Growing Up in Africa (full documentary) 

Even though I did not grow up in Africa, I don't think all of Africa is like this. Just like other countries, there are the rich sides and the poor sides. You should show a side of both, not all of poverty. Africa is really a beautiful continent, the people, the food all are amazingly beautiful.

Why they make documentaries only about bad things in Africa. My people have more than that.

My father grew up in Yei, South Sudan, way back in the 50s. He tells me stories of how it was. The good and the bad. The good definitely outweighs the bad... love you daddy. 💙

Africa is a great continent with 50+ countries not a country. and I am proud to be 🌍 African and I don't apologise being dark or African. you find it funny to talk ill about Africa but little do you know how rich we are in heart

These kids will grow despite all odds. And they will come to Kenya and become great innovators like the rest of us.

God bless those children....so innocent.

I actually grew up in Benin & came to the States at the age of 9. I did not live like this neither did my friends or acquaintances.

Africa is a ginormous continent. It can fit the entire United States of America, China, Mexico and Russia. So saying "in Africa" is very vague and a little bit ignorant. Please be specific.

Stop showing the negatives about Africa and show the beauty of it also .

I am black American and I do believe we need Africa to help us get into our real truth of living and start the love and bringing our black together once again and help build together.

all children in the world deserve better

All children in the world deserve a good life

which part of Africa was this Documentary based??...where was it shot. Was it Nigeria? Uganda? DRC? where? was it in west Africa? East or North......stop Saying Africa. This is not Africa its one of the countries in Africa.....very misleading.

Never mind. Yeah this is in Africa. This breaks my heart.

The children look very sweet that is for sure

Those children are beautiful.

The title of this video is really misleading. I was born and grew up in Nigeria and most of what is shown here is localized in some places and it exist in most countries even in USA. In Nigeria, I enjoyed my childhood unlike what media shows. My parents are not even middle class and my friends were not as well. We did not own a car but we had enough to eat, share and be happy. We never went for expensive vacation but were still happy. About HIV/AIDS, we never had that in Africa before the 1980s. HIV/AIDS was introduced into Africa by some people. So showing Africa as an HIV/AIDS ravaged continent is misleading attempt as if the disease originated from our society. .

I am Senegalese, and we live so much better in africa than france or us ect... the media is always showing one side of something and never all the truth which is sad because as a result a lot of foreigners are clueless and make assumptios about africa... whereas poverty exist everywhere and that side is usually not shown in Occidental countries.

So young this absolutely breaks my heart, such a shame.

If i could do 1 thing in this world it would be to stop poverty.

Beautiful 💕 honest, truthful documentary.

Could you at least say the country instead of being so broad, and insulting every country in Africa!!

I can’t wait to visit Africa,it’s on my wish list love you guys 😘😍.I saw my country’s flag on the fishing boat 🇯🇲

Now this is why comments below are so important, I thought it was like this in all of Africa as that's what I always see and hear but from the comments I read that this is not so!

You and I can make African the best place to live and to be loved by the whole world. Let's be one thing, strong, and courageous enough to stand for the truth, be honest to our hearts and our minds, tell the truth without fear for those who are doing wrong to our beloved continent, and those who're told that truth accept it and change, and live the changes for the betterment of everyone.

I feel sorry for the poor people in Africa and children in Africa deserve rights and respect too

He said 40 % of the kids in Africa work 9 hours a day 7 days a week🤦🏾‍♂️ what a shame. First of all kids in Africa do not work on their own unless working with parents in their shops. This whole documentary is bias. I grew up in South Africa and I never experienced something like this before.

This never happens in the Gambia thank god .... And sorry for this children's may god helps them all amen

Respect for the team who filmed this documetary and creating an awareness on Human suffering and lack of Human rights. Non of these children deserve going through this kind af treatment and its such a pity how people here are making such immature comments here just because they are more priveledged in life. I hope these children will realise their dreams and breakthrough this Traumatic life. Where some child somewhere in the other side of the world get depressed for not going to disney land or getting the latest Iphone. Lord have mercy on Humanity

these kids are sooo beautiful

who the hell do u people think you are always making these negative documentaries to keep the image of our people down.. how bout you tell your own history & tell the truth, leave African alone.

