A minimalist living in The Gambia

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A minimalist living in The Gambia

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@sasbridgecloserstudent 5 ай бұрын

One thing I noticed about Africa is that after you buy your land, you can do whatever you want with it. You can build according to your own financial situation. Not everyone is required to have the same looking house. I am not saying every African country or community do this, but it seems it is common. I like that.

@coz2j69 5 ай бұрын

I think it is because in the majority of Africa the purpose of building a personal house is not for future profit from resell of the house . In the U.S.A (and most likely in the majority of Western countries), the majority of housing is for profit and regulations on housing design is used to maintaining house value

@sasbridgecloserstudent 5 ай бұрын

@@coz2j69 that makes sense. Thank you for that explanation.

@Johnsolomon4133 5 ай бұрын

@@sasbridgecloserstudentcorrect

@twiggs65 5 ай бұрын

Just hope noone opens up a cigar factory next door 😂😂😂

@sasbridgecloserstudent 5 ай бұрын

@@Johnsolomon4133 ok

@Burnt-Bronze_1 5 ай бұрын

It’s small. But guess what. It’s his. Land and every thing on it. 👍🏾

@noamibelford4634 5 ай бұрын

My plot is smaller than his and I am comfortable

@lindakafele9551 5 ай бұрын

In two years he has a very neat place. You can tell he is smart because he built his place on his own to his liking. No contractor hassle. No high weeds and brush. He has a clothes line and his hair is nicely lined up. I bet he takes care of that too. A good neighbor to have.

@janicegibson3254 5 ай бұрын

Maybe you guys can give him a puppy for protection. Will alert him at all times. I luv it! He is so SMART! No light bill and water bills.

@blackacresofthegambia 5 ай бұрын

He doesn’t want a puppy ☺️

@Africa-for-Africans 5 ай бұрын

Francis is awesome, it’s amazing what one man can do. Thanks BAG for sharing this with us it’s very inspiring.

@denisewilliams1113 5 ай бұрын

This is a beautiful home.And the fact you build everything yourself 💜 ❤️ is amazing 👏 🎉🎉

@hazeleugenewonderloveofthe8819 5 ай бұрын

I could live like that with nature.This was great to see.

@sherreefoxworth7826 5 ай бұрын

True sustainability, natural, living. Wow! Impressive! True peace.

@marthacmd 5 ай бұрын

western psychology says " keep your life as simple as possible" called parsimonious. living now in Ghana , i agree 100%

@taluj2298 4 ай бұрын

This is the simplicity that we need! I love everything about this place and it feels like pure peace . A few more weeks before I punch out this matrix. Five minute walk to the beach , one room and outdoor bath set up and from there on it’s my joy and imagination that will work with me. The ultimate thing I seek is self sufficiency and peace .

@herregalness7461 5 ай бұрын

That's a true Caribbean for you, we will keep you fed. 🤣

@monacannon6644 5 ай бұрын

Greetings Bag! Wow! Now thats what Im talking about! Minimallist living! Francis did an awesome job on his home. Looks so peaceful out there. Great content! Thanks for sharing guys.

@upperechelon3456 5 ай бұрын

A very impressive minimalist lifestyle. Him originating from the Caribbean Island I'm not surprised of his self sufficiency. A great video BAG. Keep up the good work.😊

@mansaba2010 5 ай бұрын

The neighborhood is slowly growing

@Zina64 5 ай бұрын

Smart, he's doing what's right for him. Thanks Bag family

@blackacresofthegambia 5 ай бұрын

♥️🥰♥️

@deborahbonner476 5 ай бұрын

He's truly a minimalist.

@Benwood1900 5 ай бұрын

God bless us with everything we need to survive and it all comes out of the ground, food and shelter, mentally spiritual and emotionally stay bless beautiful people ❤❤❤❤.

@mrahim826 5 ай бұрын

No security in building like this. He'll never be able to leave anything of value in there.

@redswood5731 5 ай бұрын

Exactly, I just commented he should build a regular house which would provide the security. He is in Africa not in paradise.

@deborahbonner476 5 ай бұрын

That's the point of a minimalist.

