he has any form of protective gear..he just said it for the cameras
This is the kinda stuff you wake up to, to help you realize how lucky you are.
To add: I think CC stands for more than just chief. Chinese chief.
if a Nigerian comes to central Africa they will chase him but a Chinese is welcome, that is the mentality of Africans.
Very GENUINE that his friend ENCOURAGE him and want him to SUCCEED in being his own SAND DEALER. I LIKE THAT👍 because often people DON'T like to see people succeed, they WORRY ABOUT COMPETITION!!!
Just like a TYPICAL MAN- DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH HARD TOPICS!!! Wife is COMPLAINING about son being DISRESPECTFUL and instead he says "PUT HIM ON THE PHONE LET ME STRAIGHTEN HIM OUT," he runs and hide and says, it's late, I don’t want to deal with this now!!!👎👎👎
*WHAT A JOKE!!!*There's more to life than just making money, no matter the cost!!
Dear God bless this young mens.
Theres a universal law of cause and effect ie what you sow is what you reap…this is one side of the story..now the question is why are this children soo bitter with there parents..you just dont pick up a machete and hack ur parent…its a parents happiness to bless there children w land in kenya…theres more to this narrative than simply witchcraft/land…has there been abuse? Trauma?neglect?
Excellent documentary. Thank you for providing it for free.
THE BBC IS ONE OF THE MOST RACIST NETWORKS EVER!!! FULL OF WICKED EVIL RACISM!😮😮😮😮😮
I have learnt a lot from this men I have even stopped taking alcohol
All the world have gained wealth off the backs of Africans. One day, that will change. The Bible says, the first shall be last, and the last first. 🙏
He should have paid the Sand Company 6,000 Francs just like the others charge…instead of forcing him to take 5700🙄
atleast china colonization in africa is better than European 😊
China in CAR❤
The guys are working very hard to feed their families may God bless them….
China really dominates the African continent.
The Chinese man expressed he provided the workers with helmets and shoes but they don't wear them. I doubt this is true; the workers have no reason to disobey the person paying them🤔
"In China i dont have a say".
Felt 😢… No where 😎
this is beautiful, my advice to the man, plant more and more cassavas and corn, take a short course in masonry, venture in making bricks also, buy more canoes. build a stone house for your family. The sky is the limit, aspire to grow always. Amazing and inspiring story.
jesus. I’m not even married to that Chinese man’s wife and I already want a divorce.
So sad to see that African Continent is dominated by CPP interms of infrastracture projects seems African people are incompetent they cant stand on their own without these CPP minions huh!what a shame!
Africa 🌍 🇧🇯🖤 is the greatest
VERY telling leaders building 🏦 BANKS to embezzle their Borrowed yet Stolen Money while those that elected them REMAIN IMPOVERISHED…. #wakeUPAfricans
Black people r so weak ! Always, letting others come took their place ! All these rebels group should team up! Others like division so they can conquer!
Are they letting yhe Chinese establish a bank in their country? The Chinese don't ñet Africans establish businesses in their country. Africans mudt be married to Chinese in order to establish businesses in China. Smh
The language itself is a heritage 😊😊😊😊. Who else enjoy listening to them speak
The point I'm not seeing addressed in this comment section is that the manager's narionality is key to business. The money to build these projects sadly is not coming from CAR itself. These are projects paid for by loans from Chinese development banks that presumably CAR will repay over time. If chinese guy wasn't the manager then the banks would select whoever the other chinese construction manager in Bangui is. Unfortunately this is and will for the forseeable future remain how development in much of sub saharan African takes place. Obviously we all hope the money (demand) for these young men and their labor (supply) starts originating more locally sooner rather than later.
sO many corupt poloticians in the world . THATS WHY WE NEED Jesus to run the World.
Well that was pleasant to watch.
I don’t understand how a mother can leave her kids 😢
This is exactly what President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah the pioneering leader of Ghana's independence movement, wrote in his significant book titled "Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism."
In this work, Nkrumah provides a compelling analysis of the persisting grip of colonial powers on the economic and political structures of newly emancipated African nations.
He defines "neo-colonialism" as a condition where a state appears to be nominally independent, yet its economic and political system remains controlled by outside forces, specifically Western monopoly capital. Now like the Western powers, China is taking advantage of this same idea to rob the African continent dry.
What is the title of the song at the end of the documentary
Chinese bosses taking advantage yet again .NOT PAGING FARE WAGES
$250,000 for a canoe ☹️🛶
9:56 knowledge is power, And common sense approach, Will make a lot of difference , if they can just use a common sense, They don't have to do, All this, Political incorrectness leaders, with their game, By Setting Tribalism war violence, Otherwise,We have everything here, That , Will be enough for everyone, in the Central African Republic,
Very reflective human piece as the Central African Native and the Chinese immigrant reality is totally different
Since when can u believe or trust bbc,.
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Where can i get the song please.
As an African speaks Chinese, this Chinese man is very impolite to ward Africans. Very Racist
Some of this guys come to Africa with less than 1k usd and they are being worship and see as investors whereas some of us go to their country with millionaires and being treated like trash
A dwarf becomes a king in the land of the blind
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
i wish Boa all the best
The name of the song at the end?❤