A Working Day - Cattle Herder, Cameroon
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- Continuing our series about working lives around the world, a cattle herder from Cameroon:
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I am a Cameroonian living in south africa presently. This video doesn't only portray the simplicity of life in cameroon but also how discipline and good muslims are unlike what the media potrays. I really feet proud of myself because I cultivate vegetable and sell in order to fund my university studies. This video makes me more proud of myself. Thanks @the school of life.
:-*
+tamufor stephen What kinds of crops do you grow?
+onemanarmy2174 I grow vegetables that are typical to Cameroon. Mostly Cameroonians and some Nigerians will know them
+tamufor stephen My Mom is from nothern part of Nigeria ! and i can confirm this Fulanis dont even live in any villages, they live in the deep jungles because their cattles cant have pasture to graze in the village or cities
that is not entirely true. some live in the village and have to migrate for long distances for their cattle to feed and then they come back. others live close to the source. it all depends on the season. by the way, you can't really seperate village and a jungle here. they are all one.
I love these "working day" videos. They make it easy for me to feel a certain sense of unity with the rest of humanity. Thanks, SOL.
I am proud of Fulani brothers and sisters❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ from New England, USA.
"Then I will greet my wife."
It may be just a little sentence, but this is what I loved the most in this film!
Talking about marriage, Shakespeare says :
" Upon familiarity will grow more contempt".
If you have four children with a woman, I guess you can't be any more "familiar" with her than that! But this man sounds so courteous and respectful when he says: then he will " greet" his wife...One must be a very noble and grateful person in a relationship, not to end up the way Shakespeare describes.
Watching these wonderful videos feels like reading literature! You learn about the lives of people you could otherwise never meet, you imagine yourself there, living that life. It is such an enrichment. You also feel happy that, for example, if you ever happen to meet a farmer from Cameroon, may be you can begin a chat just talking a little bit about Mbroro cows, now that you know what kind of grass they like to eat ..Any beautiful detail we can share with them can connect us with people.
Well, imagining myself there, I realised that I would be a real bad cattle herder... While counting the sheep I would always be distracted, I would get lost on the way to the water ( no sense of orientation whatsoever... ) and I would definitely not let those cows go nowhere, after seeing what happened to that one poor cow...
Indeed I would just play with those lovely children all day!
+Lua Veli V
" Upon familiarity will grow more contempt".
If you have four children with a woman, I guess you can't be any more "familiar" with her than that! But this man sounds so courteous and respectful when he says: then he will " greet" his wife...One must be a very noble and grateful person in a relationship, not to end up the way Shakespeare describes.
Watching these wonderful videos feels like reading literature! You learn about the lives of people you could otherwise never meet, you imagine yourself there, living that life. It is such an enrichment. You also feel happy that, for example, if you ever happen to meet a farmer from Cameroon, may be you can begin a chat just talking a little bit about Mbroro cows, now that you know what kind of grass they like to eat ..Any beautiful detail we can share with them can connect us with people.
Well, imagining myself there, I realised that I would be a real bad farmer.... While counting the sheep I would always be distracted, I would get lost on the way to the water ( no sense of orientation whatsoever... ) and I would definitely not let those cows go nowhere, after seeing what happened to that one poor cow...
Indeed I would just play with those lovely children all day!
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+Bruce Willis That was the sentence that struck me the most as well! Just so beautiful!
+Yarah Vinova
Hello Yarah! Thanks for reading:-)
Hello there! Thanks a lot for reading my comment. Have a nice weekend!
Lua Veli I really admire how you understand the sophistication of simplicity. Thus is something we as humans have completely underestimated or set aside. Anyway I don't blame humans... I just blame their ego
pure hardwork, family responsibility and pious, the things that we people don't do or avoid in our fast moving lives in glittering cities.
Cameroon has a very nice countryside and a very interesting language.
there is not only one language for the whole country. Actually there are more than 300 dialects spoken in Cameroon
+Nidange Aboa Wow, I had no idea. Sorry for being culturally illiterate. How much do the dialects differ from each other?
+GREENSP0RE don't worry the fact that you appreciate it is already great.
The dialects are more or less different depending on the tribe group (I don't know if it is the right way to say that: english is not my first language). tribes that belong to the same group have different languages but can understand each other a little bit. Fror exemple in the Bamileke group, there are many different tribes (such a Bamoon or Bamenda) they do not have the same dialect but have less difficulty understanding each other than understanding someone from another group.
