This is one of the most horrible things I have ever seen this is torture. Mauritania needs a country like the USA or England too go in and take over someone needs too teach people that being Fat is extremelly unhealthy and that being this big will mean u will die very young watching this video make me feel phsically ill.
What in the world is this!?! Subhanallah!!! Why would they do this to those poor little girls! The are Muslim? The Prophet said to reserve 1/3 for food 1/3 for water 1/3 for air! Them babies cant even breath from being over fed! OMG! that is no good...no good at all , the are ignorant of the Sunnah & their own Religion!
THIS IS FUCKING SICKENING :( POOR KIDS PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM NO FOOD BUT THESE IDIOTS WASTE FOOD SO THEY HUSBAND CAN BE TOLD THEY ARE GOOD WHEN THEY ARE NOT .
@XiaoGui17,U're Delusional?What's western in the first place?Africans're not western geographically butAussies&NewZealanders are,Right?Let's cut to theChase!U mean"FATCATSofEUROPEAN ORIGIN",in other words self-acclaimedWhite capitalists!I'm part of it,except for theSkinColor!Most of the kids're forced either physicallyORby conscience to starve themselves&look thin to be considered pretty!It's shameful to see even adults over-eat&blow up inour societies!That'll be a documentary forAfricanViewers!
It is easy to point fingers.Traditionally most Africans see volumptous(&curvy) ladies as beautiful.Europeans in general see skinny(bony) ladies as beautiful.In Western societies not only models are forced by conscience but majority of young girls strive to achieve that!Is it stupid when skinny girs are paraded on catwalk-runway?No! U will say!Is it healthy?NO.How come so many seem to see only the African side as torture committed to girls.Double standard I'll say.They are equally guilty!
To my knowledge, no Western family sends their daughter to a camp in which they are forcibly starved (fat camps to lose weight are by consent only). So no, it's not equivalent to force-feeding. Not by a long shot.
I love black people but I think that Islam is not for black people. Islam is a religion imposed on black people Islam brought the Arabs who conquered North Africa. Arabs traded slaves and do it today (Tuareg, but not only). See what is happening today in Sudan. Islam is referred to as the conquest of the black population. People from Africa are The beautiful local religions and do not need foreign Islam.
@Camdentown100 R U SERIOUS wat does islam got to do with force feeding. Prophet (s) said, “We are a group of people who don’t eat until we are hungry. If we eat, we don’t eat to be full; we eat less than a full stomach in order to keep healthy.” He (s) said, “Stomach is the center of illness.”. Go get educated before accuse islam. That is wat u ppl r best at accusin others for the pleasure of it and most of the time for ur mistakes.
@haunter77 interesting you call them primitive, yet in the same breath you say "kill them" .. ridiculous. the fact of the matter is that extreme measures to maintain beauty standard(s) exist all over the world.
Extreme measures for beauty exist all over the world, but doing this kind of thing to children is sick. Adults doing it to themselves is one thing; doing it to children is quite another!
..... Ya know, I've seen my fair share of rage inducing things but this.....This is fucking barbaric, how could they as parents be content with what they're doing to their kids? Any parent and I mean any who would subject their kids to anything harmful especially of this nature is lower than snake balls. Tradition or not, putting kids through shit like this is the definition of evil.
My stupid mother-in-law wanted to do this to my kids and fill them up with cow milk while they were allergic to it because my kids are petite and not huge like her and she is not even from Africa just plain dump.... Just for the ones who got worried for my kids... I throw her out of my house....
McDonalds works better then force feeding.....thats how I got fat....Now Im tryin to work that shit off cause I live in America were its the total opposite ....maybe I should move.lol....just kidding ....I think that practice is so wrong and unhealthy....if a girl is naturally thick then so be it but if she isnt then let her be ....I felt so sorry for those babies having to eat until they were sick:(
@firefighterfightfire Has this version for television been edited? Because I have a longer version of this video, of 27'36''... A lot of interesting parts are missing in this shorter version...
This is insane wtf! and surely this is child abuse. this is a pratice of violence these girls can die soon. These women are doing this for their men, to make them look good, the fatter the wife the best husband he is...WTF and meanwhile they stay fat and their husbands will be poking the thinner woman...omg poor poor girls...
I like how this culture is alot kinder to bigger women & to some degree i can get where they're coming from...but force-feeding a child/anyone in general is WRONG :( I feel so bad for those innocent, sweet girls. they didn't do anything wrong to deserve that. Natural skinny is just as beautiful as volumptous women. Women should have natural curves, not tons of forced fat rolls. :(
the concept of this whole show is rather prejudiced. "uncover africa", the title itself is one stepped removed from the colonialist view of africa as a dark and savage place waiting to be "uncovered" by the british!
this is just bad journalism. aimed to pass judgement on particular culture by the lends of western ideals!
before you start pointing your fingers at others, examine your own culture which lead girls as young as 6 to diet and the troubled history women in britain have with food!
i understand were you are coming from but the problem here is that girls are being forced by there parents to eat, to the extent that they are vomiting, which is child abuse. in the west if any parents are found to be conducting this kind of behaviour would be arrested and be put in prison. The problem you are talkin about with woman not eating in the west, is sumthing that is bought upon by themselves, they are not forced not to eat by their parent.
Cultures are different in every country!! That is how their societies are functioned...if changed, people would not be able to survive in those societies!! People need to understand this, its a fact of life there... If the men like beefy women, then bloody give it to them!! Child abuse is the act of harming a child with the intention of degrading or killing!! They are doing this with the intention of giving the child a bloody good future.. Sounds good enough, bloody hell, leave them to it!
@stinkymonkey60 Watch your language stinky monkey!! You have a very shallow mind!! You would never understand why things happens the way they do until you learn to accept their existence and significance!!
