Slavery in Mauritania and the disturbing custom of force-feeding girls for marriage | Sahara (1/3)

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Watch all episodes of "Sahara" in our playlist: https://bit.ly/sahara_playlist ------- In the far west of the Sahara lies Mauritania. Ten years ago, this country was a busy crossing for migrants from West Africa to the Canary Islands, but since the Spanish coast guard have taken up patrols, no one has gotten through. Mauritania is one of those countries that has managed to escape the attention of the world press. A country of sand where the first cities were not built until the 1960s, but urbanization has brought many desert customs to the city. Notorious is the habit of force-feeding young girls with camel milk and breadcrumbs dipped in olive oil, a banned custom intended to make them more attractive on the marriage market. It turns out that there is much more happening in Mauritania that they would rather hide. Officially, slavery was abolished in Mauritania in 1981, nearly a century after the rest of the world had banned it, but activists are still fighting every day to free tens of thousands of black Mauritanians who are owned by others. They have no rights. They do not get paid. Women who have children, often by their owners, have to give their children their owners' last names, and the children are not entitled to an education. And the battle against slavery is hazardous for activists, lawyers and the journalists who report on it.For centuries colonialists have bypassed the Sahara. The largest sand desert on the planet was too hot and too impenetrable. Now, Europe seems to have shifted its southern border to the Sahara in order to stop migration and combat terrorism. How do the inhabitants of the Sahara feel about this interference? ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Intro ▷ 02:13 - Mauritania ▷ 05:08 - Christian Church ▷ 08:12 - Mauritania Railway ▷ 13:42 - Modern-Day Slavery ▷ 16:46 - Leblouh ▷ 26:40 - Meeting a Lawyer ▷ 29:50 - Biram Dah Abeid ▷ 36:35 - Nouadhibou, migration ▷ 42:17 - Fighting Terrorism ▷ 49:50 - Credits #documentary #slavery #mauritania #mauritaniarailway #sahara #africa ------- Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: https://goo.gl/5Sp36B Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo ------- In Sahara, a new three episode series, Bram Vermeulen crosses the desert from west to east, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. He experiences the heat, the dangers of advancing jihadism, the desperation of migrants, the hidden world of slavery, uncovers human trafficking networks and he meets with locals in one of the most inhospitable places on earth. Original title: The Secret of Mauritania - Sahara (1/3) A film by David Kleijwegt & Erik van Empel © 2018, Licensed by Sideways Film ------- Documentaries about people and cultures from around the globe: wocomoHUMANITY offers high-quality content which is produced by leading production companies. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoDOCS: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoDOCS ▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE ▷ wocomoHISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY ▷ wocomoTRAVEL: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL ▷ wocomoCOOK: https://www.youtube.com/wocomoCOOK Wocomo HUMANITY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.