The Tofinu people: the fishermen of Benin

The Tofinu people: the fishermen of Benin | SLICE

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Жыл бұрын

More than fishermen, the Tofinu people are sea farmers. All around Ganvie they keep fish farms which are like sea paddocks.
When they planted palm leaves in their saltwater lake they invented these acadjas or artificial mangrove swamps which have provided them with a means of subsistence for three centuries.
After several months of waiting, Baba Fudji's acadja is ready to be harvested. Tomorrow, with the help of some of his men and Hubert who will accompany him for the first time, he plans to raise his first net. It's an important day in the year of a Tofinu fisherman.
Extract from the documentary: “Today in Africa - Benin”
Direction: Julien Naar
Production: Bo Travail !, Voyage & TV5 Monde
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@gabriela.3276 Жыл бұрын

As a beninese I feel so proud that their culture withstood the test of time. Definitely a destination to visit

@AngieJames4172 Жыл бұрын

Films such as these are my very favorite. The ones where they live on or near the water and survive from waters and other nature bounty thank you SLICE !

@Artichoke4Head Жыл бұрын

I have never seen so much colorful clothing in one place! what lovely people!

@richardking9703 Жыл бұрын

Those were quite the stairs

@Sammysam44 Жыл бұрын

He definitely doesn't look 65! Bless this family

@RS-xo3rb Жыл бұрын

Yeah, just see his arm muscles when he is working. He is quite strong for his age.

@TemplarX2 Жыл бұрын

@@RS-xo3rb Pescatarianism is an awesome diet as long as the fish is not contaminated by microplastic. This lake probably has little microplastic.

@billshakur302 Жыл бұрын

I can't blame that kid every one have dreams we're all different may God bless him to be successful

@StacyL. Жыл бұрын

They have the full documentary on Prime Video under the Curiosity stream if anyone is wanting to watch it. Looks like the documentary came out in 2020, so two years have passed. I wonder what Hubert decided to do...

@kotimoto Жыл бұрын

Slice, showcasing slices of life from around the world.

@one_africa_tv1444 Жыл бұрын

Barista

@kimJ2545 Жыл бұрын

the anime of real life lol

@ngwenoh.e9725 Жыл бұрын

Love the storytelling,the cinematography, everything was packed for me, and it's right for the boy to have different dreams from the father, the young man is brilliant, I hope the universe leads him where he needs to be.

@twinflowerfioretta Жыл бұрын

Thank you *SLICE* 🙏🍀another very interesting vid. about different culture, that is what i love about your channel ! very nice people with beautiful colorful clothes, their lifestyle and storys from the ancestors is worth to listen to it, - even the time has chanched a lot for them. amazing filming and music !

@jakobisrael8295 Жыл бұрын

Such a simple happy life

@yubrajadhikari3715 Жыл бұрын

Nice documentary thanks to theirs sweat& blood's stories showed to the world.🙏 Audience all the way from nepal.🇳🇵

@worldview2888 Жыл бұрын

THIS IS THE SORT OF CONTENT I LOVE TO WATCH.

@hobotoachumi9403 Жыл бұрын

This gave me joy

@moniquedelatour3502 8 ай бұрын

Best castnet fisherman I ever seen. Wow.

@hangangkonyak1026 Жыл бұрын

I love the way Father teaching his son of his ways of fishing .. adorable

@Anonymous-nn4sk Жыл бұрын

These people are stylish. Impressed by the colors and designs of their clothing.

@patrickguillory-yy2gu 9 ай бұрын

I would not trade that life at all ( That life to me is beautiful and carefree)❤

@mutenyotimothy3242 Жыл бұрын

The music for me and instrumentals does me well. Thank you !

@cyndybutler7330 Жыл бұрын

I love the videos of people around the world much love to them all

@4amwaj Жыл бұрын

these guys are great

@carolinetalam5832 Жыл бұрын

Great documentary 👏

@TALHA0632 Жыл бұрын

Great documentary

@lovers.l Жыл бұрын

Films such as these are my very favorite.

