NIAMEY - NIGER
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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I'm a flight attendant.... And I must say Niger is one of the most striking places I've ever seen. It's a super-dirty, ultra-poor country but for those that can see beyond the dirt and poverty, and be open-minded and brave, it's a beautiful place. Especially for a cultural travel. After a 13-hour shift, finally we arrive in Niamey. I knew NOTHING about Niger. So first I google things to do in Niamey, oh-uh, basically nothing. Just a mosque, a zoo which everyone tells to avoid, and a market. Yes, that’s it!
We head to the market first, my gosh! What a chaos! How dirty! How alien! Everybody stares at us as if they’ve never seen a tourist before. Indeed I couldn’t see any other tourists around. Children are lovely as they immediately approach to us and smile. Adults look a bit apprehensive first but once you chat to them they’re lovely too.
After the market, we head to the mosque. It’s quite funny to see a goat grazing in front of a mosque :D
Next day, I go out alone. I go to this zoo that I read about on the Internet. Apparently, it’s appalling. But what else can you do? The TripAdvisor list is finished already ☺ And yes, it is indeed the worst zoo I’ve ever seen. The cage conditions are so bad that it looks like a concentration camp rather than a zoo. I felt so so sorry for the poor animals. The cages are extremely small, super-dirty with so much trash inside, and the foods the animals are given are already rotting. They look like they’ve not eaten for a long time. They all are skinny and with so many skin diseases and look like either they’ve lost the will to live or so stressed out that they keep doing the same things repetitively and quickly.
As if this isn’t heartbreaking enough, then I see a mother with her small boy whose right leg looks like burnt to the bone. In fact, the burn is so bad that there are huge chunks of flesh burnt to a frazzle, looking like pieces of coal, and hanging from the leg. Flies are sucking the juice from the open areas of the wound. The boy can’t even stand up and when the mother tries to put him on the ground for a bit, he screams in pain. So she picks him up again. I calculate that I would have 500 Francs left after paying the taxi. So I just approach to her and give the money and take a few photos of the boy. We cannot communicate due to the language barrier but I still wonder what happened to that poor boy and what’s going to happen to him with no medical aid. Did you know that 1 in every 4 children in Niger die before reaching 10? ☹ And literacy rate is only 28%?
After the zoo, I take a walk around, I see so many craftsmen producing amazing products. I talk to them a bit, take photos and move on. Then I discover the entrance of a bazaar nearby. I go in, and I am even more astonished than yesterday. I thought the market yesterday was in bad condition, but compared to this, I think it was like a mall in Dubai, -so glamorous. This bazaar is the most unhygienic place in the world. Live chickens are being sold right next to meat which itself is being sold with no refrigeration or protection from the flies or dust. Next to it, second-hand stuff seller whose products have been covered in dust and rust. Not just people but bicycles, wheelbarrows, donkeys etc are jostling through the crowd as well. People check out vegetables and fruit with their dirty hands and put them back on, then check out some rotten fish or meat or live chicken with the same hands. As such, a mishmash of hundreds and hundreds of sellers next to each other in a chaotically crowded, tightly packed bazaar whose floor is just mud and dirt. I feel a little tense as I am surrounded by hundreds of black people in this crazy bazaar and they don’t like me taking photos around. I feel like I’m drawing too much attention as the only non-black person. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a racist or anything. If I were, I wouldn't throw myself into this bazaar. I am just saying that it feels tense to be the only different race and be stared at by all in a huge crowd :). So after going through the bazaar about 500m, I return. I flag a taxi and go back to the hotel to sleep a few hours before the flight back home.
Niger has a wide variety of ethnic groups as in most West African countries. So beautiful to see so many different traditional attires on the streets. Islam is the dominant religion. Niamey, is the poorest place I’ve ever seen and there is nothing to do there but I am so glad I got a chance to see this part of the world, saw people struggling for every basic need but still dressed beautifully to enchant me, children whose smile just make me smile, adults who break their walls once talked to, food that would make you sick even at sight but people work hard to buy it, weather that’s boiling hot even in Mid December… and finally, It’s great to be reminded once more how privileged I am for all that I have and I had. Not a lot to many, but a dream for many others.
is always nice to see videos that have the actual sounds of the plase , not some stupid music over the audio
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
I have same opinion
Thanks for this video man, whoever you are. A micro glimpse into lives so different from ours! And I love the way you smile sir. God bless.
