Deadliest Roads | Benin | Free Documentary

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] the animals of the Savannah no longer run away when they hear this strange sound [Applause] the creaking noises of this truck are known all over believer in the name [Applause] Zachary is the unfortunate owner where are you mokuba's on dominica I will see my wife Melania from October to January the North Apennine lives at the pace of the cotton harvesting the fiber represents around 40% of the country's exports for months rickety trucks travel the country's roads at their great risk [Music] [Music] [Applause] cotton is the country's wealth but the rural countryside is poor huge amounts of water are required to grow it [Music] during the harvest day and night Benin revolves around all things cotton [Music] for almost a week around a hundred drivers have been hoping to load their trucks with cotton [Music] a never-ending wait without any conveniences or comforts never being able to move away from their vehicles [Music] so unless like a console a full opinion fully the important in a living as well but I read jujitsu the flower on a Sipapu might wait we decide about the remove the minister Hawaii for reviewed upon someone on 2011 yup and women for acts of drama and his apprentice transport the bales of cotton which are processed in this factory they're hoping to load the truck up today but there seems to be little hope of that [Music] the factory dates back to the 80s and so do its safety regulations [Music] in amongst this deafening racket around 50 factory workers clean the cotton of its impurities after waiting for nine days the eagerly awaited miracle is finally here the man loads up 24 tons of cotton why gentle Asuma [Music] [Applause] the driver has to deliver the bales in less than 24 hours to the port of cotton or the name of the city sounds strangely like a homage to the precious plant far from it cotton ooh actually means river of death just like the road that leads there 600 kilometers at full speed all the way to the other side of the country during celebrations the beninese dance the taking and when they drive they dance the shake a dance created for the road and it's endless bumps and turns [Applause] [Music] it's only after several kilometers that Ramon is able to fully start the truck even beneath all its modern features the vehicle has reached the old age of 40 [Applause] [Music] once he's reached 100 kilometers an hour but a man barely touches the brake Seleucus yet class on the co y near Pasadena pleasure to serve our us Lafayette honors Maison de la fórmula de la Warr America [Music] [Music] [Music] Bustamante year it's a father gris-gris I'm pleased not PA but who protects the pedestrians and motorcyclists when his truck turns into a fast-moving killing machine especially considering that her mom rarely checks his mirrors this piece of metal is none other than the iron strapping holding the fuel tank inside the fuel tank could come off at any moment exploding all over the road ten long kilometers later oddly it very nearly happened it's still a long way to cotton all in burning trucks like that a man's are nicknamed Titans a reference to a French military truck from the 40s which transported heavy loads at high speeds [Music] Zachary's truck is far from being a Titan it moves at walking pace it very rarely goes over five kilometers an hour [Music] Zachary drives around the scrubland plantations loading up the cotton to take to the factory the old truck from the sixties lost its haughtiness long ago and its engine is not as brave as it used to be we lived and lived well a DIY solution is much cheaper oh well bullpen kuzava you don't oh god waka ama Warrenton Abenaki Yamanaka why we have blimey by placing the tank high up in the cabin pressure forces the petrol down into the engine the system has its limits it's the fifth breakdown this morning every few kilometers Zachery turns into a human pump to get the fuel flowing again [Applause] [Music] before loading up the men compressed the cotton [Music] during the harvest on each farm families lend a hand in the fields there are no exceptions [Music] yeah I mean our Brindavan table actually carry such a heavy from where the children work an average of 10 hours a day before becoming farmers the Bariba people were wild warriors engaging in single combat today each loading reawakens this dormant fighting spirit the group that can carry the highest number of 130 kilogram bales will be declared the winner [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] the round of the cotton farms lasts two days Zachary's truck transports the clouds of cotton as it moves along [Music] cotton has become one of the main sources of wealth for Benin but for the last few years drought has reduced the harvest [Music] a nasty surprise awaits Zachary in the next village there's a revolt on the farm none of the workers want to load up the truck there's nothing Zachary can do it's impossible to convince them however the men aren't asking for a lot the owner of the cotton field hasn't provided enough water for the men in order to find more it's quite an expedition the well is three kilometers from the village [Music] when Apple happy now I'm going to move oh nice yeah totally Mia don't you tell gotcha the women will have to walk three more kilometers to get to the second water source the drought isn't the only cause of this cotton is one of the crops that consumes the most water in the world an hour and a half later the women come across a black water source the water is murky and putrid [Applause] Jenna muhammad wa nani mo ba da ba ba da ba ba ba na mahal we do hate my famiiy [Music] the women have walked 6 kilometres for five bowls and two cans of water [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] boiled maize flour forms the base of their sustenance almost all year round [Music] to avoid intestinal problems caused by the muddy water the men make a natural medicine they filter part of the liquid with ash this makes the water richer and potassium and it acts as anti diarrhea medicine once fed and watered the men sniff drug made up of the man get back to work but it's too late Zachary will have to spend the night in the village Domon has also spent the night on the side of the road to make up for lost time he speeds through the villages without ever slowing down the day before he wasted lots of time stuck in traffic [Music] as night falls he's been forced to stop due to people blocking the road highway bandits who stripped travelers of their goods and police checks cost him even more precious time in order to lived a man has to make two return journeys to the port of kottar nuu every month the pattern of pay the [ __ ] uh Trevanian sun-diamond apostle - love walk okay Elijah super lame ass Andes put the pulley a cultural park and he certainly needs the money the ramen has two children and three wives one whom he lives with in town and the two others live in a village on the other side of the road when he passes by they take the opportunity to spend a bit