1 00:00:03,340 --> 00:00:06,470 [Music] 2 00:00:07,839 --> 00:00:12,519 the National Endowment for the 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:14,960 Humanities bringing you the stories that 4 00:00:12,519 --> 00:00:14,960 Define 5 00:00:19,110 --> 00:00:31,960 [Music] 6 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,960 us 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:45,960 [Music] 8 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:48,680 25 years ago while working in Acra the 9 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,760 capital of Ghana I bought a knife at one 10 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,640 of the 11 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:55,920 markets the knife was locally made with 12 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:58,719 a hand Forge blade and a plain wood 13 00:00:55,920 --> 00:01:01,920 handle for years it was my favorite 14 00:00:58,719 --> 00:01:01,920 kitchen knife 15 00:01:03,519 --> 00:01:09,479 on a recent reporting trip to Ghana I 16 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:12,960 went shopping for another knife but this 17 00:01:09,479 --> 00:01:14,159 time everywhere I went everything was 18 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:17,840 made in 19 00:01:14,159 --> 00:01:21,159 China I couldn't find a Ganan knife or 20 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:24,400 Ganan knife maker 21 00:01:21,159 --> 00:01:28,040 anywhere once again it looked like 22 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:28,040 another local trade had 23 00:01:28,439 --> 00:01:34,439 disappeared but where I saw lost jobs 24 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:37,640 and bad news for Ghana's economy it 25 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:44,819 seemed like people around me saw 26 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:44,819 [Music] 27 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,079 opportunity promotion enter the 28 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,840 price 29 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:14,120 it looked like the trade in Chinese 30 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:16,319 Goods was booming some Market vendors 31 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:18,599 told me they even made buying trips to 32 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:22,160 China every few 33 00:02:18,599 --> 00:02:26,160 months I wondered could China possibly 34 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,160 hold the key to African 35 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,760 prosperity 36 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,090 [Music] 37 00:02:42,239 --> 00:02:48,080 every year half a million Africans 38 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:51,920 travel to Guang XO also known as Canton 39 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,920 Southern China's famous trading 40 00:02:52,239 --> 00:02:58,599 City it's here they buy the Chinese 41 00:02:55,159 --> 00:02:58,599 Goods they sell back in 42 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,760 Africa 43 00:03:02,570 --> 00:03:06,520 [Music] 44 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:14,000 most of these Africans spend only a few 45 00:03:10,599 --> 00:03:18,340 days or weeks in China but some have 46 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:22,000 decided to stay and this is their 47 00:03:18,340 --> 00:03:24,720 [Music] 48 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,400 story these are the Africans who believe 49 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:31,840 that China is the new land of 50 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:35,000 opportunity a place where anything is 51 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:37,030 possible and they're all here chasing 52 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:47,139 their made in China 53 00:03:37,030 --> 00:03:47,139 [Music] 54 00:03:49,610 --> 00:03:56,449 [Music] 55 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,680 dreams 56 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:12,120 this is B Mountain you can see the hole 57 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:12,120 of gu on the top of the 58 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:18,600 mountain I'm here I cannot jump down 59 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:21,799 from here I have I have to close my 60 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,199 eyes I'll be at the top you know but 61 00:04:21,799 --> 00:04:26,199 it's 62 00:04:23,199 --> 00:04:28,120 scary the more higher it goes you know 63 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:29,990 see like he going to break up on his on 64 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,919 on the top 65 00:04:29,990 --> 00:04:35,280 [Music] 66 00:04:31,919 --> 00:04:35,280 oh we're 67 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:41,120 out I first met Emmy at the Nigerian 68 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:43,280 Community office where he works like 69 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:46,639 most everyone here Emmy came to China 70 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:48,600 for business but emy's a dreamer who 71 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:52,000 wants to make movies in 72 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:54,080 China go to any African event in town 73 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,080 and you'll see him with his video 74 00:04:54,080 --> 00:05:00,280 camera for now it's PR for the Nigerian 75 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:02,360 Community but Emmy says wait and see 76 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:05,000 anything is possible in 77 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:07,960 guango from here you can see the 78 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:11,000 beautiful place especially the te H 79 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:14,000 district and baying District it's very 80 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:16,400 nice very very good there's good 81 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:20,000 air it's a nice 82 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:21,360 view it's a nice view is very very good 83 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,720 you 84 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,960 know in 85 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,960 Nigeria when I was in 86 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:31,120 Nigeria the kind of view I have for 87 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:34,199 China is not the kind of view I'm seeing 88 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:37,000 today when I when I was young those 89 00:05:34,199 --> 00:05:41,840 years we used to 90 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:45,680 watch some Chinese movies on the 91 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:48,280 television then the kind of things they 92 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:53,240 show on the television is what I think 93 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:57,199 China was this actor called Bruce 94 00:05:53,240 --> 00:06:01,600 Lee even Jaan they used to you know 95 00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:04,080 fight you know you somebody doing 96 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:06,720 K but when I came down to China for the 97 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,720 first day I came to 98 00:06:07,319 --> 00:06:13,240 China by the time we we landed from the 99 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,720 aircraft we about to land I look from 100 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:18,479 the window I think this is not I think 101 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,039 maybe this is somewhere else maybe we've 102 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:23,199 not arrived in China that's what I'm 103 00:06:20,039 --> 00:06:25,960 thinking it was totally different light 104 00:06:23,199 --> 00:06:28,080 is everywhere the roads sa signs the 105 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,960 roads everywhere 106 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:36,120 good so 107 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:36,120 I was happy then I'm happy to be 108 00:06:38,450 --> 00:06:41,540 [Music] 109 00:06:44,479 --> 00:06:50,919 here Emmy has been living in China since 110 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:53,880 2006 back then there weren't so many 111 00:06:50,919 --> 00:06:56,319 Africans living in guango but today 112 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,400 there's a sizable African Community with 113 00:06:56,319 --> 00:07:01,400 people here from every region of the 114 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,400 continent 115 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:10,639 my name is am from Sudan hello I'm 116 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,679 [Music] 117 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,240 [Music] 118 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:31,319 Froman hi my name is Ryan from 119 00:07:28,319 --> 00:07:31,319 Kenya 120 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:39,879 my name is Paul Abu I am from 121 00:07:36,479 --> 00:07:43,080 Nigeria in Nigeria I am from East andam 122 00:07:39,879 --> 00:07:46,230 Bry we are the people doing 123 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,230 [Music] 124 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:52,800 business back in the 125 00:07:49,639 --> 00:07:54,759 1990s African Traders traveled to guango 126 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,960 and loaded up their suitcases with 127 00:07:54,759 --> 00:07:58,319 mobile phones and other gadgets to sell 128 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:01,319 back 129 00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:01,319 home 130 00:08:01,599 --> 00:08:06,759 as trade grew African entrepreneurs 131 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:10,560 began setting up their own businesses in 132 00:08:06,759 --> 00:08:12,759 guango in places like Bay Market one of 133 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:15,919 the city's commercial centers that cater 134 00:08:12,759 --> 00:08:15,919 to African 135 00:08:17,759 --> 00:08:24,360 buyers I met favor Prosper who's also 136 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,360 Nigerian in Bay 137 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:31,240 Market don't have buy my don't have 138 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,240 money every time I buy from you 139 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:35,080 after I 140 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,479 my who 141 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:41,839 called for nursing 142 00:08:37,479 --> 00:08:45,760 shop I came to China in 143 00:08:41,839 --> 00:08:49,240 2004 fish or egg brother fish you know 144 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:51,240 China is a land of business so I grabbed 145 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,200 the opportunity and I started doing 146 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:56,480 business in 147 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:59,720 China at about 148 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:04,640 2008 I opened a restaurant here 149 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:09,839 with a Nigerian man and a Chinese man 150 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:11,959 also at a time my Visa was expiring and 