Deadliest Roads | Ivory Coast: Gold and Cocoa Rush | Free Documentary

foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] how um assistance like Yao are paid to check tickets load luggage but also to entertain customers with spectacular acrobatics because a passenger who is entertained is a passenger who will return [Applause] uh their Balancing Act is inspired by a battle dance practiced in the neighborhoods there are several moves required [Music] [Music] hey so she's a new delivery working as assistants they only earn one Euro 50 a day it isn't much but as they all say the adrenaline rush makes up for their small salary [Applause] [Music] the ivorian youth and their energy drives the country forward it has made it the world's leading producer of Coco cashew nuts not to mention cotton and many other products Ivory Coast has become the richest country in West Africa renowned for its cocoa production sure foreign going from one town to another is always an adventure for ivorians country has lost count of the number of deaths caused by homemade vehicles [Music] [Applause] the price of cocoa drives the country's economy so when it falls Ivory Coast suffers to alleviate poverty the country is developing its industry but modernization has not yet reached the countryside foreign this is why some people try to escape poverty by digging for gold [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign s face are daunting but their will to move forward is much greater [Music] [Music] everyone here calls him the Elder a mark of respect to the last driver in the region to maintain a link with the most remote villages his truck is ready for the junkyard foreign foreign [Music] youngsters they restore the old vehicle and get it back in shape everyone owes him a favor thanks to his courage families are able to keep in touch with their loved ones but being 64 yaku is tired and would like to pass on the track to his eldest son Dao however getting his hands dirty and tackling the roads is not exactly the young man's dream future foreign [Music] his father sees him as a future Road Star the passengers Pile in but no one complains everyone appreciates the opportunity to be on board a vehicle with four wheels and a running engine [Music] the road isn't very long about 45 short kilometers but in this rainy period yaku takes between six to eight hours to reach the last Village it's daunting but it's a remarkable feat it is 40 Years of driving yakub has never had an accident [Music] while he waits to replace his father Dao acts as an assistant without him the journey is impossible this road which has never been maintained discourages even the most Fearless [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] the passengers are not yet Out of the Woods [Applause] [Applause] yaku charges three Euros per passenger but the men have to contribute more their Manpower yeah yeah on the road the bridges are rarely in good condition the planks are regularly stolen to make fire [Applause] thou is always impressed to see his father stay calm in the face of struggle [Applause] [Music] they have to repair the same Bridge every time they travel more [Applause] the father and son want to arrive before dark sleeping under the stars is not an option as many children are on the trip but it's not looking very good in two hours they've only covered 10 kilometers foreign [Music] Formula One drivers could not imagine how slow this vehicle is the Bajan [Music] all that God does is good I love you all tardiness does not prevent happiness good luck [Music] positive messages to see the bright side of life [Music] at the Genoa bus station since the 1970s the Bajan has been a staple this minibus built by Renault has been out of service for a long time but here some talented mechanics are restoring them to their original condition cartoons old trucks are used as a foundation is weak point is its old-fashioned shock absorbers they break all the time foreign never stops fixing them like all the other parts of his Bhajan they break down one after another moment um he's been trying to fix the old truck for two days [Music] and these conditions repairs take time and for a driver time is money at his request the mechanics worked fast and his Bhajan leaves the garage at the end of the day [Applause] by having the vehicle repaired rather quickly zoom's car is at risk of breaking down [Music] the bus station in Genoa seems to be in chaos however it only appears so each driver Waits his turn before picking up passengers whoever they may be Zoom is on edge he wants to get on the road quickly to make up for the two days he lost in the garage have 22 seats [Music] Zoom has asked his assistants to add 10 more seats [Music] and to attract the passengers he made them a nice promise foreign [Music] the discontent is rising the 60 kilometers from Genoa to guayo is an ordeal [Music] to make matters worse Zoom keeps his foot on the gas [Music] he has an idea in mind [Music] that is if the car's mechanics hold up and on this road getting to the final destination is always uncertain however it remains one of the most important roads in the region between March and October its traffic increases significantly the whole country is busy harvesting cocoa beans which yields profits in 40 years Ivory Coast has become the world's leading cocoa producer a beautiful title with a bitter taste this tremendous Financial opportunity benefits the population very little and has dramatic repercussions in the countryside foreign [Music] at a time when most children are heading off to school others are going deep into the forest [Music] eleven-year-old jores works on his father's cocoa field with his friends and the rest of his family remember this between harvests they go to school but apart from that their daily life is hard guy please I've walked for more than two hours over the hill together when they arrive at the field the children call their father according to UNICEF there are well over 500 000 children working on Cocoa fields [Applause] foreign [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] at the end of the day and the little workers have a nice snack [Music] to the Jungle have taken to the skies [Music] it's mating season for the termites the Queens leave to found new colonies some of them won't get very far [Music] in Ivory Coast there are no large cocoa Fields but thousands of small producers working together towards a common goal the delivery men take their beans to the warehouses Zakaria spends his days berating lamin his assistant according to the driver it's to toughen him up and teach him discipline on the road accidents happen all the time get the dog [Applause] Zakaria has just loaded three tons of cocoa beans although he hasn't touched any of the bags the manager of the Cooperative would like to have his shipments sheltered before the rain comes Zakaria has other concerns [Music] [Music] but Laurie is waiting for them 50 kilometers ahead it will transport the beams to the port perhaps the cargo won't be delivered today the truck faces its first speed bump less than half an hour after departure [Applause] [Applause] [Music] come