I grew up in West Africa and it is was nothing like shown here, in fact it was beautiful, I am sure there are a lot of cases but this shows Africa as a very a grim/morbid place

I would have loved to see Africa a hundred years ago.

I'm from South Africa and this is sooo shocking and new to me.

I grew up in Africa, mostly in the towns, we were a upper middle class family. But would also live in villages sometimes. In the villages all the people lived off their big gardens, full of maize, beans, plantain, fruits like jackfruit that the west doesnt have. Nobody ever starved, But well, like some commentors said, we are hated all over the world &they always pick few isolated situations and make these kind of documentaries, to show that we are not worth anything. SHAME ON YOU.

I love you, Africa!

THE DANGERS OF A SINGLE STORY - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

the situation these kids r in is true in various parts of Africa Africa, but damm it's definitely not the whole Continent of Africa.

Defiantly not the Africa I grew up in. The Africa I grew up and the Africa many Africans grew up in could not be further from what is portrayed here. What exactly was the aim of this documentary? This video is PURE IGNORANCE. The Producers should be embarrassed in 2015 with so much access to information and with the ease we now have to travel and get first hand information and experience this is the shit they put together Id be ashamed to have my name of such a poorly put together distorted documentary. Its the equivalent of having a documentary called growing up in Europe and only showing poverty stricken places in Bulgaria and combining all the statistics on issues on the whole of Europe to backup ignorant statements. I'm so happy I had the opportunity to experience the real Africa not Western media Africa

This is the best documentary ever

42:27 work it lady! What a beautiful and talented woman.

This culture is so beautiful, omg

This video makes me want to cry!! It's so sad to see those kids on the streets I just want to adopt all of them!!:)

life is life wherever you go...such kind of uncertainties are also in other continents

Beautiful children :)

I respect everyone from everywhere

Africa is very a beautiful culture and interesting 👍🏼😊😌

I love Africa that’s motherland,just saw my country’s flag 🇯🇲

Wonder why this is titled "growing up in Africa" there is another side to growing up on Africa, o grow up in Africa and this was not the life I lead. Why not show the whole spectrum but always aim for the lower end?? Nonsense Am breed and raised in Africa and had all my needs met, not wants but needs. This kind of documentary should stop, it's the reason you get foreigners make stupid utterances in a bid to strike a conversation with you as an Afrcan when you meet them abroad!

Brilliant Documentary well done to all involved. Just fantastic work.

Why didn't they show the good places in Africa?

Trafficking is every where its not only in Africa its nationwide, I pray for these kids in this documentary and to the others worldwide that's affected by this..

im Africa i love it in my country

Can you Imagine.... "growing up in Africa" They always go to the Hardest part of Africa and record like worst of that doesnt happen in western countries. People in western countries work like Donkeys, Must work atleast morethan 8 hrs a day to pay rent and eat plain food. once they become old or fell ill because of too much work, they will be sent to the Nursing Homes.

Aww..these kids are cute.How poor.If I have that money to provide all therr needs I think I can but sadly I don't have a billions or thousand of dollar and I'm still 15 so I cannot do anything for them I just have to pray for them.

"In africa".... really .-. where in africa -.-''

some of this story is true . I'm a product of this kind of practice , so are some of my cousins we survived because we are strong

So this nonsense happens in Nigeria and Ivory Coast and brand 'In Africa' ? ? I know that organisation wants to raise money but to put the whole of Africa down is disgusting journalism . I am from Uganda and I have been to all of East Africa and our children aren't sold to anyone!

I love the documentary and love the people .

I do when know where to being with this video. I actually thought clicking on this video would be some what insightful factually. But all I've is Aids, Slavery, Prostitution. Do you really want to inform the wider audience of what it's truly like to grow up in 'Africa'. Images and ideas you've shown feed the imagery present in our mind about 'Africa'. Why do you neglect the lives lived by others lived in 'Africa'. People are convinced that this is how 'Africans' live. Why not perhaps develop a video on how Africa got to be the it is. After all History helps provide somewhat if a narrative for the present.