151 00:09:09,839 --> 00:09:14,920 there was no place for me to extend it 152 00:09:11,959 --> 00:09:16,200 so I had to travel back to Africa to get 153 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:19,279 another 154 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:22,040 Visa but unfortunately for me while I 155 00:09:19,279 --> 00:09:24,320 was in Africa I learned that they closed 156 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:27,399 the restaurant so when I came back to 157 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:30,880 China 2009 it was really very difficult 158 00:09:27,399 --> 00:09:33,040 very hard it turns out that fav's 159 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,440 Partners had ripped her off and she had 160 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,800 no legal 161 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:39,680 recourse so favor had to scramble that's 162 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:42,320 when she started selling clothes and 163 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,320 food in the 164 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,599 [Music] 165 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:54,240 markets M the is a local name the 166 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:57,480 Nigerians call it mainly the eura people 167 00:09:54,240 --> 00:10:00,320 but everybody in Nigeria when you say mo 168 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:02,600 they know what you are talking about bad 169 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:05,279 but if you want to put it in the English 170 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:08,040 way you know you call it the bean cake 171 00:10:05,279 --> 00:10:12,399 it's prepared with a beans today know 172 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:14,880 what hello sweet my mind 173 00:10:12,399 --> 00:10:16,720 here anybody that sees me then they just 174 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:19,079 say a do you know this woman that used 175 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:21,200 to own unique restaurant how come she's 176 00:10:19,079 --> 00:10:23,959 selling this oh this woman is very good 177 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:26,640 she's very very humble if she can humble 178 00:10:23,959 --> 00:10:29,160 herself to this extent after losing the 179 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:31,320 restaurant I must patronize her so 180 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:36,440 people started buying the food for me 181 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:36,440 and I won't regret it I'm okay with 182 00:10:40,079 --> 00:10:46,880 it first thing every morning favor makes 183 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,880 the rounds of guang's African 184 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:59,760 markets Market is a bit of an 185 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:02,519 understatement these these are 186 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:04,920 multi-story buildings crammed with 187 00:11:02,519 --> 00:11:07,839 hundreds of African and Chinese run 188 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:11,880 retail and wholesale shops all selling 189 00:11:07,839 --> 00:11:11,880 products destined for African 190 00:11:14,380 --> 00:11:18,409 [Music] 191 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:27,160 consumers you can shop eat ship your 192 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:30,410 goods get your haircut call home the 193 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:33,549 markets are the Hub of Afric life in 194 00:11:30,410 --> 00:11:33,549 [Music] 195 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:43,680 Guang Emmy comes down to buy the latest 196 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:46,519 Nigerian Nollywood 197 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:49,920 DVDs this is also the place to pick up 198 00:11:46,519 --> 00:11:53,560 specialty food items from back home I'm 199 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:57,959 I'm selling African food stuff I have a 200 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:59,720 yum I have a stock fish I have uh this 201 00:11:57,959 --> 00:12:04,000 uh call it 202 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:06,240 meron meron have a um Nigerian people 203 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,240 call 204 00:12:11,540 --> 00:12:17,399 [Music] 205 00:12:14,079 --> 00:12:20,560 this China is a commercial place I have 206 00:12:17,399 --> 00:12:24,800 to say most things in China is 207 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:27,880 Industries factories and you know shops 208 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:29,480 they can sell and buy you 209 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:33,680 know 210 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:37,480 the the old system of life in China have 211 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:39,760 been bushed out you know they practice 212 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:44,000 communism but it's not full communism 213 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:47,279 their communism is better than some 214 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:49,519 democracy this place is a new world it's 215 00:12:47,279 --> 00:12:51,880 a lot of 216 00:12:49,519 --> 00:12:55,839 opportunity where the West once stood as 217 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:57,839 a beacon of opportunity today China the 218 00:12:55,839 --> 00:12:59,800 world's Factory 219 00:12:57,839 --> 00:13:02,480 beckons 220 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:04,760 give me your buyers your Shoppers your 221 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:08,519 consuming 222 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:11,560 masses Liberty it's for sale here along 223 00:13:08,519 --> 00:13:11,560 with the chairman ma 224 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,370 [Music] 225 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,839 t-shirts 226 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:35,000 [Laughter] 227 00:13:31,839 --> 00:13:38,639 I met students in the markets too they 228 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:38,639 also see opportunity in 229 00:13:57,759 --> 00:14:00,759 China 230 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,190 [Music] 231 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,680 Reg 232 00:14:33,810 --> 00:14:42,769 [Music] 233 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,680 okay 234 00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:13,359 [Music] 235 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:26,519 no jobs that's something you hear a 236 00:15:22,839 --> 00:15:28,920 lot you see besides teaching English 237 00:15:26,519 --> 00:15:31,519 there are really no jobs for foreigners 238 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:33,800 here maybe you can work under the table 239 00:15:31,519 --> 00:15:37,240 for an African business owner and earn a 240 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:40,360 few dollars but that's about it by 241 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:43,519 choice or by circumstance everyone here 242 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:46,519 is an entrepreneur no 243 00:15:43,519 --> 00:15:46,519 don't 244 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:53,920 fish from what I saw it's not easy to 245 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:57,600 make it here but people kept telling me 246 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:59,160 there is opportunity if you're ready to 247 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,319 hustle 248 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,800 but you can see I'm eating it it's sweet 249 00:16:01,319 --> 00:16:07,079 thank you very 250 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:09,639 much back in Nigeria emy's cousin heard 251 00:16:07,079 --> 00:16:13,040 about business in guango and decided to 252 00:16:09,639 --> 00:16:15,199 try his luck you have a just married 253 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:18,079 to 254 00:16:15,199 --> 00:16:18,959 Chinese lady and I have a very beautiful 255 00:16:18,079 --> 00:16:21,319 baby 256 00:16:18,959 --> 00:16:23,759 girl I'm very happy for him his business 257 00:16:21,319 --> 00:16:25,600 is going very well you can see before he 258 00:16:23,759 --> 00:16:27,839 doesn't have sh but once he comes here 259 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,560 his business be going going going going 260 00:16:27,839 --> 00:16:32,000 going up you know then he can be able to 261 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:34,279 marry and when since have get married to 262 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,920 Chinese business is going going going 263 00:16:34,279 --> 00:16:38,440 going up you know so I believe this 264 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:42,120 place is very good place for business 265 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:45,399 you know I think the world is becoming a 266 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:48,319 global village it's becoming a smaller 267 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:52,600 and smaller dealing with people 268 00:16:48,319 --> 00:16:55,639 from Far places brings the world 269 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:58,040 closer yeah that's what I believe and I 270 00:16:55,639 --> 00:17:00,480 think I want to be part of that uh 271 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,480 philosophy 272 00:17:01,759 --> 00:17:08,079 how is the business very well very this 273 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,079 is your husband yeah 274 00:17:16,679 --> 00:17:24,120 oh it's long been said that love is the 275 00:17:19,919 --> 00:17:26,280 international language money speaks too 276 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:29,080 foreign business owners are required to 277 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:31,559 have Chinese partners and in the markets 278 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:33,600 you'll meet lots of African men who run 279 00:17:31,559 --> 00:17:36,039 businesses with their Chinese 280 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:38,320 wives many of the women who marry 281 00:17:36,039 --> 00:17:40,679 African men are originally from other 282 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:43,680 parts of China and they too came to 283 00:17:40,679 --> 00:17:47,069 guango looking for a better 284 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,069 [Music] 285 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:54,320 life before uh I don't know African 286 00:17:50,919 --> 00:17:57,840 people you know my city know have maybe 287 00:17:54,320 --> 00:18:01,039 how one how two small small small I come 288 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:03,640 I see Min media Africa people I'm very 289 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:07,280 very scared you know before I know see I 290 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:09,720 see very black moon Lely who is Catholic 291 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:12,480 met her Nigerian husband at 292 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:15,480 church their shared Faith helped them 293 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,480 Bridge cultural 294 00:18:16,919 --> 00:18:22,000 differences but in the markets where 295 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:26,679 Chinese and Africans interact daily 296 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,679 