Sakawa | The Short List
2021 ж. 14 Ақп.
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Welcome to the world of Sakawa where voodoo, e-waste, and internet scamming intersect in Ghana as con artists cheat Westerners to escape poverty.
Be sure to stay tuned after the film for an interview with Suroosh Alvi and the filmmakers.
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'Sakawa' features as part of 'The Short List', an online film festival experience curated by VICE founder Suroosh Alvi. Watch more films from The Short List here: kzhead.info/channel/PLw613M86o5o73K_uq24kLfqLUjsSuoyg_.html
These long-format productions are great, this is the Vice we want
they put out about 20 of these a year between hbo and showtime
The “thIS iS thE VicE we WAnt” comment is getting old now. Clearly, if these comments are on almost every single video they’re making good content.
speak for yourself
Nice acting too
@@mrlepercon how can i get access to them?
“In the U.K, the stupidest guy always called peter.” -😂
lol
😂
I really do know 2 Peters and guess what 2 of them are stupid honestly lol
My cousin's name is Peter. He is average. Maybe little bit on the stupid side...
😂😂😂😂🙏🏾
Those complaining it’s scripted. Every documentary is scripted. If you don’t create a story, how can ppl follow. Everything in this script is real life happening.
Whoever shot this should start producing all Ghanaian movies
I agree
Exactly 🤣🤣🤣😭
You should know who shot it by now
Ben Asamoah 🇧🇪 1:17:41
I have watched 70% of the documentary now. Had to pause and say Good job to whoever made this, good quality. Keep this up..
The Camera quality is insane
@@RAJohnson713 The capture of the environment is insane
@@diariodeunmillonario fraternity letters are cringe bro
@@diariodeunmillonario it not actors it real ppl lives 🙄
Agree
It took almost 10years to produce this masterpiece. This is a work well done.
This dude in the intro pronounced it dragging it like “sar kar warh”.... it’s pronounced “sah-kah-wah” with all the vim and vigor in your voice 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You tell em
😂😂😂
@@oduoromondi9748 a
As a Ghanaian born in Northern Ghana, but raised in New York City, I always find these things extremely interesting and informative to watch. For those interested, the language being spoken is called Twi. I come from a different different tribe, but lived in a neighborhood where majority of the people spoke Twi.
This is a negative for Ghana.
@@trevorprime2274 Never said it was negative or positive. I find it interesting and informative. I am always interested to learn about Africa, be it positive or negative
@@trevorprime2274 there's scams everywhere bruh not just in 3rd world countries
They also spoke ewe and a northern lingo bro..
Is Fanti not twi
when he started talking like a girl i died 💀 but then i remember hes doing it for his kid :,( so sad crazy how they look up people bank statements wow
and can u believe that person fell for that , people can be easily fooled
Whoever worked on the sound needs serious pay raise. Superb!
Definitely not a ghanaian
@@chrisoghenetegamaloney5799 gyai gyimii no hahaha.
@@chrisoghenetegamaloney5799 hw3 alatani nonso
It deserves more views and likes to be honest. Very well put together ❤️🇬🇭
African countries are very rich, But look at what at our so call leaders have put our children into?? God have mercy 🥺 🙏
This has to have been filmed yeaaaaars ago. $200 is now about GHS1140.
I thought about this 8mins into the video
@@kayodeakinwumi6182 It's now even GHS2000
February 2024 $200 is 2370 cedis smh
nice one..as time passed I realized that Sackitye Okiyere was 3 different people .she was a young female, a 30-year-old woman, and a young man who needed money to help him through school...the common factor in all those who asked for money was that each person asked for 50 USA dollars, whether they were in Ghana, Liberia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya or Rwanda, etc...Sakawa is a mindset of Africans who see the need to find ways to survive. At some point in many of our lives adopted that mindset. I personally wish that I can be the person to help the many brothers and sisters in Africa by providing essentials such as jobs that will better and improve the plight of the poor. There is no right nor wrong in the struggle of survival. Africa i love you
Thanks for you kind heart please start from somewhere and you will surely reach to your destination .