When "Humanity" turns corrupt there is no hope, nor mercy, for either "Women", or "Children".

Documentary should have been called, The consequences of the Legacy of colonialism, the rape and pillage of Africa! What was left behind.

Poverty in Africa isn’t like poverty in America. We need to help.

True, not all of the continent is bad, but there is a bad side. You can't deny that.

There hasn't been any other President in Malawian history who has worked so hard for Malawi's Unity and prosperity.

People really ARGUE ARGUE on these damn comments!😂

So much wickedness done to these innocent children. What type of parent/s sells their child/children to total strangers. No life is worth money because our creature who made us have more value for us. May God be with them all

fact this type of shit happens every were seriously every were child trafficking is a big problem

Who else is watching in 2019 ???

This documetary should be removen from youtube. If someone who doesen't know what it's really like growing up in africa is going to watch this and think this is the way everyone grows up everywhere in Africa. Why not make a nice documenatry and show the beautiful side of Africa?? This documetary should be named "Growing up in slums" not "Growing up in Afirca". Like that's just so rude. What if they would make a documentary about growing up in europe and the only thing they would show is the drunk people, the bad side and poor side?

I feel really bad about the things these kids go through but thats not what the entire continent of Africa is like... this is just the places with higher poverty rates. It's good that they're spreading awareness about it though

😍Omg I love their skin!

this is so sad it makes me cry . imagine what this is like.

Many of these practises described here are European in nature - not African!

It's very sad to see all these children in such a bad condition.. when we know that none of them asked for getting birth on this earth. Who will help them ? who will think about them ?

Am an African, but I have never gone to bed hungry, I don't know any of my neighbors either_biased documentary

have to watch this for school in corona holidays :)

It came on and the first words were about Aids, I mean immediately!! smh

I will adopt and support them in my home in the US

what a biased doco! I would love to make similar doco about Europe, Australia and America. Poverty is not confined in Africa only!

African the only continent where a culture is respect and followed,, without offensive default,, I love my motherland African.. Long live African

Africa is a continent. Not a country. You are being very misleading with this title. When this is not the case. This is propaganda and ur not fooling anybody.

Everyone is sitting here talking about how the show is biased and how Africa is a continent and I’m here trying to get $14 for all these kids so I can protect them! I understand it’s showing the bad buttttt I appreciate this video I am hurt these kids have to endure this much. Yet I feel you this isn’t how all Africa is... ugh this is just wow

I wish i was rich, so can take care them :(

It is high time we find a new economic system and change things to improve things in this world

i feel like this video is a lie to make people feel pity for Africa.

This happens in Africa especially in Togo, Bénin, Ghana and Nigeria. Growing up in Africa (togo) my parents were given girls to take care of at different at the time until they reached the age of marriage. . My mom had 2 boys and needed help in the kitchen especially doing laundry. Most of the girls were family of my dad's cousins kids ect. They lived with us and were taken care of and my dad paid the family every month. I do understand that some of the girls don't have the same experiences and it's very unfortunate.

a gross generalization of the entire continent. How pathetic.

Beautiful 🙏🏽💕

I hate this documentary. All it portrays is a single-sided story. Africans are more than the stats that flow with ease out of your lips. Please do not reduce us to that.

people you know that the point of documentaries is to show the worse parts of a situation because thats whats sells.

Darker skinned folks in America like me try to research their ancestors home country on youtube and find this and much much worse all the time. I wonder how many people in Africa are aware of how their country is being presented in America? Black people in America are told everyday that everything in the above video is our heritage. I don't know how to feel about it. I respect my heritage and am proud of the good things that i can imagine but do not get to see of our people.. Well thanks to the media i guess. No matter if Africa truly is that poor and desperate of a country you have to respect them. It is your blood. - Look at how the media treats Bernie Sanders here lol, that's stone cold proof of how they censor all the good things that people need to see for a better society as a whole. - Look at the world map and draw a line around allll the foreign countries in the middle, and the group of countries under Mexico and Guatemala and all them. There's clearly more darker skinned people majoritying the earth AND more varieties of us than there are "white countries". Think, even though Russia and Greenland are bigger "white" countries (don't get me on country vs. continent i'm not that smart yet but you get my point) it is just a few of those vs. the Mexico regions, India, China, Middle East, and African regions. And America was the big Native American country (and should still be remembered). - Whatever the misinformation is, we shouldn't go pushing complete blame on "white countries" either because the media has pushed that blame on everyone and it's equally not right. Push the blame on the few in power of Media.