misund understanding and distrust remain 297 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,320 widespread 298 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,320 foree 299 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:23,919 I heard a number of comments like this 300 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:27,080 while I was in Guang show but what else 301 00:19:23,919 --> 00:19:30,140 is new anti-immigrant sentiments are 302 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:34,159 hardly unique to ch 303 00:19:30,140 --> 00:19:34,159 [Music] 304 00:19:38,630 --> 00:19:43,559 [Music] 305 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:46,200 CH but walking around the markets I see 306 00:19:43,559 --> 00:19:49,960 shopkeepers security guards travel 307 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:52,440 agents drivers Porters money changers 308 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:55,159 lots of locals who seem to benefit from 309 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,159 the African 310 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,240 presence 311 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:09,679 okay okay okay Michael I who was the 312 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:11,600 manager at the hotel where I was staying 313 00:20:09,679 --> 00:20:15,000 told me that Africans are good for his 314 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,000 business and the 315 00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:30,159 City 316 00:20:57,120 --> 00:21:00,120 for 317 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:26,440 Africans aren't just buying stuff here a 318 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:29,200 number of African business people have 319 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:33,679 set up factories around gu show 320 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:33,679 providing jobs for hundreds of Chinese 321 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:40,919 workers this is for for 322 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:42,640 Cameroon you find those these are carons 323 00:21:40,919 --> 00:21:45,320 all with this with these carons they all 324 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:49,240 suits inside suits for my factory so 325 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:53,240 this suit a Caron would take about 150 326 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:57,400 suits so they all going to Cameroon 327 00:21:53,240 --> 00:22:00,159 Dua Kingsley AIA from Cameroon is not 328 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:03,240 even for years old and already owns a 329 00:22:00,159 --> 00:22:05,520 men's clothing Factory a paper Factory 330 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:07,799 and King's cargo an international 331 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:10,400 shipping 332 00:22:07,799 --> 00:22:14,240 company annually I do about 200 333 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:15,679 containers a year 40 fot and there also 334 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,880 personal containers that will just load 335 00:22:15,679 --> 00:22:20,640 from the factory directly for personal 336 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:24,159 for personal Goods but groupage annually 337 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:26,159 200 containers a year uh groupage it's a 338 00:22:24,159 --> 00:22:28,720 it's a kind of service that we offer to 339 00:22:26,159 --> 00:22:31,320 customers that cannot buy a full CH so 340 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,279 these customers they will buy fewer 341 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,080 goods and they will pack the goods in my 342 00:22:33,279 --> 00:22:37,120 warehouse when they pack those goods we 343 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:39,320 will now call for a container and we put 344 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:41,480 those goods of different customers in 345 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,480 that 346 00:22:41,679 --> 00:22:47,880 container these are customers shipping 347 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:49,840 to camon are all Africans are C they're 348 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,679 parking their goods they parking their 349 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:53,240 goods and after they Park the goods you 350 00:22:51,679 --> 00:22:54,240 write their names and telephone numbers 351 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,799 and then they go and wait for their go 352 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:58,960 in Cameron this is our warehouse 353 00:22:56,799 --> 00:23:02,000 whenever we want to sell any anything we 354 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:04,080 come here all of us working in China and 355 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,400 who are from Banda we send our things 356 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:09,720 through the Kings I'm has been a very 357 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:12,039 good a good service to us Kingsley AIA 358 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:14,480 is the perfect antidote to the tired 359 00:23:12,039 --> 00:23:17,720 Western stereotype of the Hopeless and 360 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:21,159 helpless African in the 10 years that 361 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:23,039 he's been in China Azia has built all 362 00:23:21,159 --> 00:23:26,799 this from the ground 363 00:23:23,039 --> 00:23:28,880 up after school I was working for One 364 00:23:26,799 --> 00:23:31,159 Bank in b 365 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:33,720 and uh one of my friend called me that 366 00:23:31,159 --> 00:23:35,919 he was in Beijing that he was teaching 367 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:38,159 so he called me I should come over so I 368 00:23:35,919 --> 00:23:41,240 came over and then I went over to shansi 369 00:23:38,159 --> 00:23:44,480 Province and then I was here for like 2 370 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:47,520 years uh teaching some kids and after 371 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:50,400 that I moved over to Guan a Nigerian 372 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:53,640 told me that it was a business City I 373 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:56,600 could do a lot Asia started out as a 374 00:23:53,640 --> 00:24:00,640 Trader buying clothes in China selling 375 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:03,919 them in Cameroon today based in China 376 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:06,640 he's cameroon's largest suit 377 00:24:03,919 --> 00:24:11,360 manufacturer I'm supplying about 80% of 378 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:14,400 the market in Cameroon suit so all the 379 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:17,200 all the all the suit sellers in the m s 380 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:19,480 especially M that's a wholesale Market 381 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:22,559 they all buying from me since 382 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:24,640 2007 so they have other customers coming 383 00:24:22,559 --> 00:24:28,080 in from central Africa 384 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:30,080 Chad Gabon to buy from them also and 385 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:32,240 other other parts of of Cameroon they're 386 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,520 buying from them so they buy from me and 387 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,520 then they 388 00:24:35,679 --> 00:24:42,240 sell it's no accident that AIA first 389 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:44,799 learned of business opportunities from a 390 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:47,919 Nigerian Nigerian Traders were the 391 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:50,440 African Pioneers in guango and they now 392 00:24:47,919 --> 00:24:52,840 make up the largest and best organized 393 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:55,279 of the African 394 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:58,760 communities the Nigerian Community 395 00:24:55,279 --> 00:25:01,279 Association where Emmy works assist any 396 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:04,520 African having business legal even 397 00:25:01,279 --> 00:25:04,520 marital troubles with the 398 00:25:05,679 --> 00:25:10,799 Chinese the Nigerians definitely know a 399 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:13,840 thing or two about surviving 400 00:25:10,799 --> 00:25:16,000 here so it's not surprising to discover 401 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:18,799 that they've hired a local businessman 402 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:21,559 Jackie Leo to smooth relations between 403 00:25:18,799 --> 00:25:21,559 Chinese and 404 00:25:26,679 --> 00:25:29,679 Africans 405 00:25:30,870 --> 00:25:34,880 [Music] 406 00:25:39,460 --> 00:25:42,619 [Music] 407 00:25:49,820 --> 00:25:52,880 [Music] 408 00:25:56,679 --> 00:25:59,679 for 409 00:26:02,279 --> 00:26:07,520 Jackie may be perplexed by Nigerian 410 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:11,200 culture but he's seen Nigerian money in 411 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,200 China and wants in on the 412 00:26:23,399 --> 00:26:29,600 action some of Jackie's friends think 413 00:26:25,919 --> 00:26:29,600 his idea is a little crazy 414 00:26:40,070 --> 00:26:43,180 [Music] 415 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:52,480 let me check my list for Chinese 416 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,799 entrepreneurs like Jackie Africa is the 417 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,919 land of 418 00:26:53,799 --> 00:27:00,640 opportunity they can sell the Chinese 419 00:26:55,919 --> 00:27:00,640 Goods directly and C cut out the African 420 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:07,640 middleman for Africans it's getting a 421 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:10,159 lot harder to stay 422 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:12,159 competitive not surprisingly the 423 00:27:10,159 --> 00:27:15,000 Nigerian efforts to protect their 424 00:27:12,159 --> 00:27:18,080 interests have inspired others like Aunt 425 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:21,080 rahima she's the founder of a Ugandan 426 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:26,520 community group who runs a restaurant in 427 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:29,520 guango we cook East African food we use 428 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,520 this 429 00:27:30,039 --> 00:27:35,440 one most of uh African East African 430 00:27:33,279 --> 00:27:37,600 people especially my my country people 431 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:41,159 they don't eat hot and most of the 432 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:44,840 Chinese food has hot 433 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:48,240 M we make it like a cake I wonder if you 434 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:51,039 have ever seen it make it like a c and 435 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:54,039 then the Irish potato nor more Irish 436 00:27:51,039 --> 00:27:54,039 potato 437 00:27:54,320 --> 00:28:00,159 this so that's what it is and also is 438 00:27:58,519 --> 00:28:03,679 this one is very sweet this one is from 439 00:28:00,159 --> 00:28:05,799 Africa we get it from Africa it's from C 440 00:28:03,679 --> 00:28:10,279 it's