I feel sorry for the women who have to go through the ceremony .All for social exceptance,like anorexia in the states,it shows how social class systems still undominatly rule nomatter which culture or part of the world you're from.Though it seems the east and west seem to have the worst extremes,
Being fat is unhealthy But if u REALLY wanna be fat and don't care about the health risks ...living in America would really make it easy for them. I'd love to see their faces if n e of them went to Texas LMFAO wow
these people are so stupied..over eatting is good for you??!
these people are crealy brainwashed and un-educated because overeatting cause's heart problems, liver problems, dieabeties and higer risk in pregencys..so sad...
Soooo...I can't understand how people videotaped this without interferring. This is not NOVA or National Geographic. These are kids. I know this is described as 'culture', but can't some type of global advocate group do something about this? This is torture. There needs to be some type of regulation...ah, there's so much wrong with this whole picture/system/lifestyle/culture. Where is the UN when you need them? Actually, nevermind the UN...
does anyone else find it ironic that these women are forced to do what many people in the west do to themselves. Ever been to Houston? Mauritanians would think everyone was a supermodel there!
Those poor babies this is truly sad how in other countries in Africa you have children straving to death and in this country ladies are forcing their beautiful girls to drink several liters of milk in one setting, that's also impossible for adults, i can't imagine little kids. I hope these ladies get the message before too late
Why is always women/girls who have to endure such retched beauty standards all around the world? It's either be extremely thin or be extremely fat. In old China, women binded their feet, etc...........
The crap women go through to be attractive for men and the stupid women who follow it.
@Allflavorgurl Women are NOT stupid for following the beauty standards in the country they are from. Women are socialized in the same community as men and taught to behave a certain way. Not too mention that not every woman that obsesses about body image and beauty are doing it for men. Queer women do it too.
Basically, the problem isn't about what women DO it's about the ridiculous standard that women are supposed to follow to be respected and valued.
I think that you have to understand Mauritanian culture as it is as they understand yours. I think that this is not the problem of the woman, it's the problem of the man who wants her to be like that. The report should focus on the US who has the greatest average of force feeding.
what is the point of forcing a child to eat...let them eat and when they are full, leave them b...they will get hungry again! this is child abuse, i dont care what culture!
I have to say I always appreciate other cultures and their beliefs however, I never seem to understand , because to us their culture is questionable, and controversial but our culture is probably questionable and controversial to them. So who are we to judge. We have to respect others cultures and beliefs. no matter how outrageous it looks to the human eye. Now that was hard to say being a Victims Advocate in all, but I truly have to seperate and understand others cultures.
Mauritania is a country with pratically no infrastructure. Damn, my neighborhood alone has more than this whole country does! Near-by countries might as well split this place up, maybe they can do something with it.
How is it that most youtube videos are flooded with comments of either race, perverse sexual innuendo, and/or a flood of swearing?
Anyways, I really hope that these girls specifically grow up healthy, and that the filming crew actually DID something rather than sit and film this entire thing.
Wow, we have some closed-minded people on here. Giving me negatives on my comments. All I said was that both Mauritanians and my fellow dark-skinned West Africans were beautiful people.
2. And sometimes just because something is permissible, doesn't always mean it is profitable! and when you say these women have less choice, sometimes less choice can be a positive, if it means these women are shielded from the very many vices, and corruptibles more choice brings. If in any society there are no rules and regulations, that society would be in total anarchy, and the repercussions would be far worse than a society with rules and regulations.
By definition. These women are subjected to the morality & bigotry of the men in power.
The only laws a society should have are laws to prevent my actions from harming another. Other than that, each person should govern themselves.
What if a leader was a sex-crazed homosexual & made it manditory you engage in gay-sex every Sunday? This is wrong not because you personaly disagree with homosexuality but because the leader is imposing his morality onto you
In Africa, traditions have and will still be around, long after any government, and if they are happy with it who are you or any one else for that matter to tell them, that their culture is wrong?
If you were to take time and actually look into the origins of this culture you will understand it more, and probably wont be too hasty to judge them. And when you see these documentaries, they look at the extreme cases, and do a lot of editing.
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You're not listening to what I am saying. I'm not saying their traditions are immoral; in fact, I am supporting their right to practice whatever tradition they wish.
They have LESS RIGHTS because they do not have a CHOICE. RIGHTS=CHOICE, RIGHTS=CHOICE, RIGHTS=CHOICE. get that?
In the west, women have many more CHOICES about their lifestyle than in this culture. So women in the west have more RIGHTS
Don't bash the west because girls can CHOOSE to celibate or CHOOSE to be slutty
It isn't common practice to starve your child so she will be beautiful.
lol say whatever you want. You know, as well as I know, these girls don't have 10% of the life style choice ceteris paribus in western cultures. Can they get a pink mohawk? Can they become a out-lesbian? I doubt it
You ask...can they wear pink mohawks? I Ask can most Blacks, Arabs/Jews and Latinos with poofy hair wear an Afro to work in western society? Most have no choice but to conform to American beauty and relax their hair to be accepted.
You ask can they become out-lesbians? I ask can Americans in the army be openly gay? Most have no choice to conform to the "do not ask and tell policy" to be accepted into American society.
I didn't want to bring this up but Mauritanian's practice female circumcision
Im really sorry western culture isn't void of discrimination; there are a FEW places it is still felt. At the law firm I work, two of my peers have dreadlocks. An afro wouldn't be a problem
The fact is DADT is a lot better than killing our gays, all of our women are given an equal education, u can practice whatever religion you like & ur free to do pretty much whatever you like. U-> :0=3
lol...BigPurple121...you are the arrogant racist who thinks that you can compare two different cultures BASED on your culture's point of view.
Like I said...your society is NOT more righteous and the American education system is NOTHING to boast about.
No society is free and the country that had the nerve to detain a bunch of Muslims and jail them without a trial...is in NO POSITION to talk about freedom
yea they don't mind us poisoning ourselves to fit their image. The US military actively discriminates against black women, by having them relax their hair to serve.
big: this whole debate will continue to go back and forth...bottom line western choices are for western women..African choices are for African women. If you even think of introducing most western choices on our women,they wont accept them anyway, so why bother comparing and contrasting something that can never be? Why would these women choose to be sluts, when it's NOT their ethics? OUR CHOICES=OUR RIGHTS!!