@woahjaymommy9168 Жыл бұрын

Love love

@win9080 Жыл бұрын

nice video 👍👍👍🙏

@DBerRN Жыл бұрын

I love the music

@wildancannelyt2130 Жыл бұрын

Nice vedio🙏🙏😁

@drandy.myanmaryoutubechannel Жыл бұрын

Nice video 👍

@hunchofondcolesparrot3495 Жыл бұрын

I wish I'd two wives living together in harmony

@oralogarro9932 Жыл бұрын

So good to hear he have the freedom to do something else

@kwadwoamankwah3379 Жыл бұрын

Please Slice go to Nzulenzu in Ghana and make a documentary there. The people also live on the water. Is really a fascinating place to go

@oralogarro9932 Жыл бұрын

That I would love to see

@oralogarro9932 Жыл бұрын

Love from the Caribbean island of montserrat 🥑🥑🍍🍆🍏🍐🍌🍹🍹💥💥

@lenzp4133 Жыл бұрын

so, they are wearing beautiful pyjamas all day, there is no pollution, they build "homes" for their fish to live in and harvest them sustainable, got a dj at their church(a muslim an christian church nonetheless), and when we all drown because sea levels are rising they just build their houses a bit higher out of the water. they beat modern civilisation at every level

@AG-ig8uf Жыл бұрын

What this video doesn't show you is stench and filt all over that place. I visited it while in Benin, and it was one of the most disgusting places I've been to ever. That lake is covered in floating feces, dead animals and garbage.

@belkiolur9075 Жыл бұрын

Simple and very peaceful life.

@namthomson1124 Жыл бұрын

Good 👍

@ashok305 Жыл бұрын

i have watched industrial fishing where they are pulling 50000 huge tuna fish in one pull and then i watched this video...just unbelivable balance

@jumaabdul1271 Жыл бұрын

The guy is very fit and healthy for a 65 year old.

@covenawhite4855 Жыл бұрын

He exercises every day

@ilcanaledellanatura Жыл бұрын

🙏

@mattheweburns Жыл бұрын

Their story sounds just like Venice settlement story. But when you translate where they do they always seem more Japanese. We often have way too many documentaries that are still biased to Western standards, it’s nice to see a different perspective or at least less perspective biased one way or the other, it seems that he provides well for his family look at their clothing and their home are immaculate

@joedennehy386 9 ай бұрын

And where does the sewerage go?

@Loibol99 Жыл бұрын

Please add subtitles when natives talk

@ramariomiller2999 Жыл бұрын

💯

@sonofthesoil.973 Жыл бұрын

Slice please make it possible to download your vids .

@timmahbajo6344 Жыл бұрын

I recommend SLICE to try it in a country called Gambia🇬🇲. You'll find it interesting

@harrishamidan4352 Жыл бұрын

Wow baba putus two wife... 💪 Very strong

@Sugianto-tc7sx Жыл бұрын

Salam kenal dari saya 🇮🇩 Indonesia Balikpapan Kalimantan timur

@CharlesDarwinBarkley Жыл бұрын

that 65 year old man has a body of a 25 year old.. i wish i'll have a body like that when im that age

@camilliohouedehou5528 Жыл бұрын

🇧🇯😍😍😍

@user-td9om1qi9r 8 ай бұрын

New love come 😂🎉

@lastprophet9904 Жыл бұрын

i like fischeringmen. Bobby fisher my name

@sabrisamsofficial Жыл бұрын

Father with 1 house,2 wife's and 6 child.

@seanthe100 Жыл бұрын

2 homes

@freedomfreedom6544 Жыл бұрын

What the child doesn’t understand is that fishing is the only living that will keep him free and independent. One day when his EV is turned off because he didn’t get a shot he will understand but it will be too late.

@noeltheliberalmillennial4886 Жыл бұрын

Your name is freedom but I don’t think you believe in what it means? If the young man wants to make a living elsewhere, he can do that. He is young and free to make mistakes. Don’t wish him doom and cast your disbelief on him.

@indica77 Жыл бұрын

Freedom Freedom you're 💯% correct 👍

@sirsimp9096 Жыл бұрын

It's his wish to do whatever the fool he wants, you win some you lose some that's life

@erroneous6947 Жыл бұрын

I agree completely.