made from milk and then we make it 441 00:28:05,799 --> 00:28:12,760 as Oil locally very 442 00:28:10,279 --> 00:28:13,679 nice but it's not easy to work outside 443 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,799 on your 444 00:28:13,679 --> 00:28:19,919 own the the rent is high and you must 445 00:28:17,799 --> 00:28:21,279 have a Chinese partner actually needs a 446 00:28:19,919 --> 00:28:22,880 lot of money because you know you have 447 00:28:21,279 --> 00:28:26,440 to pay license you have to have a 448 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:29,000 working Visa and uh a lot of 449 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,840 things only he went to University and 450 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,559 came to China so he doesn't enjoy 451 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:37,640 cooking but he wants money so he he has 452 00:28:33,559 --> 00:28:40,600 to put his his di down there and cook 453 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,600 that's why he doesn't like 454 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:49,919 cooking let me talk about my country my 455 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:51,840 country is a poor country when you sit 456 00:28:49,919 --> 00:28:55,080 back there you see somebody who's coming 457 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:58,120 from out he has nice shoes he got a car 458 00:28:55,080 --> 00:29:00,559 he ni house how did you make money 459 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:02,159 my dear I went to China then the person 460 00:29:00,559 --> 00:29:04,159 will tell you the story you do this and 461 00:29:02,159 --> 00:29:06,240 you think it is very easy that when you 462 00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:09,720 go to China you all pick dollars from 463 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:11,279 maybe a tree and get a car as he's doing 464 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,399 then what you do when you have a small 465 00:29:11,279 --> 00:29:15,080 piece land of land from your mother's 466 00:29:13,399 --> 00:29:17,279 side or your father's side you go and 467 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:19,159 talk your mother you know mother I have 468 00:29:17,279 --> 00:29:22,279 an opportunity now I've got a friend who 469 00:29:19,159 --> 00:29:23,760 is taking me abroad so what we are going 470 00:29:22,279 --> 00:29:26,120 to do we are going to sell this piece of 471 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:28,360 land to our neighbor when you give me 472 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:31,039 that money I'll travel when I travel 473 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:33,279 I'll build you a very good house I'll 474 00:29:31,039 --> 00:29:34,919 buy a car won't stay in this poverty 475 00:29:33,279 --> 00:29:37,559 again then the mother will listen and 476 00:29:34,919 --> 00:29:40,120 say oh that's it my daughter okay let me 477 00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:42,240 see what I can do he will sell the land 478 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:44,799 thinking that way when you go out maybe 479 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:47,720 you get better life and your family will 480 00:29:44,799 --> 00:29:48,679 get better life so you come to China 481 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:52,000 it's not 482 00:29:48,679 --> 00:29:54,880 easy you have to have to a lot of brains 483 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:59,320 to make something in China it's not easy 484 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:59,320 at all to make a coin in China 485 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:06,960 and Visa is another problem now they 486 00:30:04,399 --> 00:30:09,279 have brought a new policy so you know 487 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:11,640 you have money you have everything you 488 00:30:09,279 --> 00:30:14,080 would like with all your power all your 489 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:16,480 money you have worked for to get a Visa 490 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:19,600 in China but you cannot it's not easy at 491 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:22,200 all it's not easy at all you have to go 492 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:24,200 back to where you came from and you 493 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:27,440 cannot go back because you came to look 494 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,919 for something you cannot go back go back 495 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,720 you promised your mother that I'm going 496 00:30:28,919 --> 00:30:33,000 to build a house for you and sell a 497 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,720 small land down there and then you go 498 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:38,120 tell her mother I'm back there's nothing 499 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:39,880 like money empty-handed empty-handed so 500 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,320 you have to struggle that's why most of 501 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,960 the people you meet here they have 502 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:48,049 overstayed they don't have 503 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:48,049 [Music] 504 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,880 paper 505 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,000 some years back ladies used to come to 506 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:03,399 here for 507 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:06,159 prostitution women who used to do that 508 00:31:03,399 --> 00:31:08,559 kind of job in other outside countries 509 00:31:06,159 --> 00:31:11,279 they made M before those who started the 510 00:31:08,559 --> 00:31:13,360 business made money when they made money 511 00:31:11,279 --> 00:31:16,840 they decided to come and see look around 512 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:19,399 China so they so many businessmen came 513 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:21,960 here to do business and maybe that kind 514 00:31:19,399 --> 00:31:23,639 of prostitution can work around here so 515 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,760 they decided to come here and invest 516 00:31:23,639 --> 00:31:27,519 inside that kind of job they started 517 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:30,559 bringing girls to come here and do 518 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:32,840 slavery I'll I'll tell you come here I 519 00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:34,639 mean I'm taking you abroad taking me 520 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,760 abroad the next morning I'll be dressed 521 00:31:34,639 --> 00:31:38,080 I'll be waiting for the day to come when 522 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,360 you come here I will tell you you know 523 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,320 the kind of job you're going to do there 524 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:44,159 is nothing like job here you're going to 525 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:47,240 be I mean you going to get M men will do 526 00:31:44,159 --> 00:31:50,039 this you get money and there's no way 527 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:53,039 turning back some of them knew but some 528 00:31:50,039 --> 00:31:56,159 of them didn't know then they will 529 00:31:53,039 --> 00:31:58,760 come suffering we are 530 00:31:56,159 --> 00:32:01,360 here they are corn men all over the 531 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:03,320 world they will come to you seduce your 532 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:05,279 parents or you you have small business 533 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:08,799 they will tell you to sell the business 534 00:32:05,279 --> 00:32:10,080 you go to China there are jobs in China 535 00:32:08,799 --> 00:32:13,039 when you teach for a month they will 536 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:14,399 give you maybe $3,000 they will tell you 537 00:32:13,039 --> 00:32:16,440 their are factories and you know there 538 00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:19,159 are factories in China when you go to a 539 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:20,799 factory you get 5,000 a month when you 540 00:32:19,159 --> 00:32:22,799 hear that you have to sell off the small 541 00:32:20,799 --> 00:32:25,399 business you're having Down in Africa to 542 00:32:22,799 --> 00:32:27,880 come and get that big money when you 543 00:32:25,399 --> 00:32:30,320 reach here you're [ __ ] up 544 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,360 you don't have anything you I mean you 545 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,720 cannot go back some of them come with 546 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:37,919 one way ticket you cannot go 547 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:41,159 [Music] 548 00:32:37,919 --> 00:32:45,039 back rahima knew several women who died 549 00:32:41,159 --> 00:32:47,200 in guango without ever seeing a doctor 550 00:32:45,039 --> 00:32:49,760 she wanted to help Ugandan women get 551 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:52,000 medical care and that's what led her to 552 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:55,200 set up the Community 553 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:58,159 Association that little boy rahee is 554 00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:00,320 taking care of him he's an an orphan who 555 00:32:58,159 --> 00:33:03,559 was found in a rented room next to his 556 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:06,159 mother's body no one seemed to know who 557 00:33:03,559 --> 00:33:09,840 the woman was or where she was 558 00:33:06,159 --> 00:33:12,600 from just another anonymous sex worker 559 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,600 who died in 560 00:33:13,580 --> 00:33:22,670 [Music] 561 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:30,279 China 562 00:33:27,639 --> 00:33:33,559 East African women in particular have 563 00:33:30,279 --> 00:33:33,559 been lured to China by 564 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:40,440 criminals Eva from Kenya paid a small 565 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:42,639 fortune to get to China all she wanted 566 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:47,000 to do was provide a better life for her 567 00:33:42,639 --> 00:33:49,679 son and she risked everything to do it 568 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:53,399 uh before I came to China I was a sales 569 00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:57,480 lady I was told by an agent they are 570 00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:59,720 well paying jobs in China teaching jobs 571 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,720 in 572 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:05,480 China and that's how I decided oh I 573 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:09,399 should leave whatever I'm doing and go 574 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,399 for teaching job in 575 00:34:10,240 --> 00:34:18,760 China uh as I arrived here in China the 576 00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:22,440 the agent he had instructed me once you 577 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:25,839 Le in China you be received by a certain 578 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:29,760 lady there who will take you to a school 579 00:34:25,839 --> 00:34:31,280 but on my arrival I was chocked the lady 580 