Thank you, Sarhad, for this lovely comment! :D
@@Aydinarium I love your video
Ohhh Africa we are always proud I once come here I show all dht animal ...peoply dere a lovely and carring love from the gambia west africa
NIAMEY!!! Yes beautiful people... I like it!! Nice to see again
poor country, happy people, money can not buy that. 👌👌
ahahah happy people nice joke :d
Ignorance could.
@jacob they are never hungry, who told you that?
Happy people? Really? Not eating for 2 days it's not the most happy thing that could happend to you
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report
Sadly, yes, money can buy happiness
If they are happy, why they are going to Europe then?
السلام عليكم! أنا من النيجر، وأشكر الله أولا على نعمة الإسلام،و ثانيا كوني نيجري، كما أفتخر بها و عاداتها التقليدية التي تتناسب مع الشرع الإسلامي . تحية إلى كل من قرأ من أي ناحية كان بلا تعصب.
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صديقي أريد زيارة النيجر عبر البر ،أنا من تونس وأنوي العبور عن طريق الجزائر ،هل هذا ممكن ؟
I liked your video a lot. I was curious about how was Niamey and I think you have a very accurate representation here. Thanks
God bless Africa!
Thanks you
@@MaryamIsmailAdam what is the best wishes
Yeah, Africa is going to surpass asia's population in the 22nd century. It is interesting, because i am bored to hear about "asian superiority and future domination".
France 🇫🇷 should leave them alone.
@@shaunbarry4325 african should leave france too
Thanks for sharing. I think I don't wanna visit Niamey anymore, maybe some other places in the countryside. I am too sensitive to the suffering of people and animals.
No animal suffering there. Only standard human beings doing what they're entitled to do, raising and eating hen for their survival and their children's.
I am the same.
God bless africa❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It was good to see that how the life looks there!
Great video! :)
PS : I like your UA-cam channel wallpaper from Hungary :)
Haha... well spotted... Where are you from? :)
Hungary :)
Hahaha! Ok, that explains all now :D
so we're just gonna pretend like 3:23 didn't happen? :(
Ouch ;/
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Assalamualaikum saudara saudara Muslimku disana...Subhanallah, semoga berkah dan kesehatan buat warga Niger..Amiinn..salam dari Indonesia..
I really enjoyed watching the video.
WOW! Beautiful country. Seems you had great time.
Amazing! Real life! Lovely people. We all used to live like that a thousand years ago or less. A blacksmith!
Change your profile picture
In 1950, this country had a GDP per capita of $983 USD. In 2017, it had a GDP per capita of $965 USD.
I love your description, it feels like I'm talking to you by just reading it.
Aw that's a lovely comment, thank you 😊
They r so happy and joyful❤❤
Poverty of the African People is a result of the democracy and freedom of France and England
No is not. Is a result of economic closure and non-inclusive institutions. Colonalism can influence these factors (especially non-inclusive institutions) but is not determinent . Freedom and democracy in the West is the result of the influence of illuminism and the revolutions based on its principles.
I cary stuff on my head all the time 😂
Great video. Would like to travel there. Looks like very interesting place.
Thank you for coming to one our beautiful country in Africa 🇳🇪❤️
Thanks for the video man ...I could explored Nigeria
This is Niger pronounced as Nee Zer in French not Nigeria.
I REALLY MISS MY HOME ;NOTHING IS BETTER THAN HOME
yassminette me too
Well then go back to your shithole
@@1aande1 Wow, just wow
@@delrasshial7200 Racist
God bless mother land Africa. Good heart.
😂 This is my city tank you for that video, God bless you with your family. Is very generous
Nice it nice
Its not a poor country it’s a native country that can’t be broken and we don’t need Spanish communities like America and Caucasian communities lol that’s my tribe I got my Timbuktu ID it’s a very rich country with a native land scape so u can’t feel bad about getting fucked up trying to live in my town
You can say what you want but is one of the poorest countries in the world.
@@pedroguimaraes6094 no, Argentina and Venezuela are
Wow... I wonder how the high class live there. Is there even any middle class? This courty is like travelling 100 years in the past.
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Hmmm....and most of african muslim live in the northern african countries touching the mediteranian sea, wich is the wealthiest countries in the region. LEARN SOME GEOGRAPHY
@Lover dude 朋友Android 安卓 情人 First, it's not about the religion, it's about the goverment
So you are wrong at the first time we start this conv.
@Lover dude 朋友Android 安卓 情人 yeah, so?