of time together [Music] [Music] naughty with his two wives too a man has started a small business reselling coal [Music] sorry for the bottle missing missing sir the co will be resold by his wives for double the price in the surrounding villages that a man also takes a few bags to resell in restaurants in cotton ooh it's a bit of extra income which helps him provide for his many family members this time a man is hoping to arrive at the port of cotton all before nightfall the sea is still far away and his talisman seems to be failing him [Music] men are you see our sin khatallah this is the best console lava in Ferrentino lapis vascular valley piety confirm what i do come you keep here a duty and pandemic booty [Music] lucifina puppy camera Kanta let's destroy you but there's a more serious concern Kamel Greece did the Tom Ament lungs on logic said our unit [Applause] the truck is slowly tipping over weighed down by its load of wood which was displaced during the accident [Music] in Yemen approve our C Cecilia in the end it's the load that saves them [Music] manche so Sabaton be topically cheaper since lunch on TV [Music] as all drivers travel fast the big risk on this main road is multi vehicle collisions Saleucami oh there's a secret that she loved one just to secure the stikat delfi city a movie so selectively laughs well zoom it's about Obasi the truck looks fit for the scrap heap but knowing all too well never to be wasteful the Beninese have learned to mend and make do mechanical refer the community service issue it will - down the wire will give you a super bash just having passed by the accident an alarm starts to ring into the man's cabin there's at least one advantage of being on this road the mechanics are never far away within ten minutes they arrive with a new pump that's one point [Music] on the other side of the road the scenes resembled those of a prison [Music] prisoners of their own poverty these men and women break down stone into gravel just to be able to eat ARIMA who is 25 works here with her children Masoli monoshock moussaka back that's the time when determinism value I walk around now [Music] Anisa younger very entertaining [Applause] Sam welcome quick some might be doing it because I want the gravel is result to building contractors some beninese people try to change their lives by putting faith in higher beings [Music] voodoo originated in the heart of the forest through the meeting of the Yoruba gods and the fun and new deities over centuries it has become a religion [Music] [Laughter] these women are dancing for their King and religious leader of the voodoo cult dag Bo Hunan Hoonah the second thanks to voodoo the king is able to settle issues the voodoo spirits can bring about justice predict good or bad omens and cure problems like relationship disputes this man is said to have been bewitched by a spirit who's made him be unfaithful his wife wants to leave him the priest questions him about this om oh okay we can't do the [ __ ] not become media maybe the couple's problems are said to have affected their child the spirits talking to the child's mother it says the wife must keep her mouth shut and not swear at or insult her husband that way her child's health will improve resort Lamas LRE papa [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] as for da man he's a king of the road he's now driving at breakneck speed those who stand in his way should beware he'll stop at nothing to arrive at cata new port before nightfall as physically he has finished picking up his cotton [Music] well sighs you know oh my god man five hours for a mere 65 kilometers [Music] well a rather high chair to be wah wah wah don't go on living but that man who never questioned [Music] Oh the knowledge in you over new underground lion who I am coming sir man Zachary hasn't been completely unlucky he's broken down in his own village after renting a motorbike he's off in search of a new belt for the truck his village is on a main road and there's no shortage of DIY stores there is however a shortage of belts [Music] of the numerous [Music] [Music] three hours later he's ready to head back but then the alternator is stopped working Zachary is forced to call a mechanic number a number I would but I grew up about Oh while he waits for the mechanic zachetti returns home downhearted he'll have to admit to his wife that some of his wages have once again ended up in the pocket of a mechanic she still manages to make him smile even if just for a few seconds [Music] my way more my way 1 b 1 b oj oh yeah you know woman I wanna go in the club [Music] he can tell from the tarmac on the road that the factory is closed [Music] [Applause] [Music] the final piece of bad news of the day arrives in the factory car park Oh a nice one normally in Loretto but I said once again the factories running several days behind leaving the drivers waiting once more logically Selena sat on the island the Sun CDP Evandro dispersal the delays are costly for drivers like Zachary while he waits the cotton harvesting will continue and manufacturers will call upon other drivers to do his job [Music] [Music] another problem with the engine has forced a man to once more spend the night at the side of the road his boss will make up for this extra day by taking it off his salary [Music] Domon arrives in cotton Oh two days late and the huge traffic jams in the big city don't help the situation and neither does the picky administration office in the port for battle Putin imagine a law on a telepath equality schaible Sandra Priam predator clock is ticking and a wave of rebellion descends upon the port [Applause] [Applause] none of the stalkers will help facilitate the apron and kono mm ah it's a volunteer saralyn Tilikum predicted for Toronto cotton or the reprimanding continues the cold Ramon has transported to make some extra money has made some of the cotton dirty [Applause] ventually - Dockers accept the work as soon as it's off the truck the bales of cotton are evaluated by buyers like jean-pierre who has come over from France the girl gonna be able to us for many of the bails aren't quite up to scratch [Applause] so the Woodbury one could eat a service people photos over pennines cotton is sold all around the world commands decent wage allows him to support his big family he is polygamous the driver is just married his third wife and he never denies her anything [Music] to salalah Salgado ball that upon Silla see Universal evapo efficiently upon would she have women Freddy T upon root Oh Coco God in vain guru look macho univer okay I window come on drive seven days a week so he can feed his family [Music] as for Zachary he only has one wife but his old truck is just as expensive [Music]

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Id: oh9X-Zf4wjQ

Length: 49min 54sec (2994 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 05 2020

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[u/easilypersuadedsquid]

his third wife is really pretty

[u/RocketshipRoadtrip]

Dicing with death / dangerous roads is such a great series.