Unexpected Tribal Market Adventure in Windhoek vA 149
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You can find the uncensored version of the video on my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/KinoYves (link in the description). (Windhoek, Namibia) - Morning, my friends, from Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia. So let's go to see how the city is, how the downtown area of Windhoek is. You see it's very modern.
- Good morning, sunshine! - So here we are now on the main street, which is called Independence Avenue and which... Yeah, Windhoek is quite a small city. So still, the... Most of the life in the city center still revolves around this main avenue that used to be called in the colonial times Kaiser Street. But now it's Independence Avenue. ShopRite. Famous shop.
A famous supermarket. A few street vendors. So this street is also not super safe. A few days ago, one guy came to me and told me, "Give me money, or I'll take your phone." Then I was like, "Oh, does he have a weapon or what?" So then I... But he was not doing anything.
So then I just started looking around to see if I could find the police, and I guess he guessed what I was doing, so then he ran away from me. But it was very weird, yeah, to have a guy coming to you and telling you, yeah, "Just give me money, or I'll take your phone." So let's see if we can find a small, maybe a small market area, and a bit of street food as well. - Yeah. - Hey. - Hello. - Tower. Clock tower. - How is it going?
- Ah? - How is it going? - Good, good. Yeah. - Yeah. - And you? - Ah, it's good. - It's good? - Can't complain. - Can't complain? - Yeah. So where are you from? - France. - France? - Yes. And you?
Here? - I'm just from around. - You make... You… How many...? You make money by taking pictures. - It's the only way, my brother. - So you take pictures of the people, then you send them the pictures.
- Yeah, yeah. - And then they pay you. - Let me get something for a living. - Yeah, it's good. Yeah, yeah. It's good. Yeah. - You see, the difference... - How much do you charge for pictures? - Like $10 a picture.
- $10? Namibian? Okay. It's... - So it's just... - It's cheap. - When we print it out, it's N$25. - When you print it out, it's N$25. - Yeah. - So you have a way to print it out close by? - Yeah, yeah. We have some ways to... - Okay. - ...print out, so... Cuz that's a way of living... - Nice. - ...when you...
- Yeah, it's nice. Yeah, yeah. Very good. Yeah. - When you don't have work to be there at 8 o'clock... - Yeah. - ...then you have to be here at 8 o'clock. - You have to find a way to make your money to get your food. - So, how do you, guys, make money on this? - I just... - YouTubers or like a program or...? - Yeah, YouTube. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I put the video on YouTube, and if I make enough views, then I can get... - But let me ask you something because I've met a lot of people. I'm also on my way there. - Okay. - Yeah. - Okay. - But how does it pay?
- How does it pay? It depends on the people. - Cuz the other guy... Last month when he was here, he showed me... - Yeah. - ...he had 15 USD on his YouTube. - Yes. - Right. - Yes. - So, how do the viewers pay and..? - It's like if the viewers watch the ad, then you get a little bit of payment.
And then, at the end of the month, YouTube calculates how much they owe you, and then they send you the money, you need to give them the bank account and that. But basically, it depends on how many people watch the video, and how many people watch the ad — not watch the video, watch the ad. - Which ads? - So it's... So, you have small ads of like five-six seconds. You have longer ads of like 15 or 30 seconds. - You do create them?
Or they...? - No, no. It's other people. Let's say, for example, here in Namibia, maybe ShopRite makes ads. - Yeah, yeah, like King Pie and what... - Exactly. - Yeah, yeah. - So... Or Hungry Lion. So they'll make an ad.
And if this ad shows on your video and someone is watching your video and watching the ad on your video... - So... - ...then Hungry Lion pays YouTube... - Yes, yes. - ...for this ad. And then YouTube gives you part of this money. - Oh, so when you go on YouTube and then there comes an ad...
- Yes. - …that ad... So when you watch that ad, it gets paid for. - It gets... You give money... If you watch this ad, you will end up giving a little bit of money to the person who made the video.