@cory_aqua 5 ай бұрын

What valuables? He lives simply to not worry about such.

@fortyacres 5 ай бұрын

spoken like a a true thief and plotter. i am sure he got something for you.

@noamibelford4634 5 ай бұрын

His life is more of value, everything else can go

@FinishTheRaceVL7 5 ай бұрын

I love his warm hospitality. To offer the natural tea and tea cake he provided. Wow! He's such a resourceful young man.

@mdavisco 5 ай бұрын

Jackson TN checking in! Big ups to my guy for his ingenuity. I Love It!

@kennethmcdonald6965 5 ай бұрын

I’m glad you guys keep an outlet for me when I’m feeling closed in , I can stretch my imagination like I’m there in the Gambia with you guys

@blackacresofthegambia 5 ай бұрын

♥️🥰♥️

@JD_Orka 5 ай бұрын

Nice building concept, I have a plan for bamboo, but everyone will be building as he did in a short while. He'll have to raise it up a couple of meters in the future though. India is also in it's age of decline. There's a bigger reason why the Caucasian is returning to Africa besides the land. Great video, hope our people are taking notes.

@blackacresofthegambia 5 ай бұрын

🥰 so true Thanks

@bernadinelewis485 5 ай бұрын

Oh, I really enjoyed this video. Wonderful, wonderful way to live. I hope you can go back and visit again and I hope you get to visit more neighbors. Good job Francis love your place.

@iceman9849 5 ай бұрын

Loved the content. Reminds me of Gilligan’s Island but it’s cool. Way to live off the grid 👍🏾

@VedensBoutique 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful. Your neighbors can build cisterns to collect the water during the rainy season. Collect the water for the area. Direct it for the cows and crops. Stain the wood tables and posts so they last a lifetime. Trees will help the soil also.

@glitchyglam8572 5 ай бұрын

That’s awesome that he created all of his home himself.

@percysjohnsonmwapemukubwe.3705 5 ай бұрын

His hard worker and I admire his spirit

@abenimamafrimaroon95 5 ай бұрын

Awesome, Eco living at its best. Living off the land. You can get Francis to build some simple apartments like that for guests who want simple accommodation 👏🏾👍🏾

@yahseek 5 ай бұрын

I love this. So inspiring!!!! I actually moved to Senegal to live simple like this and to literally build my own house with my own hands but no one understands that though, especially because I’m an American woman. This is inspiring. I actually have a beautiful female German Shepherd puppy that I’m selling but would gift to him if someone could figure out how to get her down to Gambia.

@jameswilde3203 11 күн бұрын

Francis is a thinking man

@Teddy_Blanks_TV 3 ай бұрын

Amazing what the mind can do!

@Suziecat 5 ай бұрын

Everything is so neat.

@vernettmathis2729 5 ай бұрын

What about the snakes. They could get into his house easy. Thats scary to me.

@gambia4all904 5 ай бұрын

Just thinking about the raining season with that strong wind it comes with

@roblox_kia4077 5 ай бұрын

I love this man how he made his life easy, then worried about how others live,most people will not understand but some are big thumbs Francis

@nefertemur8951 5 ай бұрын

Greetings BAG Queen and King, another great conversation, Francis and you both really knows your stuff….. Enjoyed it, thanks for sharing….

@sistaluv1357 5 ай бұрын

Great video. I love the content. Your guest is very brave.

@percysjohnsonmwapemukubwe.3705 5 ай бұрын

Indeed his a brave soul

@blackacresofthegambia 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@olumidekolajo4133 4 ай бұрын

I wonder how it would hold up to a storm and the flooring isn’t the most comfortable to walk on if you have to walk so gingerly, but if he is happy that’s all that matters

@harrietbenedict27 5 ай бұрын

Very nice ❤ .

@EstherAivinhenyi 5 ай бұрын

Lesson learnt " it's not where you are, it's where you are going." A Visionary Leader right there welcome home to our beautiful Motherland AFRICA where you truly belong Sir. 🌍😊👍🇬🇲

@fortunatebabygirl8812 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful Thanks for sharing

@williamwebbs1952 5 ай бұрын

Great vlog today i love the land love the nature 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

@purpleplu1210 5 ай бұрын

Watching from Tanjeh. Beautiful content guys. Keep it up!