I tried to reply by sending a message cause my response is long but you have friend lock on. Anyway I had left this topic alone after arguing with some idiot here and really didn't want to come back.
people wonder why white cunts are so hated! because all they do is rape their kids, keep them locked in basements for years and breed with them! then they have the cheek to criticize non-white cultures! the filthy hypocritical inbreded bastard paedophiles! 21st century my arse!!
when are these f*****g white cunts going to mind their own affairs and stop breeding with their daughters....dirty long pigs!!!!
Big: but by whoes standards? what the west may perceive as womens rights, is good for them, but doesn't necessarily hold true for those of different cultures. English women are seen as very loose larger louts,with very low morals, simply because they are free to go out get drunk, and sleep with whoever they like and not give a damn, this is the so called 'higher standard ' of womens rights! To have babies without being sure who fathered them, by bragging about how many men they've slept with etc
It's about choice. Western women have the right to be big whores or the right to remain celebate. They have freedom, their morals govern their decision.
I understand why Islamic cultures do what they do, but you have to understand by definition the women of this culture have less choice, thus less rights.
big: 1.You are absolutely right, it IS about choice, and these women choose to uphold their culture. Now I'm not at all saying that 'force feeding ' these children is the way to go, but look at it in THEIR context; it's part of their culture that they love. Also I would suggest that you don't take this method as the 'modus operandi', as there are many more girls that though they are encouraged to over eat, they aren't always forced, but, encouraged, from a very young age, so it's the norm.
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People wonder why Africa never moves forward and stays in the 3rd world. Its because its inhabited by dumb cunts like these. Anyone who force feeds a child to make them fat to speed up puberty and make them more acceptable as wives is a fucking backward cunt. Honestly, when are these fucking people going to move into the 21st century. Africa will never prosper and people like these are the reason why
2. The pygmies of Central Africa aren't dark skinned, and don't have coarse hair due to the fact that they are forest dwellers, and so don't get as much sunlight, would you now say they are mixed? Hell no! these are one of the oldest and purest Africans! What about those with different forms of albinism, who can have very light skin, red/ginger hair, and light brown/grey eyes,which is very common amongst Igbos and people of SE.Nigeria, are they mixed? No! Stick to your history and leave ours!!
Amazing how non-Africans are always trying to define us.
If an Italian with olive skin is considered to be white like a Swedish person with pale skin, than why can't we Black Africans come in different shades?
That Creole dumbass was justifiably educated by us Black Africans.
This vid, is about the fattening culture, what the hell has that got to do with Africans being mixed???
PLEASE all you non-Africans, should concentrate on your own cultures, and racial issues, and leave us alone!! We don't want or need non- African racially confused people adding lib!! And who said your typical African is necessarily dark-skinned, or that light-skinned Africans are necessarilly mixed?
Ignorant people make stupid ignorant statements, without even knowing what's factual!!
all you people shut up about race mixing! what the hell is the obsession?!?!?!
are you people so shocked that some northern africans or some western and eastern africans tend to be mixed? so what!
its like you guys are so happy to talk about a person when they are mixed.
as far as im concerned, these people are black. who cares about the ancient racial mixing. thats all the world cares about now is mixing this and that.
golden: hey sis! I agree with you, and it really pisses me off when creoles,mulattoes and the like, try to tell US Africans what we are based on colour! Do you know proudcreole posted a video about mixed race Africans stating that Igbos had semetic and Arab blood(,hence the light complexion)!! can you imagine! She's not even African, talk less of Nigerian! People like her shouldn't drag others along just to make up numbers when those included don't hold her views,and are proud of who they are!!
im an igbo nigerian myself and i have a lighter skin complextion. i am not mixed! and refuse to believe it.
i heard something about albino blood in a lot of igbos thats why a lot of them tend to be light.
and that creole bitch needs to mind her damn business and culture. why is she putting her nose in other stuff that she doesnt even know about and making up shit about igbos.
proudcreole is obsessed with the concept of mix.
some whites just view us all as niggers so who cares!
Mocked the word Creole? What are you talking about? Part of my ancestry is West African so I have every right to watch anything related to my heritage.
What I claim is my right and my business and what I watch here is my right and my business! If you have something against mixed folks then that's your problem!
I'm not so stupid as to see that these people are not black. I know Africans come in different shades but I also know someone who has mixed ancestry! And I don't need you defining to me what a Creole is. Our people have well researched our culture and know exactly who we are!
This is one of the most horrible things I have ever seen this is torture. Mauritania needs a country like the USA or England too go in and take over someone needs too teach people that being Fat is extremelly unhealthy and that being this big will mean u will die very young watching this video make me feel phsically ill.
ModraMagic 1 week ago
horror!!!
tsvvalyovska 4 months ago
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muslimah871 5 months ago
I'm surprised their stomachs don't burst
mlwish 6 months ago
OMG those poor girls they look so pretty now but I doubt they will be when they get all swollen and obese. Sick people.
taylorswift091196 6 months ago
This is so disgusting! I had to watch it in World Geography today!
daisycrazy77 6 months ago
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BALEnaVICO 6 months ago
So this guy wants his wife to risk her health just so he can look good ? urgh
aetuip 7 months ago
It is always the women who force other women to fulfill weired beauty ideals
Adeltraut 8 months ago
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Arabs suck fatass, Somalis can eat shit, and Islam is harsh, abusive, and death.
PubicBigFoot 8 months ago
@PubicBigFoot and you're an idiot
ranel63 2 weeks ago
This is sick
marmackk 8 months ago
What in the world is this!?! Subhanallah!!! Why would they do this to those poor little girls! The are Muslim? The Prophet said to reserve 1/3 for food 1/3 for water 1/3 for air! Them babies cant even breath from being over fed! OMG! that is no good...no good at all , the are ignorant of the Sunnah & their own Religion!