I began to watch the documentary but few minutes later, I could not anymore. The title is about growing up in africa. I only know about it for my country because I don't live all over the continent. And I think by only showing negative things, it is like growing in that place is comparable to being in hell. It chocked me. But we know that people always say and show what they want so I just expect that next time it will be more in relation with your title. However, I respect your work.

Listened to Lamu issue, the translation is false. Lamu is an Islamic town heavily much into Al Shabaab ideology of their pure Islam interpretation. That is why they leave formal school for Maadarasa. Lamu is now being developed to be the main harbour for East Africa. So I would be believe the whole documentary is falsefied translation and interpretation of language and environment to fit your perception.That is why there is no African here speaking English so that your translation is taken as truth. It is half- truths heavily exaggerated.

Finished the entire documentary, this was fantastic as it covered so many different countries in Africa and demonstrated what is unique to some of these areas regarding those living in poverty and the effect it has on the children. I praise those who are doing something about the outcomes for these children. For once it is nice to see a documentary told from the point of view of those who are native, living and growing up in these countries on the continent of Africa. I am glad Apartheid ended! I am ashamed to say that in many states of the United States of America racism is alive and well and rears it's ugly head. I am considered to be Caucasian, but am also part Native American as well well as part English, Irish and Russian. I hate it that in 2023 the human race is still caught up in SKIN color. The Human Genome project settled it for all time that all of us are of ONE race--just different shades of brown, period. Some are darker than others, some are lighter than others due to the genetic drift and bottle necking of populations by where they live on the globe. WE are all related to each other!! To get this straight in our minds, Jesus Christ was born in the Middle East--probably dark skin--and Adam and Eve who were originally living probably in what is now AFRICA might also have been dark skinned. Abraham was no doubt of Arabic decent and dark skinned--living in the Middle East too. He traveled to a country in AFRICA, which is Egypt! HELLO--anyone get this? It was the tower of Babel that separated all the people to different parts of the globe that started changing the melatonin in our skin--which became part of the intricacies of DNA in different peopled groups. IT is physically possible for a married couple ANYWHERE in the world to have 12 or children and have them be different skin tones from "white to darkest black"--I witnessed that working in a pediatrics office. A "white" couple had twins, one was "white" one was "black" DNA proved both were related to each parent!! I saw the same thing happen with a "black couple." This is why I solemnly believe there are no black people or white people--just different shades of brown people. God wants us all to love each other, to get along with each other and accept each other. WE just have different Cultures. I loved this documentary, although I cried in places for the children. I loved how the documentary roved around different countries in AFRICA. YES, Africa itself is a beautiful place as a whole. Wonderful wildlife, beautiful scenery. NO doubt--but that was not the focus of this documentary. It was about children and their cultures and poverty and how each government of different countries and their communities are doing. For this, it is a wonderful documentary. Thanks! I am keeping it in my list of favorite documentaries to share with friends and family!!!!

What a bunch of bull shit I grew up in Africa and had the best days of my life now in the UK I have the worst days of my life it opened a whole book of bad experiences I didn't even knew existed when I was home. This is just depressing to even watch

Those criticising th doc, think u miss th point. The conditions of these God's children need to be brought to light. It helps African parents to work harder en also to mobilize funds to there rescue

Children in Africa could have eaten this video

I want to visit so bad😩

I don't like this at all.i grow up in south africa.we not as poor as they make it seems. Jirr man I'm married today I live in the US if we were all (vuil gatte)poor and steeling I wonder how I made it this far.go so the parts like the garden rout man show th bty en not this kak.Prouldy SOUTH AFRICAN