Yes. So that's how it works. But... So in the end, it depends on how many people watch the video. - Oh! Yeah. I also want to because, for us, we just do it here. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've seen you. I've seen you... - Yeah, but... - ...every day. Yeah, yeah.
- I would like to make it big one day just to... - Yeah, yeah, yeah. You just try. I mean, sometimes... If you have good ideas and you have a way to make views. Especially in English. In English, it's... You make more money in English than in other languages.
And you speak English. So it's an advantage already. - Because I've seen guys traveling. The other guy I saw was from Uganda. He was in Uganda. He was in Zambia. He was in... I think Namibia was the seventh country. - Okay. - Then he was showing me. So, the ones he uploaded... - Yes. - He was showing me like... Because I was just...
I'm that guy who always likes to learn something that I don't know. - Okay. - Yeah, so... - Just try. Anyone can try. Then the difficulty is to make it work and make enough views to make money. - No, and if we go in... - But everyone can try. Yeah. But you need to have the gear to record.
- Yeah. The gear is not a very big problem. - Yeah. - It's finance-wise. - Yeah. Yeah, yeah. - And so... One day, I will make it. - Yeah. - No problem. - Hopefully, you'll make it. Yeah. - Have a good day, man. - Have a good day. All right, man.
- Good luck to you. - All right. Good luck with this. - Thank you. Very friendly people. So this way down this street, this small street is one of the biggest malls... I think it's the biggest mall in the downtown area. And on the way to the mall, you have a small market like this. What..? Tourist things.
What do they have? I really wonder if all those souvenirs that you find in Africa... There must be some factory in some country that builds all of them because they have just almost the same souvenirs throughout the entire continent. From Egypt to here, it's almost the... I mean, many souvenirs are very similar.
And we do have some masks here. I love the masks. Oh, look at that, guys. So that's very interesting. So that's called the Gibeon Meteorite.
So it's pieces of a meteorite that fell in Gibeon, which is a city a few hundred kilometers south of Windhoek. Interesting. So that's... All those things don't come from Earth.
Incredible! Can you imagine how big it must have been to still arrive on the surface without entirely burning in our atmosphere? Could I find something, a small thing to buy somewhere in this market? The usual wigs. A bit more of a normal market. Some sunglasses. What do they have? Oh, flip-flops.
Okay, so here, I have to turn back, cuz this is the mall, and it's not allowed to film in the mall. Okay, not much to buy in this market. Let's go to try to find some street food or another market with more things. The Bushmen.
A rhino conservation. So you see, you have big, fancy buildings all around. The city center is very modern. So here, at the end of the main street, you have this other tourist market.
It's always... Yeah. - Hello! - It's little bit different. Hello! I'm just looking. Yeah. - Maybe support me with something, brother. - Ah? - You support me with something? - I support you with something? Maybe later. - Later? - Some penises. - How are you, sir? - Good.
How are you? - Fine. Anything here — good price for you? - Anything — good price for..? Yeah. - Yeah. - So that's a very small tourist market.
- Yes. How are you? - Good. How are you? - I'm good. Come, I want to show you something. - What do you want to show me? Oh, you have the meerkats. - Good price for you. Come close. - For me? Come close. - Yes, come close. - Come close.
- You see the way I'm sitting, right? - Yes. - I'm waiting for customers to come and support me. - Okay. - Yes. - Okay. - And what's your name? - My name is Yves. - Yves? - Yes. - My name is Aina. - Is? - Aina. - Aina? - Yes. - Nice to meet you. - And you are from where? - From France. - You are from France? - Yes. - Okay. - Okay. - That is good. You must support me with something, even this small. - I must support you with something.
- Yes, it's small and I will give you a good price. - You'll give me a good price? - Yes. - Yes. I like... - Yes. - I like the... - I'm coming. - You're coming? - Yes, which one do you like?
- You have the meerkats. - Yeah. - But this is a little bit big. - Take the meerkat. That is good. I will give a good price for you. - You'll give me a good price? - Yes. - Maybe I can get... - It's very small. Yeah. You can support me with the small one.