@Lover dude 朋友Android 安卓 情人 :Christian also live in backward 😁😁😁 South Sudan,Burundi,Malawi,Liberia and etc is Christian Country 😄😄😄 and poor Country 😆😆😆 Christian is more have backward people 😁😁😁 than Muslims 😆😆😆 *LOL 😂😂😂
at least they don't receive pharma poison, autism doesn't exist there
My native country ☺️🙏🏽🇳🇪
Lol, 0:01-0:15 Alvin and the Chipmunks were in town.
@Reis Aeis r/wooosh
thank you for this contribution!!
Wow 😲
Mon beau pays
Chikenan ko
My sister is there she grew up there , she told me to come and cook Ghanaian foods there and I will become rich 🤑 hmmm I don’t know if I should go or not
This is the least developed country in the world
Wow I did not know that they actually were that Happy and had cars to drive AROUND I really Wanna go there
why do they have red eyes? (the eyeball)
Maybe a lifelong expose to dust and heat irritates the eye
Seems like a fuckin beast over there. I wanna hit that up.
You wanna know why do they look happy? Becaue there are children everywhere.
having 5 kids at age of 15 is not happy
هذا بلدي وانا كذا احبه الله يفرج عن بلدي وان بلد جميع موسيلمين
أريد زيارة النيجر عبر البر ،أنا من تونس وأنوي العبور عن طريق الجزائر ،هل هذا ممكن ؟
Thanks 👍
USA, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Ireland, Hong Kong: When your country gets colonized but you descend into third-world violence and corruption afterwards, because your actually competent
The things you have typed under the video were sad but at the same time informing when i was reading them. By the way, are you from Turkey? You are i guess 🇹🇷
Kristina Herrera Thanks for the feedback, Kristina. And yes, I am from Turkey :) How about you ?
İyi, ben de Türk'üm 🇹🇷 Türkçe konuşalım 😄 hosteslik yapıyorsunuz sanırım, kanalınıza göz gezdirdim akla hayale gelmeyecek ülkelere dahi gitmişsiniz, kanalınıza abone oldum, gayet iyi gidiyorsunuz, videolarınız hem bilgilendirici, hem eğlendirici, seyehat seven kullanıcılar keyifle takip eder, tabi videoların altında yer alan bilgi kutularına yazdığınız bilgileri anlamak için İngilizce de lazım, gerçi benim gibi İngilizcesi orta/alt düzey olan biri bile sözlük yardımıyla anlayabiliyor yazdıklarınızı 🙂 kanalı İngilizce tutarak Dünya'nın dört bir yanından takipçi+izlenme alırsınız ama Türkiye'de popülerleşmeniz biraz zor. E tabi kanalın abuk sabuk içeriklerle de dolu olması lazım Türkiye'de viral olmak için, Enes Batur Danla Biliç gibi faydasızlar takip edilme/izlenme rekorları kırarken kaliteli içeriklerle dolu nice kanalın birkaç bin takipçisi/izlenmesi ya var ya yok. Yine sinirlendim ya.. 😫 neyse ben size UA-cam camiasında başarılar dilerim, yolunuz açık olsun 😇
Oncelikle begenin ve yapici elestirin icin tesekkurler. Dogru haklisin ama 1.si ben viral falan olmaya calismiyorum gercekten. Anilarimi arsivlemek ve bi yandan baskalariyla paylasmak icin bu videolari hazirliyorum. Yoksa gezelim-gorelim, nerde ne yenir, ne yapilir gibi icinde konusmanin bol bol oldugu videolar daha cok tutuyor bunu da biliyorum. Hatta en son videom Wadi Rum biraz sanatsal ve benim maceralarimi tema eden bir sey oldu, tam bi seyahat videosu degil, ama yine de Wadi Rum'in barindirdigi guzellikleri gosteriyor :) 2.si aslinda Turkce de yaziyorum ama bu videoda neden yazmamisim ben de bilmiyorum simdi haha :D Bundan sonra daha dikkat ederim. Tekrar tesekkurler ;)
Yazık lan kamera görünce ne mutlu olup gülüyolar pamuk gibi oldum
Honestly it doesn't looks like a nice country to visit :/
Thanks to the frenchman robbing it of all of its uranium and minerals ur right it isnt thanks to racist white men.
Mariama Fula really? There are countries with a bunch of resources that are not superpowers
I think that country is like that because their leaders never cared about people
@@danielromero001
Their leaders are not democratically elected. US made coups and falsified ellections to put them there so they could sell raw materials at a cheap price to the US and europe.
They are poor because of imperialism
@@mariamafula3781 you think just whites are racist,blacks are racist too
@@markovangjeli7982 yes
Would love to visit Niamey. Is it safe?
