Street Dreams: Dancing to Survive – BBC Africa Eye documentary
Street Dreams: Dancing to Survive – BBC Africa Eye documentary
A group of street dancers in Nairobi struggle against the odds to become celebrities.
A seven-strong group of homeless street dancers in Nairobi, who call themselves the Street Family Dance Crew are determined to overcome the desperate hardships of street life and make their names as celebrity dancers. Film-maker Nick Wambugu follows them for…
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just watched the documentary for the second time we need an episode2 of the same characters mostly Gidi
I remember in Kenya at night if you are on way home…The police ask…Explain yourself its dark meaning 19.00 aka 7 pm… why are you out in the dark… only three types of people walk now prostitutes, thieves and policemen…Identify yourself… If you have money they take it otherwise…Am still terrified of cops
Is there a way to get in touch with the group. My son is a "struggling" musician in Europe maybe they can do some collaboration.
This video is Golden. Whatever you've done for these guys will change their lives forever. Respect.
How can I get in touch with the young fellows?
I see bosco making it BIG his a leader .
Moha's love for his son is inspiring. Such a great young father with the desire to do better for his son. What a great documentary 👏🏾
God Bless you Golden!
How can police beat people for dancing what's wrong with dancing 🇿🇦
They could go viral on TikTok man. Americans love this shit.
Like do they have a tiktok?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I’m going to Kenya in December! It’s been almost a decade since I’ve been there. I miss it so much but hate that my people still struggle like this. Do they have a TikTok channel?????
Moha is so inspiring, the way he takes care of his kid is just amazing!! May they never lack in Jesus name.
The same sad story of Africans (black people) everywhere in the world. Yet no one seems to have a solution? Why 😭😂🤣?
God bless those dancers and to all those hustling. They have inspired me! May the future be ever in their favour.
I love the fact that they have faith.no situation is permanent keep it up 👍 guys.
Their prayer got me crying 😢.May God answer their dreams
How comes no one is talking on the injustice from police? All their charges were fabricated, pure harassment.
How can I find them on Instagram??
Any updates on these guys? I wish them all well!!!
Life is so Hard, just to survive 💔
Whilst I understand that Moha desperately missed his son, it was a foolish decision to take him away from a place where he had now found stability and was even learning useful life skills. His attitude towards the police taking his son to a place of safety whilst he waited for his father to come for him was extremely disrespectful and ignorant. He sounded so proud of himself that he leaves a 3 year old little boy by himself all day long and has been doing so from when he was younger. He should have just allowed this boy to have a better opportunity of having stability with his aunt in their hometown. As for the city council and the police, what exactly do they want? If the boys try to make money in a way that does not harm others, they arrest them, but if they rob and do drugs they also arrest them. These are very broken children and young men just trying to find a path for themselves in a non criminal way.
Here we see capitalism in all its stark insanity of “you must BUY AND SELL” yourself or something or starve! We must destroy capitalism the wage immediately! That will end world poverty! USA has been violently forcing all attempts at an alternative system to fail, which means USA has killed hundreds of millions of people worldwide! And USA owes BILLIONS to every human on earth because there should be EQUAL WEALTH WORLDWIDE! Stop the evil USA!
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2. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
3. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
4. Master of the Day of Judgment.
5. It is You we worship, and upon You we call for help.
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4. Aforetime, as guidance for mankind; and He sent down the Criterion. Those who have rejected Allah’s signs will have a severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, Able to take revenge.
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19. Religion with Allah is Islam. Those to whom the Scripture was given differed only after knowledge came to them, out of envy among themselves. Whoever rejects the signs of Allah—Allah is quick to take account.
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30. On the Day when every soul finds all the good it has done presented. And as for the evil it has done, it will wish there were a great distance between them. Allah cautions you of Himself. Allah is Kind towards the servants.
31. Say, “If you love Allah, then follow me, and Allah will love you, and will forgive you your sins.” Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
32. Say, “Obey Allah and the Messenger.” But if they turn away—Allah does not love the faithless.
33. Allah chose Adam, and Noah, and the family of Abraham, and the family of Imran, over all mankind.
34. Offspring one of the other. Allah is Hearer and Knower.
35. The wife of Imran said, “My Lord, I have vowed to You what is in my womb, dedicated, so accept from me; You are the Hearer and Knower.”
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37. Her Lord accepted her with a gracious reception, and brought her a beautiful upbringing, and entrusted her to the care of Zechariah. Whenever Zechariah entered upon her in the sanctuary, he found her with provision. He said, “O Mary, where did you get this from?” She said, “It is from Allah; Allah provides to whom He wills without reckoning.”