Great job to the director and the entire crew for such a unique production
I am brought to tears when I think of how much we must slave for the almighty dollar. My mother is from the Philippines where the largest export is their people. They literally use the money they making raising white people’s kids to send money home for stability of their blood family. Many prayers that we may create a better world for our children. ❤️
That's why there are soo many Filipino nurses, they come here for school & end up staying to support their families back home or bring them over. Most of them are great nurses (& people) too ❤️.
Watching this as a Ghanaian ! Great piece put together... the hustle is real here... but with GOD all shall be well!!!
With GOD, all shall be well without any scamming.
@@RavenLynne2010 oh well its apart of life lol]
I like this style of documentary; they film it and then interview the people behind it
"Every guy named Peter is stupid."
Pete, this is youtube. Google is that way >>
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
That was disrespectful and funny at the same time 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. My ppl are relentless so don’t think your grandma might not fall for it 🤷🏿♂️
Fante people like insulting people for fun. They also like giving wrong information
This is the kind of video that I listen to while working. Don’t need visuals, just audio.
😂😂😂😂 Nah this ain’t one of them type
If your Ghanaian maybe
This is shot so well. I love it!!
hello! thank you VICE for such a unique piece.
This was a brilliant watch!!!
This is fucked, why do ppl have to live like this? The idea that there are billionaires and ppl have to live like this is sickening
I agree insane
It's the sad fact of the world. How can we have billionaires and people who barely have one cent to buy food.
This is Ghana what are you talking about? It’s been like this since before you were “living good” it’s still the same Ghana. So you see it’s still the samen
@@Speedster189 I'm Ghanaian and what you're saying is totally bs.. these shots were taking in a remote village, for your information, there are slums in every country. Stop belittling my country.
Even if you distribute that wealth. Everything would just return to "normal" How you manage $100usd won't be different on how you would spend $1,000usd
Great film. Great job telling from both angles.
This gave me so much clarity in regards to Peter😂😂😂
Beautifully shot film!! I loved it
This was GREAT! THank you
Coming with that heat lately with these longer stories.
The subtitles are a bit off... Twi is a very poetic language
It’s actually Fante.
@@Luludzie wats the difference??....direct translation of the Akan language whether Asante Twi, akuapem or Fante to English could easily be off... The language stand on its own
@@baffourbillionz5305 lol what's your issue? they were not speaking twi. And I was not referring to whether or not the language could not stand on it own.
@@rigg13 thanks for the information. I knew that already. Again my comment was in reference to the actual "dialect being spoken"
@@rigg13 No its not. Nobody calls it Fante Twi. There is Ashanti Twi, Akuapem Twi, and Fante. These are all languages that are mutually intelligible and fall under the Akan family. There is no such thing as Fante Twi. Especially given the centuries of war between our two peoples
Great job Vice !
Good commentary... The commentary really brings the idear.. Good job
When the leaders of a nation are scammers, the citizens also turn to do the same. A nation of scammers... SO SAD
Definitely brother! They fail the youths!
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You're right my dear. Useless leaders. Look at how they're making our youth suffer.
Only 40 minutes in but this is a fantastic documentary. The way you captured the environment, the people, conversations really left an impression on me. I hope this gets pushed in the algorithm!
Sure, in about 10 years.
@@akneegrow6152 Oh yeah I don't doubt that at all
Took me 3 days to watch all the way what a provocative story from the Ghanaian prospective Respect 🙌
It happens everywhere in the world, including your own neighborhood.
Amazingly good quality documentary and this opened my eyes to world of internet scamming...Sakawa!
Intro..."Every guy called peter is Stupid"........Peter Krüger / INTI Films presents 😂😂😂
this one killed me hahaha
I was looking for this comment,😂 bahahaha
54:11 - even scammers can be scammed. What a world!