@amberice7383 5 ай бұрын

What happens when it rains?

@KingRasKali 5 ай бұрын

Frances, yuh good!!!!

@22sanch 4 ай бұрын

Bag family it’s been a while since I watched a video but I’m back❤ you guys were my inspiration to visit Gambia in 2020

@blackacresofthegambia 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🥰

@makajapo2097 5 ай бұрын

This is beautiful very inspirational one of the best videos mr francis very positive ❤

@patriciaworrell9536 5 ай бұрын

I like his way of living it goes to show sometimes we don't really need a lot to enjoy life. Me myself wud like a board house because thats the life i knew, especially if you're trying to be sustainable. Good on him

@percysjohnsonmwapemukubwe.3705 5 ай бұрын

I totally agree with respect to him.

@nyambemundopu1168 5 ай бұрын

That's what is referred to as "Keeping it simple."

@valinc.6694 5 ай бұрын

He's nature handy frfr he's Amazing ❗

@familyf1rstafricaonly 5 ай бұрын

Hey Fambul, it's good to see you ❤✊🏿💚

@SimonDemba 4 ай бұрын

Great work

@arnoldjohnson4373 5 ай бұрын

Crazy good story and conversation.

@akashajadzeanevah1746 4 ай бұрын

I would love to learn how to drive an ATV!!!

@divinevessel1378 5 ай бұрын

Very impressive but what about rain and wind? It need a little bit fortification, in my opinion.

@AfroMillennialMomma 5 ай бұрын

Stress free 🏖

@brendameteyer6377 5 ай бұрын

Very nice and thank you for sharing

@valinc.6694 5 ай бұрын

❤

@rosemarymccraney3320 5 ай бұрын

Is any land near him or in that area available for sale?

@Free1. 4 ай бұрын

Send me to the bags

@JC-ty3zq 5 ай бұрын

Hmmm this KIND of structure(this is NOT a house) WON'T survive a HEAVY RAINSTORM.

@lionelcox9119 5 ай бұрын

You guys should make a big Dekota fire hole hole to burn stuff ,,.

@medjayalbaobab2003 5 ай бұрын

Good job fam😊

@myrtlesamuel3904 5 ай бұрын

You can make a beautiful center table and vanish .

@miriamjones8804 5 ай бұрын

Hi fam how about the rain

@blackacresofthegambia 5 ай бұрын

I guess it doesn’t bother him or he will do something to keep it off but he was ther in a tent before he built the house

@miriamjones8804 5 ай бұрын

@@blackacresofthegambia it looks,s cozy

@nanettetaylor6126 5 ай бұрын

😂 Rick take that cover off

@blackacresofthegambia 5 ай бұрын

🤣

@selestineroberts7638 5 ай бұрын

Amazing ❤

@redswood5731 5 ай бұрын

He really should build himself a regular house just for his safety. This is Africa not paradise.

@AfroMillennialMomma 5 ай бұрын

Safety from what? You mean mosquitos or animals or something ?

@vernettmathis2729 5 ай бұрын

I love it💯👍

@jahifaraji 5 ай бұрын

I sent a bottle of stress and truma from america to a diaspora couple in kenya by DHl overnight, ...and they sent it back as return to sender 😂

@blackacresofthegambia 5 ай бұрын

🤣😂🤣

@suzettemclachlam514 5 ай бұрын

What is he going to do during rainy season?

@CapricornDayz Ай бұрын

He's been there 2 years....

@valinc.6694 5 ай бұрын

Sjm Rick open that : Rick I can't believe she just said that sjm I didn't know yAll so funny ALLLL these years y'all been keeping me sain while still stuck here in the allusion well I got our passport 3 months ago just waiting on this business credit 💳 so I can come and use it .. How's the air b and b there doing these days ❓ I wanna come build my mini hotel resort there ❗ #justwaiting #businesscredit

@jaeeluv 5 ай бұрын

👍🏿✨️

@msmj9102 5 ай бұрын

How does water not get in?