MizBobbie1972 9 months ago
no >:( no good why if the girl dont wanna be fat...no one can force u to be something your not...i would run way
miladimedina 10 months ago
Well... I know where to go where to go when I want to begin my Chubby Chasing Journey in life. We going HAM in Mauritania baby!
tmizzart 11 months ago
Berber culture like much of arab culture is so barbaric
edthewise 11 months ago
The complete opposite of America. Interesting but dead wrong!
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Marashor 11 months ago
These arabs are barbarian and worse than camel or donkey. Why they f**K fat donkey to satisfy themselves
bazlur 1 year ago
omg....ds is so sick...common!!!!!!!
ugowoundo 1 year ago
THIS IS FUCKING SICKENING :( POOR KIDS PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM NO FOOD BUT THESE IDIOTS WASTE FOOD SO THEY HUSBAND CAN BE TOLD THEY ARE GOOD WHEN THEY ARE NOT .
britneyslut 1 year ago
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these women are fucking animals!! poor kids!!!
MyPocholito 1 year ago
fruity
alexeevic 1 year ago
@XiaoGui17,U're Delusional?What's western in the first place?Africans're not western geographically butAussies&NewZealanders are,Right?Let's cut to theChase!U mean"FATCATSofEUROPEAN ORIGIN",in other words self-acclaimedWhite capitalists!I'm part of it,except for theSkinColor!Most of the kids're forced either physicallyORby conscience to starve themselves&look thin to be considered pretty!It's shameful to see even adults over-eat&blow up inour societies!That'll be a documentary forAfricanViewers!
Beesahili 1 year ago 2
It is easy to point fingers.Traditionally most Africans see volumptous(&curvy) ladies as beautiful.Europeans in general see skinny(bony) ladies as beautiful.In Western societies not only models are forced by conscience but majority of young girls strive to achieve that!Is it stupid when skinny girs are paraded on catwalk-runway?No! U will say!Is it healthy?NO.How come so many seem to see only the African side as torture committed to girls.Double standard I'll say.They are equally guilty!
Beesahili 1 year ago 6
@Beesahili
To my knowledge, no Western family sends their daughter to a camp in which they are forcibly starved (fat camps to lose weight are by consent only). So no, it's not equivalent to force-feeding. Not by a long shot.
XiaoGui17 1 year ago 3
I ONLY LIKE THE FAT ONES, PLUMP EM UP NICE AND GOOOOOOD
KittyKittySunshine 1 year ago
this is sickening, how can people do this to kids ? Their own kids ? Shocking ! Poor kids !
avik79 1 year ago 4
SICKOS ARABS ARE EVIL MOTHER FUCKERS
besmart78 1 year ago
I feel bad for these poor girls. Terrible.
m0renachula704 1 year ago 4
it's disgusting that these people can do this to those poor girls.
potatoheadsgalvinize 1 year ago 4
@9:30 I want to be in the middle. That is so me! ^^ and I'm an American
Lamozinda 1 year ago
Poor girls are being abused by a primitive society.
Literario26 1 year ago
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Arabs are a problem, Islam is the problem.
I love black people but I think that Islam is not for black people. Islam is a religion imposed on black people Islam brought the Arabs who conquered North Africa. Arabs traded slaves and do it today (Tuareg, but not only). See what is happening today in Sudan. Islam is referred to as the conquest of the black population. People from Africa are The beautiful local religions and do not need foreign Islam.
GREETINGS FROM POLAND!
Camdentown100 1 year ago
@Camdentown100 R U SERIOUS wat does islam got to do with force feeding. Prophet (s) said, “We are a group of people who don’t eat until we are hungry. If we eat, we don’t eat to be full; we eat less than a full stomach in order to keep healthy.” He (s) said, “Stomach is the center of illness.”. Go get educated before accuse islam. That is wat u ppl r best at accusin others for the pleasure of it and most of the time for ur mistakes.
Greetings from the brain
TawfeeqAsSayegh 10 months ago 4
' Big is often regarded as beautiful in Mauritania '
That's not true guys , you can't say something you didn't see .
Please you just hear some rumors just check your informations .
Thanks .
TheGroSheink 1 year ago
holy Cow....crazy just crazy poor kids . help them Jesus
Tanyatee34 1 year ago
Those people are absolutely stupid, primitive and fackin idiots...
Kill'em all and rescue those poor children,,,
haunter77 1 year ago
@haunter77 interesting you call them primitive, yet in the same breath you say "kill them" .. ridiculous. the fact of the matter is that extreme measures to maintain beauty standard(s) exist all over the world.
laydeebug86 1 year ago
@laydeebug86
Extreme measures for beauty exist all over the world, but doing this kind of thing to children is sick. Adults doing it to themselves is one thing; doing it to children is quite another!
XiaoGui17 1 year ago
child abuse, poor girls i feel sad for them
TheLucky71ful 1 year ago 2
this is not right subxaana Allah. people be afriad of God ... Allah knows what you are doing to your children and will ask u about it.
WIILWACAN 1 year ago 2
..... Ya know, I've seen my fair share of rage inducing things but this.....This is fucking barbaric, how could they as parents be content with what they're doing to their kids? Any parent and I mean any who would subject their kids to anything harmful especially of this nature is lower than snake balls. Tradition or not, putting kids through shit like this is the definition of evil.
overlordashura 1 year ago
My stupid mother-in-law wanted to do this to my kids and fill them up with cow milk while they were allergic to it because my kids are petite and not huge like her and she is not even from Africa just plain dump.... Just for the ones who got worried for my kids... I throw her out of my house....
Meganjoon 1 year ago
I felt the tears well in my eyes watching the little girl drink that freaking milk. Such beautiful kids.
