Dambe at the Argungu

Hausa traditional boxing during the Nigerian Argungu fishing festival in Sokoto, Nigeria. Visit http://www.africawrites.com

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• African
• martial
• arts
• Hausa
• traditional
• boxing

[hotpopcorncake]

i would like see more vids like this

[Sads626]

@TheBanditghettoninja

Sadly, this is true... Africa in the entirerity has been stripped of its idenity.... Dambe needs to be popularized, and although this is off topic,ancient egypt needs to be officially recognized as a black state -.-.... I'm tired of historians portraying it as a white nation

[BatmanbinSuperman12]

If they are Muslim, they shouldn't be hitting in the face.

[BatmanbinSuperman12]

Muslim?

[Sanimohammed1]

Between goverment and its masses

[falsefight]

@Sads626 Who portrays ancient Egypt as a "white state"? Ive never heard of this. Sometimes ruled by arabs, but "white?"

[Sads626]

@buffysnug you misunderstood historically, imperialism had robbed african nations of culture, women, wealth, history etc in essence it's idenity. I also wrote "ancient egypt." In reality, the ancient egypt was composed of a myriad of cultures, from nubian to arab, however, ultimately, ancient egypt had a siginificant indigenous african influence. egypt of today is a different place than the country of antiquity. There is a large arab community, but they are not orignal.

[buffysnug]

@Sads626 Go tell an african he has no identity see how long you last mate. As for being "tired of historians portraying (egypt) as a white nation" what are you simple? It is a caucasian nation. Buy a plane ticket go see for yourself. Or better yet buy a few books learn to read.

[Mrpreshutchins]

I would've liked to have seen this style of fighting against (IN HIS PRIME) Muhammad Ali's WESTERN style boxing..

[Urdarbrunn]

@grapebusted My understanding is that the lead hand is called the "shield" and the striking hand is called the "spear." From that context, I can assume it is meant to mimic warfare, without people actually dying. Makes sense that the competitors would be cautious.

[IfImBeingHonest]

The Hausa people are crazy

[grapebusted]

@0102106kls Yeah, they DO look pretty damn outdated bahaha. Absolutely no combinations to load up on and no potential for footwork/defense variation. Dumb stuff if you ask me.