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:35,839 asked for 581 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:39,079 $650 us so that he can get me the 582 00:34:35,839 --> 00:34:42,520 job so at first I 583 00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:44,839 declined but he told me if you feel you 584 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:47,200 are to sleep in this house if you feel 585 00:34:44,839 --> 00:34:50,079 you have to get a to secure a job in 586 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:51,480 China you have to pay that much so I had 587 00:34:50,079 --> 00:34:56,879 to part with 588 00:34:51,480 --> 00:35:00,560 that I paid her but she never secured a 589 00:34:56,879 --> 00:35:04,520 a job for me she sent me to North part 590 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,520 of China just to get rid of 591 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:13,800 me on my way from you to Chang I saw a 592 00:35:10,119 --> 00:35:16,839 drama a big drama it's like you are the 593 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:18,920 only black person in the train they 594 00:35:16,839 --> 00:35:21,560 leave their seat they come they surround 595 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:27,440 you they talk they the Chinese people 596 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:30,160 want to to have ch snaps of you cuz you 597 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:33,720 are so strange you know it it was very 598 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:35,960 strange to them to see a black person 599 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:40,000 some are excited they want to touch you 600 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:43,359 they want to feel how your skin is they 601 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:46,599 want to stare at you they can anyway you 602 00:35:43,359 --> 00:35:49,800 can be stared like a full hour somebody 603 00:35:46,599 --> 00:35:51,960 can sacrifice his or her time to just 604 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:56,359 start there and look at you know it's 605 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:58,079 very funny yeah in northern China Eva 606 00:35:56,359 --> 00:36:01,119 met another another Kenyan agent who 607 00:35:58,079 --> 00:36:03,440 told her to sit tight for 2 months she 608 00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:04,560 stayed in a hotel on her own dime 609 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:07,960 waiting for 610 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:10,160 work then one day the agent simply told 611 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:12,800 her that she would have to find her own 612 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:14,680 job I didn't know the Chinese I didn't 613 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:17,440 know anything I couldn't go around 614 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:20,800 looking for the job it was very hard for 615 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:23,720 me Eva hit the road and after knocking 616 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:26,280 on doors in a half a dozen cities she 617 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:29,200 realized that she didn't actually have a 618 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:32,599 valid work visa so instead of getting me 619 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:35,720 the work visa I was given a business 620 00:36:32,599 --> 00:36:39,359 Visa me I paid that 621 00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:41,800 250,000 Kenya money just to be secured 622 00:36:39,359 --> 00:36:45,520 that Visa but this Visa that I was 623 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:48,319 issued with is the F visa for 624 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:50,640 business that is a crime cuz now he was 625 00:36:48,319 --> 00:36:53,640 supposed to look for a proper document 626 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:57,400 the Z visa for 627 00:36:53,640 --> 00:37:00,359 me I've lost my job I have have lost one 628 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:02,839 full year I have a boy who is in school 629 00:37:00,359 --> 00:37:04,480 I have my siblings who had High Hopes 630 00:37:02,839 --> 00:37:06,920 when I was coming here he would support 631 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:10,240 the family but now you see the they've 632 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:14,800 supported me I can't help 633 00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:16,440 them I'm not alone in this they are many 634 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,079 they are here suffering they don't know 635 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,079 even what to 636 00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:25,400 [Music] 637 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:27,760 do Eva was reluctant to be filmed but 638 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:30,520 finally agreed to tell her story so that 639 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:33,079 others would not fall into the same 640 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:35,800 trap there's been little reporting on 641 00:37:33,079 --> 00:37:39,480 the ordeal of Kenyans who pay fraudulent 642 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:43,040 so-called employment agencies to secure 643 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:46,560 jobs the victims pay exorbitant prices 644 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:48,800 for phony work visas then pay more money 645 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,040 to Kenyan agents in China who are part 646 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:53,119 of the 647 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:57,240 racket in the end they're left high and 648 00:37:53,119 --> 00:38:00,520 dry in some remote corner of China 649 00:37:57,240 --> 00:38:04,800 Eva managed to get back to Kenya jobless 650 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:04,800 and in debt but at least 651 00:38:06,079 --> 00:38:11,839 safe these scams are 652 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:14,319 widespread Emmy says that just about 653 00:38:11,839 --> 00:38:15,440 every African in guango knows someone 654 00:38:14,319 --> 00:38:18,440 who's been 655 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:21,079 conned he can't even count the number of 656 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:23,440 crazy sad stories he's heard at the 657 00:38:21,079 --> 00:38:26,079 Nigerian Community 658 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:28,640 office Em's even working on a movie 659 00:38:26,079 --> 00:38:32,640 script inspired by the Nigerian version 660 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:35,839 of the Visa scam it's called 661 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:39,680 bus11 and one day we filmed Emmy as he 662 00:38:35,839 --> 00:38:39,680 acted out the opening scene for 663 00:38:43,839 --> 00:38:54,839 us a boss I I I want to go to 664 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:57,560 Tokyo I'm going to Japan Japan Japan 665 00:38:54,839 --> 00:38:58,839 Japan I don't know anybody boss one one 666 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:02,480 one do you 667 00:38:58,839 --> 00:39:04,760 know boss one one one there are this 668 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:08,040 people who call theirself 669 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:09,880 agents that they they walk around 670 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:12,440 embassies most of the embassies in 671 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:14,760 Nigeria most any European embassies or 672 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:16,160 whatever so people will just come and to 673 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,160 agent I want to go to Europe I pay you 674 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:21,200 money for Europe you know they collect 675 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:23,960 tomorrow you see they G this is the next 676 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:25,760 Visa we can get for you if you go 677 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,000 directly from here to from Nigeria to 678 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:30,240 Europe they can make the might Deport 679 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:32,880 you but if you go through 680 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:35,560 China they will not Deport you back to 681 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:40,480 Africa so you go to China you stop it 682 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:42,079 now take boss boss 111 boss 555 boss 683 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:44,440 anything anything they remember they 684 00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:44,440 don't tell 685 00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:48,640 anything sometimes they will not find 686 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:51,040 the boss they ask people see an African 687 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:53,079 man a black man say excuse me excuse me 688 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:57,359 are you an African say please can I help 689 00:39:53,079 --> 00:40:00,800 me I'm going to Japan know man there's 690 00:39:57,359 --> 00:40:00,800 no way out from here you have been 691 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:09,200 D and for him to go back to Niger is 692 00:40:06,359 --> 00:40:13,000 just not not possible because he has 693 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:15,920 spent a lot of money coming to 694 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:18,640 China they no money nothing to buy 695 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:20,119 nothing to do no money nothing they will 696 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:22,440 say their 697 00:40:20,119 --> 00:40:25,000 passport they just say the passport to 698 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,920 people who have been here want to go 699 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,480 people who have already said the 700 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,119 passport before I want to go back maybe 701 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:32,720 they want to go back they say the 702 00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:35,400 passport maybe $500 or $700 703 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:37,400 $1,000 then with that money they can 704 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:39,599 start 705 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:41,119 life they use the money to buy you know 706 00:40:39,599 --> 00:40:43,440 those years they buy a mobile phone 707 00:40:41,119 --> 00:40:46,160 those years mobile phone was invol M 708 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:48,839 phone laptop was invol you know buy 709 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:51,359 laptop Buy Mobile phone buy suit men 710 00:40:48,839 --> 00:40:52,960 wear suit you know buy some things then 711 00:40:51,359 --> 00:40:56,040 send it to 712 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:59,000 Africa the guy will be here roasting the 713 00:40:56,040 --> 00:41:00,680 guy will be here stranded no money 714 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:03,200 waiting for the money from African to 715 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:05,760 come money will not come you understand 