CRIZZIEE 1 year ago 2
McDonalds works better then force feeding.....thats how I got fat....Now Im tryin to work that shit off cause I live in America were its the total opposite ....maybe I should move.lol....just kidding ....I think that practice is so wrong and unhealthy....if a girl is naturally thick then so be it but if she isnt then let her be ....I felt so sorry for those babies having to eat until they were sick:(
BlueSuki 1 year ago 3
Well produced documentary, thanks AlJazeera!
firefighterfightfire 1 year ago
@firefighterfightfire Has this version for television been edited? Because I have a longer version of this video, of 27'36''... A lot of interesting parts are missing in this shorter version...
marisociais 1 year ago
This is insane wtf! and surely this is child abuse. this is a pratice of violence these girls can die soon. These women are doing this for their men, to make them look good, the fatter the wife the best husband he is...WTF and meanwhile they stay fat and their husbands will be poking the thinner woman...omg poor poor girls...
lovedancin 1 year ago
acherbi 5alik tawfay men 4a ma5barni vi 4i la phrase loooool
mahjouba87 1 year ago
even the women who are doing this to their children are simply victims of their culture.
heidishoshana 1 year ago 2
Woman at 9:00 is the only one with sense.
TrynaGetBacToMyLuv 1 year ago
this is so weird and some of these practices are outdated.
sijuinisemeje 1 year ago
Poor women.Subjugated the world over.
The meek shall inherit the Earth,indeed.
DarqueBeauty 1 year ago
wakhyerte ella mohamed lemine ould kettabe
lecitoyenmauritanien 2 years ago
I like how this culture is alot kinder to bigger women & to some degree i can get where they're coming from...but force-feeding a child/anyone in general is WRONG :( I feel so bad for those innocent, sweet girls. they didn't do anything wrong to deserve that. Natural skinny is just as beautiful as volumptous women. Women should have natural curves, not tons of forced fat rolls. :(
AitebaarS 2 years ago 6
the concept of this whole show is rather prejudiced. "uncover africa", the title itself is one stepped removed from the colonialist view of africa as a dark and savage place waiting to be "uncovered" by the british!
this is just bad journalism. aimed to pass judgement on particular culture by the lends of western ideals!
before you start pointing your fingers at others, examine your own culture which lead girls as young as 6 to diet and the troubled history women in britain have with food!
nailposh3 2 years ago 14
i understand were you are coming from but the problem here is that girls are being forced by there parents to eat, to the extent that they are vomiting, which is child abuse. in the west if any parents are found to be conducting this kind of behaviour would be arrested and be put in prison. The problem you are talkin about with woman not eating in the west, is sumthing that is bought upon by themselves, they are not forced not to eat by their parent.
abidreh 1 year ago
If they could afford to import American junk food, they could get fat quickly in a more pleasant way.
LikaLaruku 2 years ago 13
Cultures are different in every country!! That is how their societies are functioned...if changed, people would not be able to survive in those societies!! People need to understand this, its a fact of life there... If the men like beefy women, then bloody give it to them!! Child abuse is the act of harming a child with the intention of degrading or killing!! They are doing this with the intention of giving the child a bloody good future.. Sounds good enough, bloody hell, leave them to it!
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stinkymonkey60 2 years ago
"You're a utter 'MORON'...
Obesity is deadly, being overweight will most certainly implicate their health if not shorten their life, thus they are killing them!
Any action against ones will is a form of abuse ( i suppose if there was a society where it was beautiful to be pregnant, you'd condone rape?)
I guess i should'nt expect more from some one cant spell 'brother' if not thinks it cool not to.
stinkymonkey60 2 years ago
@stinkymonkey60 Watch your language stinky monkey!! You have a very shallow mind!! You would never understand why things happens the way they do until you learn to accept their existence and significance!!
Islandbratha 2 years ago
those people are really stupid
BLACKWoOoO 2 years ago
plus there wont be as much cholesterol
rollokb2 2 years ago
Give them some carbohydrates if thee want them to gain weight
rollokb2 2 years ago
these people are so stupied...
the reason why these women are like this are because of the men who tell them this is beautifuel!!!!!!
uneducated people.....
wow and they say this is good for her!!
this is why people need to be educated!
fhunde123 2 years ago
I feel sorry for the women who have to go through the ceremony .All for social exceptance,like anorexia in the states,it shows how social class systems still undominatly rule nomatter which culture or part of the world you're from.Though it seems the east and west seem to have the worst extremes,
estheramie08 2 years ago
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Filthy Muslims
Rubystars1000 2 years ago
I've eaten couscous to lose weight!
Rubystars1000 2 years ago
Being fat is unhealthy But if u REALLY wanna be fat and don't care about the health risks ...living in America would really make it easy for them. I'd love to see their faces if n e of them went to Texas LMFAO wow
Jelloxox 2 years ago
what the fuk man
hudeen 2 years ago 2
I can't believe I can watch them vomit up their milk X0
x0x0xChelseax0x0x 2 years ago 3
Silly cultures that force people into thinking they need some bullshit facepaint to be happy
blahdob 2 years ago
silly cultures but what can one do you are born into it .
kamausk 2 years ago
Yeah, like the cultures of vomiting to be skinny. Silly cultures abound.
lionzion22 2 years ago 32
these people are so stupied..over eatting is good for you??!
these people are crealy brainwashed and un-educated because overeatting cause's heart problems, liver problems, dieabeties and higer risk in pregencys..so sad...
fhunde123 2 years ago
Soooo...I can't understand how people videotaped this without interferring. This is not NOVA or National Geographic. These are kids. I know this is described as 'culture', but can't some type of global advocate group do something about this? This is torture. There needs to be some type of regulation...ah, there's so much wrong with this whole picture/system/lifestyle/culture. Where is the UN when you need them? Actually, nevermind the UN...
NaaAdjoa 2 years ago
and who says Africans are starving??
lovechild6969 2 years ago
@lovechild6969 in some countries they are, in soem they are not. You can't just say they aren't because of this.