- I can get a small meerkat or... - Yes. - Something like this. - Me, I'm a Kavango. I'm staying in Rundu. - You're what? - I'm a Kavango. I'm from Rundu. - From Rundu? - Yes. I'm speaking... - Where is this in Namibia? - Like you are going to Katima.
- Katima? - Yes, near Zambia. - What's your tribe? - I'm a Nyemba. - Nyemba? - Yes. - Nyemba. Okay. - When I greet, I say the... When I say, "How are you?"... - Yes. - ...vati muachili. - Vati? - Muachili. - Muachili? - Yes. - Nice. - I say, "How are you?" I say... - Okay. Vati machili. - Yes. - And "I'm fine?" - Yes, I'm fine. [Speaks in Nyemba] - [Repeats in Nyemba] - Yes. - Nice. - Support me now. - Support you now.
- Yes. - Okay. - Take now. - How much are the meerkats? The small one. - This meerkat I can give you only for N$120. - N$120? - Yes. How much do you want to pay? I can... - That's a bit expensive. - No. You must support. - This is very... - How much do you want to pay me?
Me for you, how much do you want to owe me? - I think N$50 should be enough for this, no? - N$50. Take the small one. - N$50. You give me a very small one. - Yes, I'll give you the small one for $50. - Yeah, but... This one is funny. Yeah. - Yes. - I like the tail. - Yeah. It's very nice with the tail. Or maybe this one. - But... - Yeah, I will give you for N$50. - You'll give me this one for N$50?
- Yes. I must give you this one. - Yeah. - And do you know this one: the makalani? - Which one? - This one. - Oh, Namibia. - Yes. - Okay. - Yes. Take this one now for N$50. - N$50 also this one? - Yes. - Oh, this... - This one. - No, no, no. - Or this one. Also 50. - A key holder. Yeah. - Yes. - No, but I like the meerkats. Maybe I'll...
What better price can you give me for this one? - Make 80. - 80? - Yes. - Namibian dollars. - N$80? - Yes. - Okay. - Yeah. - Okay. - That is good. - Okay. That is good.
- Okay. - I'll get this one. - Thank you for supporting me! - You're welcome. - Yeah. - Do you have change? - Yes. - I have 200. - You have 200? - Yes. - Bring 100. Yeah, I can give you change. Give 100. I see it. Yes, and I can give you... - Oh, my God. You see it. - Yes, yes, yes! - You see everything. Yeah. - Yeah! - I tried to hide my smaller bill cuz that was my only bill of 100.
- Yeah. - But she saw it. - I saw it. - You caught it. - The time you opened like this, I saw it. Yes. - Yeah, good. - This is for you, and this is for me. - Thank you! And I need... Yes. - And this one also is for you. It's a meerkat. - Thank you very much!
- Okay, bye-bye! - Have a good day! Yeah. - You too. - Bye-bye! Thank you! Yeah. - Bye! - Very nice. Yes. No, it's okay. Wait. Oh, that's the oryx. - Yes, come and... - Yes, sir. Come. Maybe pick... - Nice big sculptures. Ah? - Please, maybe buy something here.
- No, it's okay. It's okay. - Yes, sir. How are you? - Hello. How are you? Good. - How are you today? - I'm good. I'm good. - Can I show you a...? - No, I know these. You have them everywhere. Yeah. - What about it?
- No, the animals you have them everywhere as well. - What about batik? - Batik? - Yes. - No, it's too big. - No. I have a small one, my friend. Do you see that one with the giant elephant or maybe the big five? I'll give it to you for small money because you are my first customer. - For small money? - I haven't even sold anything since morning up to right now.
- Really? - Which one can I bring for you? Come. Come, we'll talk here. Come. Come, please. Come, come. I'm so hungry. I want to go to buy something to eat. - Yes. - Serious. - Yeah, but those are very big.
They're very nice though. - It's not big. It's not big. - It's not big? Look, it's very big. - Not big, my friend. Take one from me to open my shop. Maybe you'll give me luck. Then I will... - Maybe I'll give you luck.