+Nidange Aboa Cool, sounds like a lot of linguistic diversity. Does it ever make communication difficult between groups, or do most people stay inside the tribe they were born in?
+GREENSP0RE We have two common languages: french and english, but dialects are still very present in cities among people from the same tribe and even more in villages where there are people who only speak their dialect.
I really like this diversity, when you go in cities such as Douala or Yaounde, you can hear so many different languages and I think it is one of the things that make this country so beautiful.
But I might be a little biased 😁
That 's my country!!! Living here is a blessing!!! Sending my love to all the cameroonians over the world!!!
This is the kind of work my grandad did, my father had a chance to get an education. Now here I am with a degree, masters and a good job. I am here because of my grandfather hard word, my father sacrifice. I am proud of my Somali heritage and grandad humble nomadic lifestyle.
This project of "A working day" videos is so great. We can learn so much of people from every part in the world. I'm cameroonian so I feel very pleased by this video. Thank you.
thank you so much for covering so many different jobs. It makes us stop a moment to take hard look at our own problems which are easily solvable compared to the hard work these are doing just to get through the day. It's quite humbling. Do keep up the good work.
I love these, "A Working Day" series.
Thank you for the great videos and diverse insights, SoL.
These videos are beautiful and so important. We have so many preconceptions about work and life in different places, and I love how these videos make it very clear. They aren't done up, they use no music, they feel pure.
If you are watching this, you are a beautiful person and have a lovely day 😊😊😊
Thanks
Thanks brother. You too!
+SUCCESS MOTIVATION: Health Wealth Love Happiness Thanks for the good vibes family
thank you
75mm skysweeper Its a pleasure, have a blessed day :)
Seeing a video about the life of my people gives me a fuzzy and happy feelings
I kind of love how this generation of herder realizes the family business is dwindling, and want his kids to pursue a better life that he knows is possible. What a trooper, still doing the deed of herding every day to keep the food in the table. Life is too complex
Thank you for making this video. It has given me a gentle reminder and helped readjust my perspective of the world around me. Sometimes we get caught up in our own little "worlds".
this channel had helped me climb out of my depression, it literally changed my life for the better. thank you TSL.
I'm a student, and I'm abou the time to look for future. This working day series help me how people feel about their jobs. Even thought I won't get the job that are in videos, I feel like these videos are reaching close to the truth of humans. what they realky think about themselves without wanting to be on camera.
What I want to say is that School of Life, thank you so much for creating such amazing videos.
Peace, Happiness and Love to you and yours my Cameroonian brethren. Thanks School Of Life for making these videos
This is the most soul satisfying video I have seen in long time. Thank you so much School of Life.
That's a beautiful family!
What a nice story. His family are adorable!
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
What an amazing landscape my village has.
I like how Mboro Fulani was honest enough to not place all the fault on the neighboring farmers.
If I were wealthy enough, I'd open a kickstarter (or other funding campaign) to provide him and his family with modern farming tools (fencing, large buckets, slickers, etc.) and a whole slew of clothes and educational materials.
but the pessimist in me fears that his neighbors might grow jealous and sabotage his operations.
love these, keep up the great work
This is beautiful. Thank you for these videos!
These are the best videos, please keep this series going!
Ty for making these videos i love seeing the way people in other parts of the world live. Its astonishing for me to think about the amount of work that went into making this video. Ty for this a working day series its my favorite! please keep them coming :) they are amazing.
please guys do more videos like this one, this is one of my favourite youtube channels
! I really enjoy this working day series !
Thanks!
awesome videos, they always help to put your own life into perspective
These annotations really interrupt the mood and flow the the piece... Put them at the end.
But, wow do I love these. Keep up the great work.
My beautiful fulani people,I'm fulani from Guinea conakry,pulloh fü ku pulloh.
Thank you so much for this clip. It gives a lot of insight into another culture that is distant to mine and at the same time slightly familiar
Cameroon's countryside looks so lush & gorgeous... So do the people & animal, I don't know how to say it but their faces seems vibrant and energized? Just full of life. English is not my first language so excuse me if it sounds weird or anything.. Anyway thank you The School of Life for making these videos :) really appreciate it
I didn't knew Cameroon was this beautiful
I'd like to see a video of my life when I was my early 20's. Waking up at 2pm to sit on the computer and play games until 4am. Possibly with a break to see my friends for coffee/dinner or watch a movie. Such a life
those are some kickass boots.