Daniel Fox yes of course !
Niamey is still relatively safe even though there is a terrorism and kidnapping risk. The rest of the country gets increasingly dangerous as you move towards the borders with Mali, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. Today as close as 100km from Niamey there are terrorist organizations and criminal organizations carrying out mass killing sprees in villages creating thousands of displaced people.
The only real problem in Niamey is crime which can be avoided by not being an idiot
good video
I changed the playback speed to 2x for the beginning of the video...decided to keep it there for the rest of it.
😂😂😂
Country with high fertility rate of 7-8
Yes, and no asian country has at least close rate of fertility. Future is Africa's future.
Материал эксклюзивный, реальная жизнь, подальше от цивилизации.
Thank you for your answering (of ?) my question.
Richest Country in Uranium, but france is taking everything free through areva.
what is wrong with the baby ?? 3:24 is that an infection or burn ?
sending love from afghanistan
Wow
Merhaba ben nijerlıyım ve biraz türkçe biliyorum ve türk dizisini de seviyorum
Türkçeyi nerde öğrendin ? :)
@@Aydinarium okulumuzda ama biraz
I love Africa ❤️❤️❤️❤️
whats the dude eating
hi . how is people there
As I mention above, if you can be open-minded, brave and friendly, they're very friendly and smiley too. It's a shame that they live in extreme poverty but I love the fact that they still manage to smile and play. The people's attires, smiles, looks, the way they walk, interact with each other, and everything about them will fascinate you. I can't wait to go back :)
Nice
That’s my tribe Timbuktu
Timbuktu's in Mali.
Here's where my Babe is from. Mamane Ada.
1:03 please watch
"ah I wish I lived there" - 👴🏻
👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️💚
Nice, where are you from?
Thank you! I'm from Turkey. And you? :)
@@Aydinarium hi bro ,,I am Essa Azawi from Niger ,now I live in libya I want to get in touch with someone from Niger because I I originally from there...I want to know a little bit about my home country. Thanks
2:29 is this a cow?
1:12 タコ焼きみたい！
Can I use this video for school website?
Yes you can if you give credit to me. But tell me a bit more about this project please :)
very neci dro
Thanks ;)
nice
Nice bro
3:25 What is wrong with his leg?😢
Burned probably.
Meu deus pq muitas pessoas não ajudam esse povo
Have you thought about showing your films on the new site about West Africa, Westafricandocumentary.com?
I see that you already posted this one and my Accra / Ghana video there :)
Tha face lion sad horrible
The cage is tiny, so cruel
😍🇳🇪
Africa aslámica, q pobreza!
lowest HDI, highest birth rate
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is it colony?
It used to be a colony of france but now it's independent country
🇮🇳❤🇮🇳
Thats the Indian flag
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India loves India
hello from China
😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭
الله الله ربي لا اشرك به شيء ألهم
I wrestle my tribe babys
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admit it, you were expecting N word jokes in this comment section
how is sacurty there
I must admit that I didn't feel safe at first impression. I guess because the place looked so different than anything else I've seen before. But I was determined to give it a try and I am glad I did. I actually felt quite safe walking around on my own later. People sometimes stare but it's only because you're something (a tourist) that they're not used to see around as well :)
Don't trust that man asking your kids
Probably stole some kids
@@CarlaRFowler Are you a joke?
Amandinede gittinmi😂
🤣👌
even when hungry they are still happy
Mr. Free they 're not hungry at all.
Yeah seems like a lot of food there
It's so poor, doesn't look good for travel
Rural250wound That's not true. The goodness of people does not rely on their level of wealth. I live in a relatively poor country and people are infinitely more evil, uneducated and dishonest than in developed countries. As for needing help you probably are right but they need to offer some value for tourists or else no one will go there...
Trust me, he showed only the poor places in the video. You would be surprised if you were there. It has much to offer for tourists.
This video was only made on three sites. I know them all
"its so poor"🤓
Add a "g" and you are demonitized.......
l like it but l could be better with local music . good job thanks
Thank you so much for your feedback. The main reason for that was to leave the original sounds audible, like the crashing sound of the grasshoppers between the teeth, the children's laughs and the man forging the iron bar etc. But next time I'll try to put a local music on a very low volume and see what happens ;)
I just hate these white kouffar thinking they better than everyone on earth,stay in your stupid countries
You've taken this totally wrong, mate. Just calm down and don't boil it down to race...
as bayraklari TR
Lowest HDI in the world
No, It's Somalia