- Yes, then I will receive too many customers for today. Maybe you like this or you... How many customers do you get every day? - Not... - Usually.
- Sometimes you get only one. - Only one per day sometimes. - Sometimes you go without getting customers. - Ah, okay. Okay. - Can you take two? - No, no, no. How much is this? - Only one. - What's the price you will give me? - I sell... - I don't know if I'm gonna buy it because it's a bit big, but...
- It's not big, my friend. - Yes, it's big. - I can fold it like this. - And I have to travel by bicycle, and I have only one battery left. - Just look. Just look. I can fold it like this. I can fold it like this for you. And then it'll be small, small, small, small, small.
I fold it like this. I fold it like this. - So what's the price when it's folded like this? Let's see the weight. - Yeah. - That's the weight that matters for me. - Just give me this.
Because the normal price... I sell it for this. I sell it for this. - 350. Oh, wow. - But for you, because I need help from you, I can just give it to you for 300. - Oof, that's still expensive. - Okay, make this. Last price. - I think... - Yes. - Then I say thank you. - I think you can go a little more.
- Come again. - You can go down a little bit more, I think. - Yeah. Make this, my friend. Then I say, "Thank you very much for your help." Oh, you have 200. - Yeah, but... - Okay, make... - But that's not... - Okay. - I don't understand. Why do you...? - Okay. Okay.
Okay. Last price. - 200? - Yes. - So that's $10. - Yes. Please, my friend. Then I'll fold it for you nicely. - Then you'll fold it for me nicely. - Yes. Please help me, my friend, to open my business. - A nice batik. - Yes. Zebra. - Okay. 200? - Yes. - That's okay for me. - Thank you very much. - Okay. - God bless you.
- There you go. - Let me fold it nicely, nicely, nicely for you. It'll be small. Just put it in the bag. - Yes. - God bless you. - Okay, perfect. Thank you very much! - Okay. - Have a good day! Okay, I guess the tourist shopping... - Hello! - Some light stuff. - Hi! We're selling. - Hello! Oh, the... - Come look! Come look here!
- It's the Himbas. Yeah, but I have to blur. It's not YouTube-friendly. - How are you, my friend? - Good. How are you? - Fine. Something buy here that... - What do you have? - Something and make a photo for free. - You help this one. - Ah? - Something and make a photo for free. - Something and make a photo for free? - Yeah. - Okay.
- Himba are making this one. - Copper. - You're Himba. Oh, you're Himba. - Yeah. Copper. - See it. - Copper. - This is made from copper? - Yes. - Copper. - Copper. Okay. - Buy and make a photo, a video dancing. - Ah? Buy and make a photo. - Which one? Take four. - Yeah. No, no, no. That's too much. Yeah, yeah. - Take four: one, one, one.
- I'll take one thing. - Okay. - No, no, no, no. - Not one thing. - Here. - This one. Nice. - Okay, this. - The oryx. - Yes. - Yeah. But it's gonna be broken in my bags. - Okay, elephant. - No, no, no. - Okay, baboon? - Hey! Look here, my friend.
- Baboon. - Choose! - Look here? Okay. - Yes. - Baboon? - Support or buy a photo only. - Baboon? No, no, no, no. - Okay, make that one. - This? - Ah? - Hello, here. - Oh, here. Mask. - The mask? Oh, the mask is nice. Yeah. - But it's very small. - Yes. - No. I'll go for one thing like this.
I don't know. - Oh, same here. - Okay, here. - Green. Take four. - Take four. - One, two, three, four. - Take four? No. But for how much do you sell one? - Wait. Take four, my friend. This one is from me. - This one. - Take this one from me. - For how much do you sell it? How much is one? - 100. - 100.
- 100? - Yes. - Okay. - This one. - Take two. - I'll take two. I'll take two. - No, from me. - I'll take two. - That is from me. - No, no, no. Two, two. But let me see the colors.
- Okay, choose. Choose the color. - Choose here. - Okay, orange. Orange. Yeah, this one. - Oh, this one is nice. Yes. I like this one, and I'll take... Oh, this one, yes, is nice. - Yes.