@joycew.6531 4 ай бұрын

So no torrential rains or storms there?.....

@redsandrock8073 2 ай бұрын

What happens when the rainy season comes? Looks like it could wash away?

@blackacresofthegambia 2 ай бұрын

☺️☺️

@hanzzyjobe2311 5 ай бұрын

if a gambian return from abroad and live like this they will call him poor

@frinkieclark3401 5 ай бұрын

What will you do when rainy season come

@Lieu_Tenant_Gambit 5 ай бұрын

His land is on a hill and built the house on stilts

@maesams6212 5 ай бұрын

@@Lieu_Tenant_Gambityes, but how would he be shielded from the rain?????

@Lieu_Tenant_Gambit 5 ай бұрын

@@maesams6212 🤔 I would guess with thatch (multiple layers of large leaves) but if a good question.. in my opinion bamboo is nice but maybe in conjuction with mud brick or compact mud walls surrounding it but not touching if that makes sense

@Lieu_Tenant_Gambit 5 ай бұрын

@@maesams6212 at a second glance i notice he has curtains inside (blue and green).. maybe has something to secure it as well

@ab71640 5 ай бұрын

I like the simplicity compact mud floors and walls would be perfect for me.

@terradexpicana-macaneta8963 3 ай бұрын

Tell him I need the recipe of his bun

@janicegibson3254 5 ай бұрын

Okay

@user-yo5cl5kw7b 5 ай бұрын

This is the life. I want to leave all bills behind and live off the land!

@deneenogbeide5087 5 ай бұрын

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Matthew 7

@lyndaroane3936 4 ай бұрын

What happens in rainy season?

@gwendolynbradford4922 5 ай бұрын

But do he have a GUN for animals and criminals?😅😅😅

@gambiainfor220 5 ай бұрын

The Gambia is a country with a mixed safety record

@Lieu_Tenant_Gambit 5 ай бұрын

Rare for someone to have a gun and hard to acquire. I'm sure most would assume he doesn't have much to take anyway because of his building style. Not too much animal threat either

@momodoubadjan1109 5 ай бұрын

Where is this place?

@hopesgarden9566 5 ай бұрын

How do we subscribe to Francise channel? Great video! 👍🏾

@blackacresofthegambia 5 ай бұрын

He’s only on ig francissimon@222

@hopesgarden9566 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! 😊

@militant2477 5 ай бұрын

What is the name of this place Blackacresofthegambia

@aeiou0123 5 ай бұрын

The sand is not loamy soil

@Youtuber551. 5 ай бұрын

Very true about how the whole world is in decline except Africa and the Indians. (I'll dare say Africa and Asia). Everything else is in decline especially the west.

@maesams6212 5 ай бұрын

Not true! Issues in Africa like anywhere else.

@Youtuber551. 5 ай бұрын

@@maesams6212 who said there are no issues in Africa ?!. By the way have you seen new York lately ?!... That and many others like the military and level of poverty compared to previous decades, how fast the dollar is losing it's value, how fast other countries' infrastructure is developing while that of the US is decaying.. I could list a hundred reasons from the top of my head without struggle.. Do you ever read or follow world affairs at all or you're one of those that only rely on mainstream media propaganda and brainwash ?!! You better wake up ?!!!! 😊

@percysjohnsonmwapemukubwe.3705 5 ай бұрын

Thats true thats why am preparing to leave for Zambia Africa

@user-qi4st5xy7c 5 ай бұрын

And yet he never Once☝🏾seen Black✊🏾 Acres Of The Gambia🇬🇲 on KZfaq? Well I got to admit He is brilliant. But Something about him is obviously a little off. All I know is When I get to Gambia🇬🇲I’m most definitely gonna give Cynthia and her husband their accolades. Y’all if I’m being messy, I do apologize. I don’t trust too easily. But that’s the irony of being raised in south Central LA😎. I wonder if he’s an assassin🥷

@Zina64 5 ай бұрын

@valinc.6694 5 ай бұрын

@percysjohnsonmwapemukubwe.3705 5 ай бұрын

Try my country Zambia too... I bought 10 acres for £1000