716 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:07,560 what I'm saying you call them please I 717 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:11,000 need my said what are I talking about 718 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:14,359 you're in abroad there's money 719 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:15,640 there nobody going to help you in China 720 00:41:14,359 --> 00:41:17,640 Chinese is not going to help you with 721 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:20,280 one 722 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:21,520 cent in China when you in trouble you in 723 00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,599 trouble you must 724 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:25,440 shout when you come here you don't see 725 00:41:23,599 --> 00:41:28,599 anywhere you can sleep he starts 726 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:30,920 sporting from mcdonal to KFC from KFC to 727 00:41:28,599 --> 00:41:33,680 club from Club to 728 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:35,839 anywhere you don't have food you don't 729 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:37,720 have Club to change even though clothes 730 00:41:35,839 --> 00:41:39,400 are very cheap in China you cannot even 731 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:42,280 afford 732 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:45,880 anyone you don't have any business to do 733 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,880 the next thing to do is just to find a 734 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:51,160 way can't go you know you start working 735 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:53,880 for somebody somebody bring go you ARR 736 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:58,599 the goose you make you tie the goose for 737 00:41:53,880 --> 00:42:00,599 him send to Africa get some little money 738 00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:03,839 people do cargo people do shipping 739 00:42:00,599 --> 00:42:05,119 people do bar baring hair saloon people 740 00:42:03,839 --> 00:42:08,160 do a lot of 741 00:42:05,119 --> 00:42:12,599 things so that is 742 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:15,040 it b11 have been the story of things 743 00:42:12,599 --> 00:42:16,359 that people do when they come here when 744 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:20,240 they find out that this is not the right 745 00:42:16,359 --> 00:42:20,240 place there's no job and how people 746 00:42:21,839 --> 00:42:27,440 survive each time I take my B I take my 747 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:30,040 haircut here 748 00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:32,920 I look different I look handsome when I 749 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:35,520 go on the stre I see many baby how are 750 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:39,839 you 751 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:43,359 don't Emmy is the eternal optimist so 752 00:42:39,839 --> 00:42:46,000 naturally his script has a happy 753 00:42:43,359 --> 00:42:48,200 ending after a rough start his 754 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:50,920 protagonist launches a successful 755 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:52,240 business marries a Chinese woman and has 756 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,680 lots of 757 00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:56,920 [Music] 758 00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:58,000 kids Emmy says his story is isn't just a 759 00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:01,480 fairy 760 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:04,800 tale despite huge obstacles Africans 761 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:07,760 figure out how to survive and for some 762 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,760 life can be good in 763 00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:23,920 guango my friend innocent he's a nigeran 764 00:43:21,359 --> 00:43:27,400 married to Chinese his wife had a baby 765 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:30,599 girl so he called 766 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:35,480 the neighbors and Friends near the shop 767 00:43:30,599 --> 00:43:38,839 in my country when a a woman had a 768 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:43,200 baby the the 769 00:43:38,839 --> 00:43:44,880 husband bring out the powder for him 770 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:45,680 just like this is you are a man now this 771 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,280 is a 772 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:51,240 responsibility you are you know you are 773 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:53,240 we are happy with you we are sharen 774 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:56,760 Nigerians often told me their young 775 00:43:53,240 --> 00:44:00,680 children were the Chinese Obama half 776 00:43:56,760 --> 00:44:03,160 Chinese half African with so much 777 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:05,440 potential but will they find their place 778 00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,440 in 779 00:44:05,559 --> 00:44:12,640 China China is not a country of 780 00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:15,359 immigration it never has been and even 781 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:19,800 today the number of foreigners living 782 00:44:15,359 --> 00:44:19,800 here is no more than a drop in the 783 00:44:22,460 --> 00:44:28,000 [Music] 784 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:28,000 bucket 785 00:44:28,570 --> 00:44:32,070 [Music] 786 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:38,119 over the past decade China has attracted 787 00:44:35,319 --> 00:44:41,359 a growing number of Africans but they 788 00:44:38,119 --> 00:44:44,880 have not been welcomed with open 789 00:44:41,359 --> 00:44:47,240 arms new immigration laws are making it 790 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:49,359 more and more difficult for foreigners 791 00:44:47,240 --> 00:44:52,280 to remain here 792 00:44:49,359 --> 00:44:56,400 legally even those with Chinese spouses 793 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:59,920 and children the Chinese Obamas are not 794 00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,920 guaranteed residency 795 00:45:00,870 --> 00:45:27,880 [Music] 796 00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,880 here 797 00:45:29,820 --> 00:45:37,539 [Music] 798 00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:45,200 she's my daughter her name is cherish I 799 00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:48,280 had her November 22 800 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:51,280 2007 she speaks English and Chinese 801 00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:51,280 languages very 802 00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:56,960 well she started speaking Chinese right 803 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:59,680 from the shops before before she started 804 00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:03,200 going to school and in the school they 805 00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:06,720 speak Chinese all through so it became 806 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:09,520 very easy for her to flow and speak 807 00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:09,520 Chinese very 808 00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:17,000 well not everybody this boy is not 809 00:46:12,839 --> 00:46:20,480 wearing his she behaves like Chinese 810 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:22,480 people she behaves like them sometimes 811 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:25,359 sometimes I tell her you are not a 812 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:27,400 Chinese you are from Nigeria go back to 813 00:46:25,359 --> 00:46:29,640 the house was born here she has been 814 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:31,680 living here so they when you are in Rome 815 00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:33,680 you act like the Romans so she's acting 816 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:36,880 like them I'm not 817 00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,880 [Music] 818 00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:44,240 surprised drink your water and come and 819 00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:44,240 make 820 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:50,599 up before she started attending the 821 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:52,559 Chinese school with been in the market 822 00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:54,880 know she used to she likes playing with 823 00:46:52,559 --> 00:46:56,590 the Chinese children more than the 824 00:46:54,880 --> 00:47:02,599 African children 825 00:46:56,590 --> 00:47:02,599 [Music] 826 00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:12,969 [Music] 827 00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:30,800 ch 828 00:47:27,620 --> 00:47:30,800 [Music] 829 00:47:47,850 --> 00:47:53,550 [Music] 830 00:47:54,720 --> 00:48:02,160 for isn't this the classic immigration 831 00:47:58,599 --> 00:48:04,520 story immigrant parents struggle make 832 00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:06,480 sacrifices and their children are able 833 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:09,520 to integrate and 834 00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:13,760 succeed cherish seems to represent this 835 00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:16,480 promise but does she have a future 836 00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:19,400 here all the teachers they love her even 837 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:21,800 the principal of the school loves her so 838 00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:24,880 much I would have loved her to continue 839 00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:29,440 studying here if if only the immigration 840 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:33,640 would give us valid papers to remain in 841 00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:36,160 China but immigration did not give them 842 00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:39,119 papers a few months after we Film 843 00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:42,119 cherish's School play favor was caught 844 00:48:39,119 --> 00:48:45,119 in a police raid on foreigners and 845 00:48:42,119 --> 00:48:47,720 jailed the Nigerian Community helped get 846 00:48:45,119 --> 00:48:49,319 favor out of jail and both of them back 847 00:48:47,720 --> 00:48:51,960 to 848 00:48:49,319 --> 00:48:55,040 Nigeria it could have been much 849 00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:57,799 worse Africans without resources or 850 00:48:55,040 --> 00:49:02,319 support can spend months even years in 851 00:48:57,799 --> 00:49:02,319 prison before getting a deportation 852 00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:13,720 hearing I will tell you in China before 853 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:15,200 anything is Visa even you you fight with 854 00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:17,720 a Chinese you fight with anybody the 855 00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:19,040 first thing they will ask you passport 856 00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:20,680 some people come here you come here 857 00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:22,119 after one month your Visa will die you 858 00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:23,920 