- I'll take those two. It's okay. - Take three. - No, two, two, two. Two is enough. - Take three, take three. - My friend! - Two, two. Two is enough. Yeah. - Three, my friend. - No! - No, no, it's... No.
- You said... - One from her, one from her. - You take one — one. Take four — 400. You take two... - No, I'll take 200. It's enough. - No, no! - Take. Take this one. - You take two — too much money. - Ah? - Take two — too much money. - Too much money? - Yes. 300 for two. You take four — we will make 100, 100. - Why 300 for two? No, I... - Because you take many, many. - I'll make 300 for three.
- This one from me for you. - 300 for three. - No, no, no, no, no. - Take four. - I just want two. - ...that one. - Yes, okay. - 300 for two different. - No, I'll change. No, I'll change this one.
- Yes. - This one? - Maybe change... - 300 for two. And make a photo. - No, I'll change... - 300. - No, I'll change it for you. - Choose. Choose the one you like. Choose. - Welcome, welcome! - No, no, no. No, no. - Choose here. - I told you I just wanted two. - This one.
- Yes, choose, choose. Okay. - Two, two. - Yes, yes. - Choose, choose. - Take this one. - Choose. - Take this one. - Choose. - Okay, now choose. - Choose the one you like. - Choose from here. - Wait. Yeah.
Well, I need to... - Okay. - Yes. - Take four. Take from all. - Take four, man. - Choose, choose. - No, I want two. - Yes. - My friend, first, this one. - Two. That's all. - Yes. - Me, I'm not happy. My friend! No, why are you...? - 300. - 300? - And make a photo. Yes. - No, take three for 300. - I'll let you take it. No. No. - 100 from me here. - Yes. - You need to give me 100. You need to... - Yes. - No, no, no.
I don't want... I just want two. - Okay, fine. Come… - Okay, make two for 100. - No, it's okay. It's okay. It's enough. - Two for 100. - It's okay. It's enough. It's enough. - Two for 100. - Thank you. - Thank you! - Okay, now you can... - Thank you. - ...take a picture. Nice. - It's okay. I took a picture. - You can take it from my shop only to see...
- And make a photo. - Okay, take a photo. - Ah? Only to see. - Only to see? - Yeah. - No, no, no. It's okay. It's... I have enough. - For free a photo. - I know. You're just taking for... - Okay, I'm taking a photo. - Yeah. - Me, I'm not happy.
- You're not happy? - Yeah. - Why? I bought one from you. - No, not from me. - I don't... - Not from me. Support me, man. - Take a picture. That one is like that every day. - She is always like that. Yeah. - Yeah. - Complaining. Okay. - She cries every day. - Okay. - Support me, man. - Thank you very much. Have a good day. Yeah.
- Only to see. - No, no. It's okay. It's okay. It's the end. Okay. So that was... I didn't expect to see some Himbas here. Yeah, so that was the tourist shopping experience, which is kind of weird all the time. Tourist shopping experience in Windhoek. - Yes, my friend. - Yes. - You... - Bye-bye! - ...now. - Ah? - To see? - No, no, I don't need a shirt. Yeah, it's okay. - Okay. Bye-bye! - Bye-bye! Yes. Yes. - Bye!
- The thing I don't know... - Come here. Support me! - Bye-bye. No, it's okay. I did enough already. - Hi. - I don't really get why the first... In most countries, the first argument is always "Please support me, my friend." The argument should be just "Buy because it's nice," not "Buy to support me." I guess it's the remains of colonization, when people were told that they were inferior, and they still behave in this way cuz it's very weird to use this argument. Please buy to support me. I don't know.
Let's go for some street food. - The supermarket. Why are you like that? Please, my big man, just buy for me the porridge and the rice, food plus... We can go to the supermarket. - So as you walk around down this street, you... Yeah, you always have those.
Those guys are quite aggressively coming to ask for stuff. Oh, up there, there is a big church I'm gonna show you afterwards. (to be continued)
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