I think short and insightful videos like this can make a real difference. Imagine if everybody on youtube watched a 5 min video like this once a week - it would lead to understanding and compassion/sympathy for others, all over the world. Might sound sentimental, but think about it.
This video made me extra proud to be fulani!
Great video, a side of my country we barely have a look upon. Thanks for sharing guys
School of life, you have quality videos, and even though you may not have Million views each time the impact of these will go a longer way than most others on youtube in the end,
keep this going.
I want to see an "a working day" playlist.
and I don't think it always needs to be (what some might consider) exotic jobs.
sanitation engineers, school chefs, circus folk, sea food collectors, etc.
any job that's traditionally under appreciated. because those workers deserve more screen time.
10/10 "It's like 'Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe' but without Mike Rowe."
Would love to see one about the salt harvesters in Senegal
I love these videos too much
Beautiful video.
Yes this is the life I want to live! Some will mock me, but I believe that God originally intended for us to be farmers. I wish more people could see that almost all we need in life is already provided for us. Clean air, water, fresh meat and produce. A loving family and a humble, peaceful community. What more could one want? The rest is vanity...
Wow, amazing video.
just an addendum to a comment below about the spoken languages in cameroon. the official languages is french and english. and yes... cameroon has between 250 to 300 dialects which makes the country one of the most diverse. i really dont understand why there is so much hatred between christians and muslims around the world for in my country (cameroon), that hatred doesnt exist. i think trump needs to come to cameroon and take some lessons about love amongs different groups of people. just saying...
Yup (:
just for the record. I'm not a muslim but I'm a human being.
tamufor stephen yup (;
Simple living is where humanity started. Nowadays, most of us enjoy the urban life with all its luxury and vices, at the same time feeding ourselves with wastes that people living a simple life in farms have very little access to. They don't have what most people enjoy today, but they certainly have what we can' barely have today.
57 views with 78 comments and 400 likes, wtf?
Most underrated channel.
Great video again, thanks @school-of-life
This shows how my kinsmen who live in Cameroon conduct themselves in a very good and humble way. Unlike how aggressive media portray them to be.
Awesome simple life
I am Gambian living in The Gambia, but these are my tribesmen in Cameroon. Very similar culture and lifestyle.
My people ❤️❤️
Proud of my culture
Among the top ten
Good video school of life
I would love to know the full day in this series
Goddamn, that's some beautiful country
very nice bro
these cows have it 10 times better than cows in western countries, that are locked up for long periods.
+ptegegn1 I agree.
+ptegegn1 I was thinking the same thing.
Claudette Wilson they have a chill life. plus they rarely get eaten because people there are too poor to buy a damn cow. so win/win
ever been to new Zealand though???
+Joe Dillon I've never seen a locked up cow apart from like 30 mins when milking
He looks handsome xD
Nice.
On Jarama, I do not care what anybody says. Many of us so-called African Americans and Caribbeans are Fulani. My DNA when compared to Two African Populations is 76.5% Northern Nigerian Fulani and the rest is Libyan and Egyptian. I also have Hausa showing up in me Bamoun and Mandinka But my closest relatives by far are Fulani. It took me 36 years to figure out who I belong to and DNA is proving who I belong to in Africa. I am 50 years old but look very young for my age and still have Energy. I am willing to come help my people if you can please help me speak my language again. We have been separated for 300-400 years now. I have many cousins taking DNA tests in Africa and I am related to Jallo and Bari so far. Mi Puli (Non-Islamic Pulo) Americanjo Jamaicanjo. I am ready to come home and meet my people for the first time. I cry everyday longing to come home. I am ready. My Fulani name is Damiin Jallo Nyalooma. Let me know how I can help you.
he look happier rather than anyone i have met in the city
different thoughts and inspirations between the British farmer and the cameron cattle rancher
Why have people startedputting the annotations at the bottom where the interface is? how are we supposed to click them go back to putting them in the top right corner.
Why don't you do these videos anymore?