Firstly: this documentary was beautiful, each and every part of it. Definitely one of the most beautiful films I've watched. Thank you ❤️ Secondly: I love how they call them clients 😂😂 that's the spirit!!! Lastly: is the anyone from Illinois, Denver or Colorado here? I want to confirm something 😂😂
Fascinating documentary
I have done any survey but I am sure out of every 20 Ghanaian, one will be tempted to do this. We are denied basic needs and opportunities by our own people as well as outside our borders. If we want a better world socialism is the way to go, not capitalism. I am from a very very tough background and I am proud of myself for where I have reached without going doing sakawa but that COULD have been me in that situation. Damn
Last time I was this early Vice was still supporting Libyan "freedom fighters" 👀
😂😂 This is it
so you liked gadaffi?
@@erenyeager6668 I liked Libya under him better than under ISIS and with active slave markets.
@@JM-mr6lv i live under his rule back in 2005. i was literally sobbing my eyes out every night. i hate his guts. trust me he was a Ruthe less dictator
@@JM-mr6lv Once again. This is it
Well done Vice!
Best documentary about sakawa
I'm so glad I watched the end when voodoo was being explained. Amazing film.
I also just stopped 10 minutes in cuz I was impressed and I wanted to see if the comment section was feeling the same.... Really Really Really Good Job
Finally finished it. Very authentic. With our film industry dying, I was also flirting with the idea of writing a film on this same subject matter. Although I did not see the connection between the tech garbage boys and the sakawa boys
😂
Not bad at all. Although I'm still not sure if its real or fictitious. And being in film, that's saying a lot.
@@NanaAshanti I think its a movie shot in a documentary format. After listening to the interview after the movie, it was clear he used the real boys in the streets to shoot the thing.
@@NanaAshanti it’s real sakawa is ghanaian food 🥘
Really well made documentary!
they did a fantastic job filming & editing & good character choice
Good quality documentary and good actors 😉🤗
Are they actors?😯😯 I thought their actual lives were being documented 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Their acting is Spot on!
I love the sound track at 10.00 smooth.. Like I'm watching Ali movie... Great documentary 👍👍 south side Chicago
This was so beautiful.
that’s a suburb of my city yoooo...Idk why buh I feel amazed no cap 🔥🔥
Amazing documentary!
It just came out
@@erenyeager6668 i know, i m kidding
@@frangarcia9336 lmao
What a wonderful and stunningly beautiful piece of work. The insights here, coupled with a couple of months in Senegal some years ago, show how dire the situation for many young Africans can be. Right now, I'm involved with one who sends images I know to have been lifted from a mega rich international porn actress. I've known for a week and, when I what I know, it will be with understanding - and a few dollars too.
As a young Ghanaian, it hurts me to see how failure on the part of our leadership has created this kind of narrative which unfortunately is the reality for many of my peers. The opportunities in Ghana are endless but our corrupt leaders won’t guide the youth to exploit them. 🤦🏾♂️😭
Sad truth
Honest truth
That's the truth. One day we will all be judged by our actions so I guess whatever is done in the dark comes to light
It’s easier to target the leaders
Wow! That conversation @ 15:00 is wild.... just wow!!!😶😶🤣
This is wooooow it make sense 🔥🔥🔥
I loved watching this video, like all the other ones on the short list. Second one in a row, and another one after, no house work will be done today!
Fantastic Documentary
I just hate that EVERY time vice covers a story on Africa or African Americans ESPECIALLY given it’s BHM that it’s always covering the negative aspects when the country and its people are so rich in culture and a beautiful country and ALL THINGS African American or African Americans are not all bad💕‼️ AND THATS ON MARY HAD A LITTLE FUCKIN LAMB 🐑
Yea but this is also the truth that everyone should see
I agree with you ...As my experience I had never seen something good in Africa on social Media ...
this is a news channel. when Africa invents something brilliant they'll report on it too. they did videos on the women only villages. that was positive!