@mtuk4538 Жыл бұрын

Is there a safe sewage/toilet system or feceas straight into the water Yuk.. (:

@kev9cool Жыл бұрын

What’s the name of the song at 5:13?

@samadams4751 Жыл бұрын

3rd😊

@apollotei8040 10 ай бұрын

I'm wondering how they're managing their washroom

@jamessmith530 Жыл бұрын

Tiny fish 🐠

@freedomfreedom6544 Жыл бұрын

Just for show. The UN sends food, and booze…

@ipunchpoliticians1144 Жыл бұрын

Where is the sewer piping for the 2,000 people ?

@fatherrussell5303 Жыл бұрын

Guy looks like he's 40

@vilv777 Жыл бұрын

For that boy Grass is more green other side...today generation like tht..

@nguyenchinh-vo8io Жыл бұрын

I wonder what they do about their waste

@kennedychoge2775 Жыл бұрын

he's 65 but with a body fitness of 25 year old

@hugo-di6xm Жыл бұрын

He's a fisherman and he doesn't live in abundance. Just what is necessary.

@eldorado1244 Жыл бұрын

First

@wwinnar2831 Жыл бұрын

its amazing in 2022 that people still live like this. sad.

@ThienNguyen-wh1fz Жыл бұрын

sad? who are you to judge?

@silverianjannvs5315 Жыл бұрын

The water was so clear, I could see fishes from my smartphone screen

@bruceli853 Жыл бұрын

Yeah right??? Where all the people dump their poop too.

@Albert-iw3xl Жыл бұрын

@bob_thebuilder Жыл бұрын

If I had a church like that to go, to I’d become religious!

@Unknown32589 Жыл бұрын

I wonder where they do 💩💩💩, 😄

@plootow1622 Жыл бұрын

A fisher man and two wifes.

@fylipl4613 Жыл бұрын

Where is the toilet?

@kenz707 Жыл бұрын

@asadullah6047 5 ай бұрын

i guess democracy hasn't come here because there's no oil but fish

@tishallmoon9669 Жыл бұрын

EVERY FISHERMAN SHOULD HAVE TWO WIVES !!!

@joedennehy386 9 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be eating any fish out of there, not too much plumbing on show, flushes straight into the lake

@boar7153 Жыл бұрын

What do they do with fifty thousand turds a day?

@NaughtyJack335 Жыл бұрын

I wonder where they build their toilets🤔

@SaiAseDe Жыл бұрын

Translation 👎 Subtitles 👍🏻

@billnikola2463 Жыл бұрын

If fish are only way to eat and make money and theirs 50000 of them,the fish numbers must be low,a lake like can't sustain that number for ever,they might need to stop fishing so fish stocks go up, but what will they do then.

@naame-owoyeya-malapi2454 Жыл бұрын

Are you sure you watched the entire video?the techniques they use are ingenious so it allows fish to grow and breed well

@hugo-di6xm Жыл бұрын

They also receive icy imported fish and meat from the capital

@zzzzzsleeping Жыл бұрын

Might be exciting to have 3 or 4 wives 🤔

@hanssolos3699 Жыл бұрын

ughhhh the river is their sewer for diseases 🥶🥶🥶

@hugo-di6xm Жыл бұрын

Chemical fast food is yours for cancers.

@IAmGonnaPutSomeDirtInYourEye1 Жыл бұрын

I can be a good son to that man than his son. The boy wants to go to school.

@hugo-di6xm Жыл бұрын

He will...But what is the purpose to go to school when no industries to provide jobs?

@ainr.902 Жыл бұрын

There's a lot of chocolate floating in this lake🤣🤮

@oromootravelers600 Жыл бұрын

Better than plastic pollution

@alemtemjen9748 2 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure the water will be full of 💩💩💩💩💩💩

@Outhouse25 Жыл бұрын

In the US we have some the most talented clothing designers. But people in third world countries still always have the best designs and clothing. When they have it. Maybe hire them??