here [Applause] foreign [Music] and after an hour of effort [Music] [Music] passing [Music] on the ivorian roads every meter past is a victory the drivers get on without complaining with only one thing on their minds to arrive quickly in order to find a new load [Music] while Zachariah struggles to do more than 10 kilometers per hour 300 kilometers further on Zoom the Bajan driver is driving at full speed without a single worry about the dangers of the road ahead got wrong [Music] the passengers are not exactly relaxed and for good reason [Music] delivery [Music] praying however isn't always enough [Music] tolerating the shock absorber repaired the day before breaks down they narrowly escaped a disaster the passengers are shocked but no one is injured [Music] foreign celebrity foreign passengers find themselves stuck two kilometers from the destination [Music] on the roads of Ivory Coast solidarity is essential without it many truck drivers would be stuck on the side of the road for days [Music] foreign [Music] the patched up shock absorber holds up miraculously Zoom doesn't head for the garage but for the bus station with another trip he can pay for the repairs that is if he makes it to his destination foreign state of the roads is paralyzing the ivorian economy it can take days to travel across the country especially in the rainy season [Applause] cool whom everyone calls the Elder knows all about it in the region he's the last one to ensure the link with the most remote villages is the journey is hard for the passengers in three hours they've only covered 20 kilometers out of 45. [Applause] 00 this is foreign Forest would have no choice but to walk [Applause] yesterday [Music] six hours later they're finally home okay come on foreign makes 46 Euros a nice sum that allows him to provide for his six children Tao his eldest son can't stand to see him suffer on the road [Music] every school holiday the student comes with him he knows the sacrifice his father made to ensure a good future for his children [Applause] um [Applause] foreign when he graduates from high school Dal has to decide between two careers a singer or a civil servant who doesn't want to hear it it's Unthinkable for him that his son might not take over [Applause] foreign [Music] although he does everything he can to help his father Dao is worried about inheriting the truck however the trouble of inheriting the truck will not be for nothing it will play an important role in the young man's destiny Above This appears to be a forest but it's not these cocoa Fields interspersed with dead trees indicate that 80 percent of the forest has been destroyed to produce more cocoa yet another resource seems to be bringing even more Devastation to the area gold [Music] today the workers who used to work on the fields are digging for gold in search of the vein that will save them from poverty foreign [Music] 15 meters below the risk is ever present but that doesn't matter between starving to death growing cocoa or becoming rich by facing the risk men like remarek can easily make the choice foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] these rocks contain gold the ones that contain the most gold are found deeper around 20 meters below foreign there's not much but still enough to dream about ramarik refuses to work all his life on the cocoa field s [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] on the surface the stones are crushed and then sifted [Applause] [Music] a little further on those who don't have the strength to dig tunnels are scraping and washing the soil [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] for these families looking for gold or growing cocoa is the same suffering foreign [Music] fighting never giving up going forward no matter what that's the motto of the ivorians Zachariah and his assistant lamin are trying to deliver their cocoa beans 50 kilometers down the road where a lorry is waiting to take them to the port it's not a great distance but to get there requires intense effort in six hours of travel they only covered 35 kilometers [Applause] [Applause] especially for the assistance everybody [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] Zacharia takes two hours to cover the last 15 kilometers to the lorry it's hard to imagine that the world's leading Coco producer would let its Road Network deteriorate so much according to saliman the courage of the ivorian drivers is definitely a factor no matter what happens the goods always arrive at the right place so no one in the government really considers the state of the roads a real problem s [Music] foreign [Music] this main road is one of the most important roads for transporting goods in Ivory Coast it leads straight to the port of Abidjan foreign [Music] [Applause] the drivers face 350 kilometers of damaged Road when a patch of asphalt appears everyone speeds up dodging the holes this makes the road particularly fatal with more than 5000 deaths in 2018. [Music] um [Music] [Music] the driver doesn't bother to check his truck he takes off again immediately the poor condition of the vehicles is partly the reason for the numerous accidents [Music] in contrast one stretch of the road has fewer accidents than others it appears that a guardian angel is watching over the drivers foreign of the road he was hit by a car when he was younger the idea of begging was unbearable for him so despite his paralyzed leg he set himself a goal s foreign [Music] foreign [Music] his courage saves lives thanks to him the holes all disappear and trucks cars and motorbikes travel much slower all day to show gratitude for maintaining the road [Music] the ivorians Do Not lack courage and it is better that way their life isn't so easy here Dao and his father are still having a hard time on the road [Applause] foreign [Applause] they are trying to reach the last Village of the forest it's been a while since any other vehicle has tried to reach it the village has been totally isolated for over a month foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] even though he's been holding the steering wheel for seven hours without a break yaku doesn't want to stop platform s [Music] Legends okay foreign does not want to take his father's place the young man dreams of an easier life [Music] [Applause] [Applause] foreign it's not yet the end of the journey he's been driving or rather trying to drive for eight hours now in the back the passengers at least have something to help them pass the time foreign [Applause] still finds the strength to teach his son the art and the way to get out of a tricky situation [Music] after 12 hours the end of the ordeal comes as well as a change of heart for the father foreign [Music] a chance to shape a better future for himself to get an education if the 500 000 children who work in the cocoa Fields went back to school like Dao the Youth of Ivory Coast would lead their country to great success [Music] everybody [Music] [Applause] are you talking about you [Music]

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Length: 52min 0sec (3120 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 11 2022