38. Thereupon Zechariah prayed to his Lord; he said, “My Lord, bestow on me good offspring from Your presence; You are the Hearer of Prayers.”
39. Then the angels called out to him, as he stood praying in the sanctuary: “Allah gives you good news of John; confirming a Word from Allah, and honorable, and moral, and a prophet; one of the upright.”
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41. He said, “My Lord, give me a sign.” He said, “Your sign is that you shall not speak to the people for three days, except by gestures. And remember your Lord much, and praise in the evening and the morning.”
42. The angels said, “O Mary, Allah has chosen you, and has purified you. He has chosen you over all the women of the world.
43. “O Mary, be devoted to your Lord, and bow down, and kneel with those who kneel.”
16. And mention in the Scripture Mary, when she withdrew from her people to an eastern location.
17. She screened herself away from them, and We sent to her Our spirit, and He appeared to her as an immaculate human.
18. She said, “I take refuge from you in the Most Merciful, should you be righteous.”
19. He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord, to give you the gift of a pure son.”
20. She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”
21. He said, “Thus said your Lord, `It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign for humanity, and a mercy from Us. It is a matter already decided.'“
22. So she carried him, and secluded herself with him in a remote place.
23. The labor-pains came upon her, by the trunk of a palm-tree. She said, “I wish I had died before this, and been completely forgotten.”
24. Whereupon he called her from beneath her: “Do not worry; your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.
25. And shake the trunk of the palm-tree towards you, and it will drop ripe dates by you.”
26. “So eat, and drink, and be consoled. And if you see any human, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to the Most Gracious, so I will not speak to any human today.'“
27. Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
28. O sister of Aaron, your father was not an evil man, and your mother was not a whore.”
29. So she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?”
30. He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture, and made me a prophet.
31. And has made me blessed wherever I may be; and has enjoined on me prayer and charity, so long as I live.
32. And kind to my mother, and He did not make me a disobedient rebel.
33. So Peace is upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the Day I get resurrected alive.”
34. That is Jesus son of Mary—the Word of truth about which they doubt.
35. It is not for Allah to have a child—glory be to Him. To have anything done, He says to it, “Be,” and it becomes.
36. “Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path.”
37. But the various factions differed among themselves. So woe to those who disbelieve from the scene of a tremendous Day.
38. Listen to them and watch for them the Day they come to Us. But the wrongdoers today are completely lost.
39. And warn them of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded. Yet they are heedless, and they do not believe.
40. It is We who will inherit the earth and everyone on it, and to Us they will be returned.
41. And mention in the Scripture Abraham. He was a man of truth, a prophet.
42. He said to his father, “O my father, why do you worship what can neither hear, nor see, nor benefit you in any way?
43. O my father, there has come to me knowledge that never came to you. So follow me, and I will guide you along a straight way.
44. O my father, do not worship the devil. The devil is disobedient to the Most Gracious.
45. O my father, I fear that a punishment from the Most Gracious will afflict you, and you become an ally of the devil.”
46. He said, “Are you renouncing my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will stone you. So leave me alone for a while.”
47. He said, “Peace be upon you. I will ask my Lord to forgive you; He has been Kind to me.
48. And I will withdraw from you, and from what you pray to instead of Allah. And I will pray to my Lord, and I hope I will not be disappointed in my prayer to my Lord.”
49. When he withdrew from them, and from what they worship besides Allah, We granted him Isaac and Jacob. And each We made a prophet.
50. And We gave them freely of Our mercy, and gave them a noble reputation of truth.
51. And mention in the Scripture Moses. He was dedicated. He was a messenger and a prophet.
52. And We called him from the right side of the Mount, and brought him near in communion.
53. And We granted him, out of Our mercy, his brother Aaron, a prophet.
54. And mention in the Scripture Ishmael. He was true to his promise, and was a messenger, a prophet.
55. And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and charity, and he was pleasing to his Lord.
56. And mention in the Scripture Enoch. He was a man of truth, a prophet.
57. And We raised him to a high position.
58. These are some of the prophets Allah has blessed, from the descendants of Adam, and from those We carried with Noah, and from the descendants of Abraham and Israel, and from those We guided and selected. Whenever the revelations of the Most Gracious are recited to them, they would fall down, prostrating and weeping.
59. But they were succeeded by generations who lost the prayers and followed their appetites. They will meet perdition.
60. Except for those who repent, and believe, and act righteously. These will enter Paradise, and will not be wronged in the least.