Ilikelink 2 years ago 2
does anyone else find it ironic that these women are forced to do what many people in the west do to themselves. Ever been to Houston? Mauritanians would think everyone was a supermodel there!
jschlamp 2 years ago
Those poor babies this is truly sad how in other countries in Africa you have children straving to death and in this country ladies are forcing their beautiful girls to drink several liters of milk in one setting, that's also impossible for adults, i can't imagine little kids. I hope these ladies get the message before too late
rachelmm05 2 years ago
What is wrong with these people. STOP THIS MADNESS!
ANTIRACIST2012 2 years ago
OMG it so sad force-feeding stil extists in rural areas of my country :( poot innocent cute girls!
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mariem179 2 years ago
What part of Africa is this?
nightime1000 2 years ago
OMG... you dont know what part of africa this is???? LOL in the video they said it about 100 times...
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TheCameoAfro1 2 years ago 2
Sweetie, this is the Northwestern part of Africa.
ghanboy 2 years ago
why do i feel like black women are mistreated all over the world this is very unfortunate
koreababy07 2 years ago 3
I had no idea that this happened. What an awful way to treat children.
Societies the world over seem to reserve the worst body image standards and the worst body-modification rituals for girls.
oraclecrank 2 years ago 3
This is so sad =[
FreeBree6 2 years ago
Girl in green is so damn beautiful, someone should steal her and bring her to the west to start modelling lol
AClockworkPear 2 years ago
Why is always women/girls who have to endure such retched beauty standards all around the world? It's either be extremely thin or be extremely fat. In old China, women binded their feet, etc...........
The crap women go through to be attractive for men and the stupid women who follow it.
Allflavorgurl 2 years ago 61
@Allflavorgurl EXACTLY!!!!!!!!! Who are men that women have to get their clitoris cut off and be skinny or be fat for men?Men are not God.
TrynaGetBacToMyLuv 1 year ago
@Allflavorgurl quite a ridiculous remark giving the fact that Mauritanians language is a dialect of Arabic
awrote 1 year ago
@awrote Mauritanians speak Amharic, the Ethiopian language.
ghanboy 1 year ago
@ghanboy wrong. thousands of miles apart. Mauritanians mostly speak Hassaniyya, a variety of Arabic.
nodeue 1 year ago
@ghanboy who r u to tell me what they speak in Mauritania- its ARABIC90% !!!!
its quite bizzar how some ppl elect to have bog mouths and small brains
awrote 1 year ago
@ghanboy somali
manchester2064 1 year ago
@Allflavorgurl Women are NOT stupid for following the beauty standards in the country they are from. Women are socialized in the same community as men and taught to behave a certain way. Not too mention that not every woman that obsesses about body image and beauty are doing it for men. Queer women do it too.
Basically, the problem isn't about what women DO it's about the ridiculous standard that women are supposed to follow to be respected and valued.
VildeChan 1 year ago 4
@Allflavorgurl Oh shut up, you're forced to be beautiful and we're forced to die, you've got it great compared to us.
panathinakosbear 4 months ago 2
You want kids get fat quickly...build miles of Burger King, KFC, Popeyes, Taco Bell and McDonalds.
We have loads of fat ass kids here in America and it's not a pretty sight.
Allflavorgurl 2 years ago 4
Build a McDonald's there... Problem solved.
CarmelU2fan 2 years ago 7
they should so build a mcdoonald. totally! (:
wahx2 2 years ago
This is some sick shit!
hetheru 2 years ago
I think that you have to understand Mauritanian culture as it is as they understand yours. I think that this is not the problem of the woman, it's the problem of the man who wants her to be like that. The report should focus on the US who has the greatest average of force feeding.
sidatoko 2 years ago 5
so fucked up
caseylarwood 2 years ago
did this make anyone else feel sick? x]
Anni96xx 2 years ago
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I want to go there so bad!
yvessaintlaurent88 2 years ago
what is the point of forcing a child to eat...let them eat and when they are full, leave them b...they will get hungry again! this is child abuse, i dont care what culture!
txcutemami05 2 years ago
Wow and people complain about foie gras
Teflonmonkeyjumps 2 years ago
this is bullshit, i think they are responsible for anyone who dies here because of that stupid thing.
it is not healthy, it is not Islam either
oumdia 2 years ago 2
I don't care what there culture is they should burn in hell don't she hear her child crying and screaming...D
KCBellyDancer 2 years ago
I have to say I always appreciate other cultures and their beliefs however, I never seem to understand , because to us their culture is questionable, and controversial but our culture is probably questionable and controversial to them. So who are we to judge. We have to respect others cultures and beliefs. no matter how outrageous it looks to the human eye. Now that was hard to say being a Victims Advocate in all, but I truly have to seperate and understand others cultures.
agillespie100 2 years ago 2
i agree with you
CYRINTHIA212 2 years ago
Mauritania is a country with pratically no infrastructure. Damn, my neighborhood alone has more than this whole country does! Near-by countries might as well split this place up, maybe they can do something with it.
n0gar 2 years ago
Mauritanians are beautiful, fascinating people . Don't say stuff like that, bud.
ghanboy 2 years ago 5
How is it that most youtube videos are flooded with comments of either race, perverse sexual innuendo, and/or a flood of swearing?
Anyways, I really hope that these girls specifically grow up healthy, and that the filming crew actually DID something rather than sit and film this entire thing.
xeCh0x 2 years ago 2
i think i need some gavage cause am soo thin man!
machax002 2 years ago
Wow, we have some closed-minded people on here. Giving me negatives on my comments. All I said was that both Mauritanians and my fellow dark-skinned West Africans were beautiful people.
ghanboy 2 years ago
They have to stop this, I feel sorry for the children. If they don't want to eat then they don't want to.
kudikudi1 2 years ago
2. And sometimes just because something is permissible, doesn't always mean it is profitable! and when you say these women have less choice, sometimes less choice can be a positive, if it means these women are shielded from the very many vices, and corruptibles more choice brings. If in any society there are no rules and regulations, that society would be in total anarchy, and the repercussions would be far worse than a society with rules and regulations.