take your passport to anywhere Nigerian 859 00:49:22,119 --> 00:49:26,640 passport passport they will tell you oh 860 00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:29,000 we are sorry we cannot extend your paper 861 00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:31,040 you have only 30 days to go if you don't 862 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,960 go you overstay and when you over stay 863 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:35,640 police catch you you know what it mean 864 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:38,400 10,000 fine and you will be sent to 865 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:41,160 prison from prison you will be deported 866 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:43,000 talking to this shopkeeper Matias I 867 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:44,559 learned that he studied economics at 868 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:47,280 University in 869 00:49:44,559 --> 00:49:50,880 Nigeria he got his degree but couldn't 870 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:54,040 find a job he left and eventually ended 871 00:49:50,880 --> 00:49:56,680 up in Guang show all of these problem 872 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:59,480 started 2008 during the 873 00:49:56,680 --> 00:50:02,079 Olympic blocked everywhere before 874 00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:04,480 getting Visa was very easy with $200 875 00:50:02,079 --> 00:50:07,079 with $300 but I'm talking of 876 00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:10,119 $3,000 so the most important thing we 877 00:50:07,079 --> 00:50:11,160 are suffering here is Visa and you see 878 00:50:10,119 --> 00:50:13,359 this a 879 00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:15,960 secret many are 880 00:50:13,359 --> 00:50:19,200 living because of this Visa issue there 881 00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:22,920 is no business now everywhere everywhere 882 00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:22,920 in the market even chese people they are 883 00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:28,760 complaining last time One Security man 884 00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:31,760 was asking me now there is there are no 885 00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:34,520 people say is good everybody seeing if 886 00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:36,520 you go to the market like for example 887 00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:39,799 where there is what place they call Guan 888 00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:43,920 Shin is meant for Africans too I was I 889 00:50:39,799 --> 00:50:47,680 was there today most of the shops were 890 00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:49,079 empty I foresee China in 3 years guano 891 00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:51,119 you might come to guano you might not 892 00:50:49,079 --> 00:50:53,520 meet anybody to even 893 00:50:51,119 --> 00:50:55,920 interview although Matias still has a 894 00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:57,440 valid Visa staying in China China no 895 00:50:55,920 --> 00:51:00,359 longer makes 896 00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:03,200 sense he and his cameroonian wife are 897 00:51:00,359 --> 00:51:05,680 planning to leave on the Move in a 898 00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:08,559 globalized world they're looking at 899 00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:11,799 India Thailand or Vietnam as the next 900 00:51:08,559 --> 00:51:15,319 stop on their journey in search of 901 00:51:11,799 --> 00:51:18,079 opportunity sometimes I imagine if 902 00:51:15,319 --> 00:51:21,240 African leaders can put what they have 903 00:51:18,079 --> 00:51:24,359 together can put that 904 00:51:21,240 --> 00:51:27,359 resources we shouldn't be 905 00:51:24,359 --> 00:51:27,359 here 906 00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:34,839 when I first came to guango I was struck 907 00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:36,440 by the energy the bustle the business it 908 00:51:34,839 --> 00:51:39,280 all seems so 909 00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:41,440 positive but after a while I began to 910 00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:44,480 see another side of the 911 00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:48,240 story The factories the jobs the 912 00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:52,000 economic development it's all in 913 00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:54,920 China rather than making things Africa 914 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:57,480 exports raw materials just as it did 915 00:51:54,920 --> 00:52:01,680 during it its Colonial 916 00:51:57,480 --> 00:52:05,640 past oil minerals Timber rubber cotton 917 00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:08,520 coffee cocoa all transformed outside of 918 00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:11,000 Africa creating jobs and wealth 919 00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:11,000 somewhere 920 00:52:15,810 --> 00:52:18,960 [Music] 921 00:52:20,359 --> 00:52:25,960 else today Africans are buying clothes 922 00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:29,760 in China including cheap Chinese 923 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:31,760 knockoffs of African style apparel many 924 00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:34,160 many how many if I want to buy many many 925 00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:34,160 piece how 926 00:52:34,359 --> 00:52:38,480 many 5 piece for this 58 yeah how can 927 00:52:37,599 --> 00:52:42,319 you say 928 00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:46,680 58 5 piece I give you 929 00:52:42,319 --> 00:52:48,599 400 yeah 5 P these mass produced 930 00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:52,839 embroidered dresses are going for about 931 00:52:48,599 --> 00:52:57,240 $10 a piece how can African tailor 932 00:52:52,839 --> 00:52:57,240 possibly compete with prices like this 933 00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:17,559 this is nothing new years ago I was in 934 00:53:15,240 --> 00:53:19,880 Ghana researching the influx of cheap 935 00:53:17,559 --> 00:53:24,280 secondhand clothing from the United 936 00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:26,440 States Gans call these clothes ooni Wu 937 00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:28,720 dead white man 938 00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:30,960 back then no one could believe that 939 00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:35,000 people would throw away perfectly good 940 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:35,000 clothes the owners must have 941 00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:41,079 died this stuff was arriving by the 942 00:53:38,119 --> 00:53:43,720 container load flooding local markets 943 00:53:41,079 --> 00:53:47,319 and putting Gans out of 944 00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:51,119 business today's cheap Chinese Imports 945 00:53:47,319 --> 00:53:53,880 are just the latest blow to African 946 00:53:51,119 --> 00:53:56,599 manufacturing and gh's not 947 00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:59,599 alone [ __ ] Nigeria's once flourishing 948 00:53:56,599 --> 00:54:01,960 textile industry is long gone and most 949 00:53:59,599 --> 00:54:05,119 of the clothes for sale in Nigeria today 950 00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:05,119 are imported from 951 00:54:10,590 --> 00:54:15,680 [Music] 952 00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:17,799 China ironically some of Africa's 953 00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:20,640 biggest clothing manufacturers are 954 00:54:17,799 --> 00:54:20,640 located in 955 00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:27,040 China remember Kingsley AIA the 956 00:54:24,559 --> 00:54:30,680 cameroonian suit maker his factories 957 00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:32,920 aren't in Cameroon they're right here 958 00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:36,640 but how long will African manufacturers 959 00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:39,680 be able to stay in China AIA is 960 00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:41,760 successful but even so his future here 961 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:45,319 is 962 00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:48,040 uncertain uh visas the Chinese Embassy 963 00:54:45,319 --> 00:54:49,760 in my country they're not issuing visas 964 00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:51,839 to many cameronians and they want 965 00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:54,359 cameronians to go and buy to Chinese 966 00:54:51,839 --> 00:54:56,200 people doing business in my country and 967 00:54:54,359 --> 00:54:59,440 because of that it has 968 00:54:56,200 --> 00:55:02,880 reduced the the customers coming in 969 00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:05,440 here with the VISA issue it's really 970 00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:08,119 it's really affecting a lot of business 971 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:10,000 people it's really hard to get a a 972 00:55:08,119 --> 00:55:12,040 permanent resident for for people like 973 00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:15,960 us living here you have to apply for 974 00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:17,920 visas each time extending visas and it's 975 00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:20,160 not very comfortable for a businessman 976 00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:22,400 like me or others because you are scared 977 00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:24,000 that one day if you have your investment 978 00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:27,240 Investments here and they tell you okay 979 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:29,400 go what are you supposed to do I have a 980 00:55:27,240 --> 00:55:31,559 friend before inang and D him 10 days 981 00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:35,520 and they had to leave to Canada so he 982 00:55:31,559 --> 00:55:37,680 had to sell his house his car and stuff 983 00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:40,359 so with most of those things most of us 984 00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:44,319 are scared to to stay here we don't 985 00:55:40,359 --> 00:55:46,359 have we don't have those rules those I 986 00:55:44,319 --> 00:55:48,440 mean that you can follow and do things 987 00:55:46,359 --> 00:55:50,440 by yourself you know extend your Visa or 988 00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:52,359 whatever you know things are very very 989 00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:54,000 difficult of for foreigners living here 990 00:55:52,359 --> 00:55:57,640 in 991 00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:59,520 China so somebody like me I'm trying to 992 00:55:57,640 --> 00:56:01,119 to see if I could remove most of my 993 00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:02,920 investments here keep some here and 994 00:56:01,119 --> 00:56:05,000 invest some back in 995 00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:06,640 Cameroon but investing in Cameron I 996 00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:08,480 don't invest in factories but other 997 00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:11,400 things like real 998 00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:14,960 estate but Cameroon