61. The Gardens of Eden, promised by the Most Merciful to His servants in the Unseen. His promise will certainly come true.
62. They will hear no nonsense therein, but only peace. And they will have their provision therein, morning and evening.
63. Such is Paradise which We will give as inheritance to those of Our servants who are devout.
64. “We do not descend except by the command of your Lord. His is what is before us, and what is behind us, and what is between them. Your Lord is never forgetful.”
65. Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them. So worship Him, and persevere in His service. Do you know of anyone equal to Him?
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How cute is Malik?!! Omg 😍I love how Moha loves his boy and cares for him as much as he can. I love how Malik loves his dad back too. Beautiful. 💝🌷
Only issue I have is he should leave Malik with the people he was with. It's not good leaving such a young child alone for so long. I know Moha misses him but he needs to sacrifice his feelings to make sure Malik is supervised.
Most Important question:
How can we as viewers SUPPORT these boys? Either financially, emotionally, socially (promoting them on social media). It’s great to WATCH the documentary but what can we do as HUMANS to support other humans in reaching their dreams?
praying made them real Men
I so love the hustle this is the part of Kenyan culture that should always be shown to the world.
Nairobi isn't the only Kenyan town.
MTZ aka Peter . I remember meeting him at kenyatta hospital . Such a kind man. Big up dance crew . I still have the denim he gifted me .
Is the ministry of sports and youth affairs doing enough to promote these talents and to nurture more talents to protect youths from engaging in criminal activities???
Awesome story. I am however shocked that the intention of the Childs father was to keep him alone in the house the whole day after taking him away from the care of the aunt and other family in the rural area. Good job from the chief to give hi a wake up call.
This is why I love documentaries. Epic
This brought tears to my eyes. How can we donate to them
Love this tale of street dancers from nairobi respect, appreciation & love for Nick Wambugu the creators Folklore Films more power!!
In the same tribeka there is somebody paying over 20,000 ..God have mercy
I HOPE THE DANCE CREW MAKE IT BIG AND STAY OUT OF TROUBLE MAY THE MOST HIGH BE WITH THEM
I wish I had some CONTACT INFORMATION for them so I can send them something to help them get buy!
Anybody have any info for these guys??
What a great Documentary🔥🔥..
Soon and very soon,,,,
Great job…
Really inspired me..
I am dying to know how they are this was touching there all so strong
https://youtu.be/qZaVKT3mpwg
Very nice and informative
Dancing will not do you any good without God. What is missing in people's life is God who created them. The energy you are using to dance to look for peace or some sort of solace will not do you any good. Life comes from a relationship with God in spirit. People are looking for life in all the wrong places. Without God who created life, you cannot find life anywhere else you look, anywhere you go or anything you do on God's earth without God. You are just opening yourself up for Satan to challenge you and capture you, and put your spirit-man in bondage. No man has an authority to live in this world and have peace and joy without going through God. Ignoring God in your life is ignoring your own life. It is God who has allow Satan to put in bondage those who have no fear of God, who created the food they eat to stay alive, the ground they walk on, and the air you breathe to survive on this earth. And don't you forget it! I am a man of God sent by God to warn all mankind for the coming "End Time". Don't waste your time or your life, looking for life in all the wrong places without God who created you. So, be warned. The devil has deceived mankind to separate mankind from God where life comes from. Now, all we have on earth today, is gloom and doom, pain and suffering, Darkness and death from Satan's kingdom of darkness, where most of you reside. God revealed to me recently that majority of mankind on earth live in the kingdom of Darkness with Satan, and not in Heaven on earth with God. Apostle R. A.
Each and all of you guys are amzing beautifull dancers. I am so happy for this video to have watched you guys. I am praying for you guys to have a better life and you should never give up hope nor your drreams. You all can do it. Stick with eachother and do alot of dancing, teach other kids to dance for earnings, Make some dance video's and as ËSMERTAC"here said, put it on Youtube/ Tik Tok. I am sure you will be recognized and people will ask you guys to dance in there music videos. You guys just need recognition…. I am so sure you can do it, stay strong, together you are strong! I wish you all the best life can offer you!
challenging life but the boys were good thinkers and smart hustlers thats how tough life is in Africa
The fight these boys put up is unprecedented. God bless them all.
These guys are poor but still quite honest, the Kenyans have us Nigerians beat when it comes to honesty, but their women don’t appreciate them they keep falling for Nigerian bad boys 😂😂🤙