Do I have your accord to use excerpts from this video on our National Television here in Cameroon? Nkembe Ngochi, Journalist
Hard working guy. The way it's supposed to be.
does the purpose of these videos is to show the many similarities of our everyday life and thoughts all over the world hence making us more prone into accepting one another? or I'm getting it wrong?
Some would see this type of work as hard and saddening. I see it as simple and luxurious. He may not live in a plantation house with lovely lights and decor, but he seems satisfied with his life and how he lives it. The farms in many countries aren't this healthily raised and cared for. They're typically just machines now. A lot of modern countries modify their animals to make them appear better, but are so much more unhealthy. Cameroon is a simple country. It's saddening to know the nomadic terrorist groups that are there, but for the most part, I like the looks of Cameroon. It doesn't seem wartorn or barbaric like people portray a lot of African countries to be. It's relatively peaceful and simple. And I like it.
BS free thats a good video
''Greet Mi Julie'' 0:30
is there a school of life community. if yes please send me a link to it
my way of life.. hopefully
These are Fulani tribe, they are all over Africa and live simply.
Judging from his language, i can tell you he is a Fulani Tribes man , Judging from his house , He is not so much into herding of Cows, the main herdes dont build a house, they build a temporary tents, they never have a house , cus i have met them in the deep deep forest of my mothers village before in Africa , alot of times .. my Mom even adopted one of their wives, she comes to visit every once in a while and we go into the deep forest to visit her sometimes too...
this is exactly how my relatives used to live minus the landscape wich was different...
yes, they had cattle and a bit of land
Still not Yorkshire
When i seen that mountain why do i want to make my own mine and start to production of common and rare metals that i will use to make stuff.
I BLAME CODYSLAB
What language is that?
+alpha kane Basically everywhere in africa except for south, this language has so many dialects btw
It's alright i knew what u meant there's inly small communities in the north
+alpha kane Not only North Africa. The video was shot in Cameroon, that's Central Africa. i speak a similar dialect and i am Nigerian, Nigeria is in West Africa. The Fulani's are mostly Nomadic, hence you find them all over Africa.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE
IF YOU HAVE MONEY
I don't wanna live in the city anymore
What The School of Life does best, in my humble opinion, is help people visualize ideas. I have this idea of challenging all of humanity to begin working on a project, The Big Project. As an analogy, think of a hammer, a tool: before using it for it's intended purposes, a child would smash stuff and play with it like a toy. Eventually with enough experience they would learn how to use it to create or recreate other things into better ones. Much like a hammer the Internet is a tool, but right now we use it mainly to just play around, and in some ways utilize it's potential for monetary gain but mostly it's divided us. We need goals with any tool to focus our efforts towards a humanity excelling end game. How can we visualize a project, consisting of many smaller projects, that helps unite people towards a common goal? Imagine being able to stand in front of a camera that the entire population of Earth was watching, and, with translators of course, ask the human race to share their big ideas in some kind of arena that allows everyone to input their own skills, expertise, opinions to build on these ideas. A massive spiderweb of small projects, feeding the Big Idea, The Big Project. Let's start this discussion, let's utilize this newest and greatest tool of communication the world has ever seen.
I have to watch this for my history HW, this is cool but I really didnt wanna click it
How easy it is to fall in love with all these strangers~
420 no coincidence
Anyone else noticed his mixing Fulfulde with English...
Mbororos in Cameroon are of Fulani descent.
1st generation: works hard. make ends meet for the future of the next gen.
2nd generation: knows the importance of intelligent hard work and paves the way next gen to be successful.
3rd generation: this actually succeeds in acquiring wealth and fame. but neglects the next generation.
4th generation: gets spoiled by the wealth and negligence and screws it all over.
5th generation: feels good to back in the cattle herder business.....
the vicious cycle repeats.
ps: your ancestors were cattle herders, your future generations will be cattle herders and you are somewhere in the middle.
Okay. He looks just like Big Sean....
Settlement is best option for the Fulani. Their cows get bigger and their families are healthier. Nomadism is outdated and causes problems.
0:37 I expected his work day to end there... #dadyokes.
420 MEIN!
At the risk of sounding like a philistine, did he just say 'me Julie' when referring to his wife? Ali G anyone?
Sometimes I wish I had a simpler life, ditch everything and go heard sheep somewhere.
well, at least he and his children get to eat naturally grown food.
Did he just say "Me Julie" for "My Wife" Just like Ali-G does LOL..!!!