PEACE!
vixxy02 2 years ago
Less choice = less rights
By definition. These women are subjected to the morality & bigotry of the men in power.
The only laws a society should have are laws to prevent my actions from harming another. Other than that, each person should govern themselves.
What if a leader was a sex-crazed homosexual & made it manditory you engage in gay-sex every Sunday? This is wrong not because you personaly disagree with homosexuality but because the leader is imposing his morality onto you
BigPurple121 2 years ago
Less rights by whoes standards???
In Africa, traditions have and will still be around, long after any government, and if they are happy with it who are you or any one else for that matter to tell them, that their culture is wrong?
If you were to take time and actually look into the origins of this culture you will understand it more, and probably wont be too hasty to judge them. And when you see these documentaries, they look at the extreme cases, and do a lot of editing.
Research 1st!
vixxy02 2 years ago 2
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You're not listening to what I am saying. I'm not saying their traditions are immoral; in fact, I am supporting their right to practice whatever tradition they wish.
They have LESS RIGHTS because they do not have a CHOICE. RIGHTS=CHOICE, RIGHTS=CHOICE, RIGHTS=CHOICE. get that?
In the west, women have many more CHOICES about their lifestyle than in this culture. So women in the west have more RIGHTS
Don't bash the west because girls can CHOOSE to celibate or CHOOSE to be slutty
BigPurple121 2 years ago
In the West, mothers and daughters starve themselves to fit Hollywood's image of beauty.
From that mental abuse we get anorexia, a mental disease that came from the WEST where woman starve themselves to DEATH.
Don't try and compare physical and mental abuse...they are both abusive. Females die from both cases.
The West has more choices? Nope....you just think that you do.
nzingamina 2 years ago 9
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It isn't common practice to starve your child so she will be beautiful.
lol say whatever you want. You know, as well as I know, these girls don't have 10% of the life style choice ceteris paribus in western cultures. Can they get a pink mohawk? Can they become a out-lesbian? I doubt it
BigPurple121 2 years ago
You ask...can they wear pink mohawks? I Ask can most Blacks, Arabs/Jews and Latinos with poofy hair wear an Afro to work in western society? Most have no choice but to conform to American beauty and relax their hair to be accepted.
You ask can they become out-lesbians? I ask can Americans in the army be openly gay? Most have no choice to conform to the "do not ask and tell policy" to be accepted into American society.
What you call choice is hypocrisy.
Doubt away...but the truth hurts.
nzingamina 2 years ago 11
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You're an ignorant racist
I didn't want to bring this up but Mauritanian's practice female circumcision
Im really sorry western culture isn't void of discrimination; there are a FEW places it is still felt. At the law firm I work, two of my peers have dreadlocks. An afro wouldn't be a problem
The fact is DADT is a lot better than killing our gays, all of our women are given an equal education, u can practice whatever religion you like & ur free to do pretty much whatever you like. U-> :0=3
BigPurple121 2 years ago
lol...BigPurple121...you are the arrogant racist who thinks that you can compare two different cultures BASED on your culture's point of view.
Like I said...your society is NOT more righteous and the American education system is NOTHING to boast about.
No society is free and the country that had the nerve to detain a bunch of Muslims and jail them without a trial...is in NO POSITION to talk about freedom
You dig!!!
nzingamina 2 years ago 7
yea they don't mind us poisoning ourselves to fit their image. The US military actively discriminates against black women, by having them relax their hair to serve.
k16jones 2 years ago 4
Yes indeed.
nzingamina 2 years ago
And seriously wearing a pink mohawk is not oppression....it is WHITE teenager rebellion.
It is temporarily deforming and unlike other groups has nothing to do with them being accepted.
You disgust me....
nzingamina 2 years ago 6
big: this whole debate will continue to go back and forth...bottom line western choices are for western women..African choices are for African women. If you even think of introducing most western choices on our women,they wont accept them anyway, so why bother comparing and contrasting something that can never be? Why would these women choose to be sluts, when it's NOT their ethics? OUR CHOICES=OUR RIGHTS!!
vixxy02 2 years ago
I tried to reply by sending a message cause my response is long but you have friend lock on. Anyway I had left this topic alone after arguing with some idiot here and really didn't want to come back.
proudcreole 2 years ago
people wonder why white cunts are so hated! because all they do is rape their kids, keep them locked in basements for years and breed with them! then they have the cheek to criticize non-white cultures! the filthy hypocritical inbreded bastard paedophiles! 21st century my arse!!
when are these f*****g white cunts going to mind their own affairs and stop breeding with their daughters....dirty long pigs!!!!
vixxy02 2 years ago 2
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Western culture has, by far, the highest standard of women's rights in the world
BigPurple121 2 years ago
Big: but by whoes standards? what the west may perceive as womens rights, is good for them, but doesn't necessarily hold true for those of different cultures. English women are seen as very loose larger louts,with very low morals, simply because they are free to go out get drunk, and sleep with whoever they like and not give a damn, this is the so called 'higher standard ' of womens rights! To have babies without being sure who fathered them, by bragging about how many men they've slept with etc
vixxy02 2 years ago
It's about choice. Western women have the right to be big whores or the right to remain celebate. They have freedom, their morals govern their decision.
I understand why Islamic cultures do what they do, but you have to understand by definition the women of this culture have less choice, thus less rights.