needs 999 00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:17,760 jobs I know kingsley's Hometown Benda 1000 00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:21,559 and a factory there would be a godsend 1001 00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:26,760 so why wouldn't he open a factory in 1002 00:56:21,559 --> 00:56:29,799 Cameroon back in Cameroon uh a lot more 1003 00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:33,000 difficult to open a factory first the 1004 00:56:29,799 --> 00:56:35,400 taxes and people also want to accept a 1005 00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:37,799 lot of bribery money before you could 1006 00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:38,839 open that kind of a factory and if you 1007 00:56:37,799 --> 00:56:41,480 don't give them they will just try to 1008 00:56:38,839 --> 00:56:45,559 shut you down and 1009 00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:47,720 secondly Road electricity raw 1010 00:56:45,559 --> 00:56:48,760 materials so it will cause a lot of 1011 00:56:47,720 --> 00:56:51,400 problems if you really want to open a 1012 00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:51,400 factory back in 1013 00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:56,880 Cameroon 1014 00:56:59,079 --> 00:57:06,240 the numbers of Africans living in China 1015 00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:11,799 that owns a factory are many if they all 1016 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:11,799 set in Africa Africa will be another 1017 00:57:11,870 --> 00:57:18,160 [Music] 1018 00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:23,240 planet the main point which everybody is 1019 00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:25,599 waiting for is one thing power we have a 1020 00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:28,720 lot of Nigerians 1021 00:57:25,599 --> 00:57:31,880 owns Factory here in China who employed 1022 00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:33,920 a lot of Chinese as workers big 1023 00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:35,839 factories this Factory should have been 1024 00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:39,920 placed in Nigeria in our country but due 1025 00:57:35,839 --> 00:57:42,319 to the power section I'm talking about 1026 00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:44,880 they have no alternative than to start 1027 00:57:42,319 --> 00:57:44,880 doing it 1028 00:57:47,450 --> 00:57:51,880 [Music] 1029 00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:55,920 here most people are ready to go back 1030 00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:58,520 home today tomorrow 1031 00:57:55,920 --> 00:58:00,839 one of them was telling me that if today 1032 00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:04,280 there is there is power in Nigeria 1033 00:58:00,839 --> 00:58:07,160 definitely he's taking everything back 1034 00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:09,039 home China does not have anything to 1035 00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:10,359 compare with Africa the natural 1036 00:58:09,039 --> 00:58:12,680 resources we 1037 00:58:10,359 --> 00:58:14,839 have we have the capability we have the 1038 00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:19,039 ability we have the 1039 00:58:14,839 --> 00:58:23,240 youth but the government the government 1040 00:58:19,039 --> 00:58:23,240 is is the is is the problem we are 1041 00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:26,720 having 1042 00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:35,200 I went all the way to China only to find 1043 00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:35,200 out that this story is really about 1044 00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:45,200 Africa I kept thinking about a 1045 00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:47,599 conversation I'd had with alhasan andani 1046 00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:50,640 a Ganan Banker who I first met at a 1047 00:58:47,599 --> 00:58:53,520 Ghana China friendship event in 1048 00:58:50,640 --> 00:58:55,760 Acra it was one of those polite Affairs 1049 00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:58,440 where one happy speech blended into the 1050 00:58:55,760 --> 00:59:01,400 next until and Donnie took the podium 1051 00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:04,039 and gave a talk that grabbed everyone's 1052 00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:06,640 attention we African leaders going to 1053 00:59:04,039 --> 00:59:09,680 get smart and harness Chinese investment 1054 00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:12,280 for African development or would they 1055 00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:15,240 simply squander this 1056 00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:17,720 opportunity I wanted to hear more so I 1057 00:59:15,240 --> 00:59:19,839 caught up with him a few days later 1058 00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:23,640 andon told me he looked to Ghana's 1059 00:59:19,839 --> 00:59:26,680 history the post-independence years for 1060 00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:28,839 inspiration you saw a lot of industri 1061 00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:30,880 set up in Ghana just at least to meet 1062 00:59:28,839 --> 00:59:34,559 local demand you know from shoe 1063 00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:37,520 factories to I mean textile factories to 1064 00:59:34,559 --> 00:59:40,200 um you know beverage everything that you 1065 00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:42,240 know a normal basic economy will 1066 00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:45,799 require you know all these industries 1067 00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:45,799 were s and this was in the 1068 00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:54,680 1960s quam ncuma G's first president 1069 00:59:52,359 --> 00:59:57,559 called for African industrialization 1070 00:59:54,680 --> 01:00:00,359 more than 50 years ago saying there 1071 00:59:57,559 --> 01:00:03,000 could be no real freedom without 1072 01:00:00,359 --> 01:00:03,000 economic 1073 01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:10,400 independence the ports were were were 1074 01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:11,720 set up the motor wave was already being 1075 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:14,280 started to be 1076 01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:16,480 constructed he even introduced the 1077 01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:18,319 atomic energy plant in 19 and probably 1078 01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:20,720 that was one of the most certificated 1079 01:00:18,319 --> 01:00:23,960 you know Atomic development programs 1080 01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:27,640 outside of uh of Europe and it was it 1081 01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:27,640 was all build on 1082 01:00:29,430 --> 01:00:33,880 [Music] 1083 01:00:31,400 --> 01:00:36,640 nation that was another 1084 01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:38,760 era African countries were freeing 1085 01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:41,079 themselves from their colonial Masters 1086 01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:42,760 and for a brief time the mood across the 1087 01:00:41,079 --> 01:00:45,599 continent was one of 1088 01:00:42,760 --> 01:00:47,280 optimism kwami nakuma even signed a 1089 01:00:45,599 --> 01:00:49,880 friendship agreement with another 1090 01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:52,599 developing Nation 1091 01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:56,359 China at the time the agreement was 1092 01:00:52,599 --> 01:01:00,039 signed in 1961 China was a developing 1093 01:00:56,359 --> 01:01:02,760 country so Ghana and inuma found it 1094 01:01:00,039 --> 01:01:04,280 necessary to sign up this treaty with a 1095 01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:09,319 view that hopefully they could develop 1096 01:01:04,280 --> 01:01:13,680 in tandem now um 5 years aftera signed 1097 01:01:09,319 --> 01:01:13,680 the agreement um he was 1098 01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:23,359 overthrown but since after 66 most of 1099 01:01:19,839 --> 01:01:25,760 those um Industries went you know uh 1100 01:01:23,359 --> 01:01:28,480 were not properly managed and eventually 1101 01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:30,640 today most of them are non-existent and 1102 01:01:28,480 --> 01:01:32,480 we needed them more today than ever 1103 01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:34,599 before and the fact that they are not 1104 01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:38,359 there just speaks to kind of the vacuum 1105 01:01:34,599 --> 01:01:38,359 and the retrogression in that 1106 01:01:39,480 --> 01:01:44,760 area so that is it you know so China has 1107 01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:47,960 in a consistent manner developed it 1108 01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:50,680 economy it scientific base and the 1109 01:01:47,960 --> 01:01:53,119 people we after inroma have kind of 1110 01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:56,640 landed from one thing to the other and 1111 01:01:53,119 --> 01:01:56,640 the result is there for everybody to to 1112 01:01:59,079 --> 01:02:04,559 see you can go around and and mourn and 1113 01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:08,760 go as much as we want nobody's going to 1114 01:02:04,559 --> 01:02:08,760 give it to us we just have to shift our 1115 01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:13,200 thinking on Donnie would like to see 1116 01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:16,319 African leaders leverage foreign 1117 01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:19,000 investment for African 1118 01:02:16,319 --> 01:02:22,359 development why not encourage Chinese 1119 01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:24,960 investors to set up factories in 1120 01:02:22,359 --> 01:02:27,520 Africa factories that can kick start 1121 01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:30,119 African manufacturing and lead to real 1122 01:02:27,520 --> 01:02:30,119 economic 1123 01:02:32,480 --> 01:02:37,880 growth the people here he says are ready 1124 01:02:36,319 --> 01:02:40,200 and 1125 01:02:37,880 --> 01:02:42,039 waiting you don't have to come to bonju 1126 01:02:40,200 --> 01:02:43,279 to buy the goods I'm going to put the 1127 01:02:42,039 --> 01:02:45,039 factory here you can manufacture your 1128 01:02:43,279 --> 01:02:47,160 suits you can manufacture your toys you 1129 01:02:45,039 --> 01:02:49,440 can manufacture whatever here employ the 1130 01:02:47,160 --> 01:02:53,359 local people those are the real 1131 01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:55,920 development Pro things that should be 1132 01:02:53,359 --> 01:02:58,119 happening 1133 01:02:55,920 --> 01:03:00,400 when I returned from China those 1134 01:02:58,119 --> 01:03:02,520 comments took on a new 1135 01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:05,760 significance I think of the African 1136 01:03:02,520 --> 01:03:10,319 entrepreneurs I met in guango their hard 1137 01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:14,079 work their perseverance all they have to 1138 01:03:10,319 --> 01:03:19,720 offer I wonder when will the factories 1139 01:03:14,079 --> 01:03:19,720 the jobs and the dreams come back to 1140 01:03:23,279 --> 01:03:26,279 Africa 1141 01:03:26,860 --> 01:03:34,190 [Music] 1142 01:03:41,690 --> 01:03:51,860 [Music] 1143 01:03:53,720 --> 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