BigPurple121 2 years ago
big: 1.You are absolutely right, it IS about choice, and these women choose to uphold their culture. Now I'm not at all saying that 'force feeding ' these children is the way to go, but look at it in THEIR context; it's part of their culture that they love. Also I would suggest that you don't take this method as the 'modus operandi', as there are many more girls that though they are encouraged to over eat, they aren't always forced, but, encouraged, from a very young age, so it's the norm.
vixxy02 2 years ago
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People wonder why Africa never moves forward and stays in the 3rd world. Its because its inhabited by dumb cunts like these. Anyone who force feeds a child to make them fat to speed up puberty and make them more acceptable as wives is a fucking backward cunt. Honestly, when are these fucking people going to move into the 21st century. Africa will never prosper and people like these are the reason why
Greggybread 2 years ago
2. The pygmies of Central Africa aren't dark skinned, and don't have coarse hair due to the fact that they are forest dwellers, and so don't get as much sunlight, would you now say they are mixed? Hell no! these are one of the oldest and purest Africans! What about those with different forms of albinism, who can have very light skin, red/ginger hair, and light brown/grey eyes,which is very common amongst Igbos and people of SE.Nigeria, are they mixed? No! Stick to your history and leave ours!!
vixxy02 2 years ago 4
Amazing how non-Africans are always trying to define us.
If an Italian with olive skin is considered to be white like a Swedish person with pale skin, than why can't we Black Africans come in different shades?
That Creole dumbass was justifiably educated by us Black Africans.
Love you sis....
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nzingamina 2 years ago 8
EXACTLY!!!!!
vixxy02 2 years ago
This vid, is about the fattening culture, what the hell has that got to do with Africans being mixed???
PLEASE all you non-Africans, should concentrate on your own cultures, and racial issues, and leave us alone!! We don't want or need non- African racially confused people adding lib!! And who said your typical African is necessarily dark-skinned, or that light-skinned Africans are necessarilly mixed?
Ignorant people make stupid ignorant statements, without even knowing what's factual!!
vixxy02 2 years ago 4
Of course, my fellow dark-skinned black West Africans are beautiful as well.
ghanboy 2 years ago
dang wow. that's so sad. I'm a big chic but at leaste it happend by my own will.
My doctor told me I'm really healthy & that only thing is that I'm over weight. He seemed surprised that I was really healthy O:)
sweetncool 2 years ago
all you people shut up about race mixing! what the hell is the obsession?!?!?!
are you people so shocked that some northern africans or some western and eastern africans tend to be mixed? so what!
its like you guys are so happy to talk about a person when they are mixed.
as far as im concerned, these people are black. who cares about the ancient racial mixing. thats all the world cares about now is mixing this and that.
shut the hell up, yo.
goldenismonica 2 years ago 5
golden: hey sis! I agree with you, and it really pisses me off when creoles,mulattoes and the like, try to tell US Africans what we are based on colour! Do you know proudcreole posted a video about mixed race Africans stating that Igbos had semetic and Arab blood(,hence the light complexion)!! can you imagine! She's not even African, talk less of Nigerian! People like her shouldn't drag others along just to make up numbers when those included don't hold her views,and are proud of who they are!!
vixxy02 2 years ago 2
thank you!
im an igbo nigerian myself and i have a lighter skin complextion. i am not mixed! and refuse to believe it.
i heard something about albino blood in a lot of igbos thats why a lot of them tend to be light.
and that creole bitch needs to mind her damn business and culture. why is she putting her nose in other stuff that she doesnt even know about and making up shit about igbos.
proudcreole is obsessed with the concept of mix.
some whites just view us all as niggers so who cares!
goldenismonica 2 years ago 8
that fuck up yo.
NoXAdmiral 2 years ago
I'll take my African history from an African and not Arabs, Asians, Europeans or Latin Americans....aldumbzeera.
nzingamina 2 years ago 5
How is a Middle Eastern Arab station discovering Black Africa?
Yeahh right.
nzingamina 2 years ago
that shit is insane, poor babies
scmmacon2009 2 years ago
I went through this before getting married...b/c of my paternal Mauritanian grandparents.
Needless to say I didn't gain much weight and couldn't take it after 2 weeks. My husband loves me as I am (slim) Alhamdoulillah
Teranga21 2 years ago 4
Welcome to ALDUMBJEERA.
WHERE Arabs UNCOVER Africa.
Sounds like the 19th century of EUROPE's DISCOVERY of Africa.
Cant wait for the CHINESE to REVEAL Africa.
AMAZING, how everyone THAT is NOT African is DISCOVERING or UNCOVERING Africa.
nzingamina 2 years ago
true, but they look like they're mixed with black.
proudcreole 2 years ago
ALDUMBJEERA is from the middle east an Arab station from Qatar.
These people are Africans and not from the middle east.
Your point is mute.
nzingamina 2 years ago
I never even heard of ALDUMBJEERA .
proudcreole 2 years ago
oh are you mocking the AlJazeera word?
proudcreole 2 years ago
yessss...lol. As you mocked the word creole but seem to be attracted to videos about Black Africans.
nzingamina 2 years ago
Mocked the word Creole? What are you talking about? Part of my ancestry is West African so I have every right to watch anything related to my heritage.
proudcreole 2 years ago
This video is about Africans made by Arabs.
I am African...not PART African or claiming some Spanish heritage as you Creoles.
So watch all you want...but those people are not mixed like you. They are African.
nzingamina 2 years ago
What I claim is my right and my business and what I watch here is my right and my business! If you have something against mixed folks then that's your problem!
proudcreole 2 years ago
You responded to my comment.
These people are Black. They are not mixed like you...but you seem to have a problem realizing that Africans come in every shade.
Watch whatever...but do not give us Africans as Arabs your European point of view of what us Africans look like.
And for the record...a creole is person of European born in the Western Hemisphere.
Nothing African about that.
nzingamina 2 years ago
I'm not so stupid as to see that these people are not black. I know Africans come in different shades but I also know someone who has mixed ancestry! And I don't need you defining to me what a Creole is. Our people have well researched our culture and know exactly who we are!
proudcreole 2 years ago
You state and I quote "They are mixed with Black".
They are Black but since being creole you want to mix them with Black and not recognize that Blacks come in every shade.
Too late...you can not take back your racist comment.
nzingamina 2 years ago