For some people this is important to see, like my uncle. He sends money to a woman in Ghana EVERY DAY, and he’s too stubborn to listen to anyone in the family. I can see him slowly going crazy, after so many years of sending money, and all the stress & anger that comes with it. He thinks this girl will die if he stops sending money. And while i’m sure it’s not sakawa, but the similarities in the situation give me goosebumps. Hope i can get him to watch this documentary.
True!!!!!
Love Vice.
Great production.
More like this please
Ad free, 2 hour long documentary?? Watching it free? Thank you
Right ?
Riiiiight!???🤛🏾🤛🏾🤛🏾 I thought I was the only one that noticed
Hahahaha, thanks for sharing Vice, hahahah I can't stop laughing here.
Quality video right here.
Next, do this same documentary on India. They are good for targeting people on Instagram. They send you virtual flowers and everything.
As a Ghanaian 🇬🇭 this looks too scripted for me😂😂 it's still funny tho Edit: if you really wanna experience Ghana, take a trip here and stop gathering your views of the "African poverty" stereotype through the media
Exactly my thought and people are gulping this down now something lol any bad news from Africa is good lol
@@nanaefuaneffie8328 ikr.. they don't get tired pushing the "Africa poverty" stereotype
@@kwasinimako All the care about is exploiting people and the fact that this was made by a ghanaian born in Belgium or whatever,talking about he could have end up like that if he had stayed in Ghana as if everyone in Ghana is into these type of thing. Always leave it to our own people to help the white perpetuate a stereotype lol
@@nanaefuaneffie8328 😂😂 damn! I had no Idea it was made by one of our own. He's dumb for saying that, scamming is a choice, I grew up around scammers, I never became one. Lol, he did it for the money
@@kwasinimako yeah watched it to the end.
vice going mad good again now
Such a good job this is
Its a sad world when a struggling society emulates those in another that barely survive.
Nice Vice 🎯
Bro this shii hit different when u can relate. I swr people think yahoo is come easy money and people involved don't even work for it. But they go on day and night for months sometimes years without results and facing everyday challenges too this can lead to frustration. God bless all my hustlers fr men! Make we just dy do our thing one day everywhere go good!🙏
I kept waiting for the director to pronounce sakawa right and he just followed the presenters lead 🙉
What a beautiful documentary. I felt this on another level. 👏
Nice piece how I wish the producer will take control over all Ghanaian movies because he has done a good job
I love the preacher word money can’t save only God! ,
But God doesn't pay bills, God can't save you neither.when is your time to go is your time God will not change her mind .that's why we shall all die when is our time
What the preacher is talking about ,you think the wild is coming am endorse up African man
That's why he is wallowing in poverty.
@@Kingamos2012 And the preachers in USA? Are they also wallowing in poverty? lol
Award worthy 👏
SUCH AN AMAZING FILM. BRAVO BEN!
"SAKAWA"' was actually derived from the west African language of Hausa. "Saka" means " to Drop into" and the suffix "wa" turns any verbs into an adjective (I stand to be corrected). So Sakawa basically describes the act of someone (client/victim) dropping some money for the scammer.
Exact meaning.
You making sense but it was from two words the Ring of Issah. When it started,it was a ring that they were wearing from from one mallam his name was Issah and he gave them charm Ring hence ISAKAWA.Meaning (Issah's Ring). Thanks
@@Kingamos2012 ooooo I remember that movie..... Mallam Isakawa 🤣😭
saka has a meaning like making something do something.. wa in hausa can make verb a verbal noun
@@Kingamos2012 That was Movie.. Many Ghanaians understands Sakawa as Killing Human for Money.
quality stuff
Wow! This is the film.
Gotta love documentaries from vice... well most of the time lol
this is what happens when politicians fail the youth
...And religion.
Scamming is everywhere relax
This happens when the youth fail to hold their leaders accountable
@@kawboyofgh Religion has kinda become a business nowadays.
@@kdj94 You are right. The youth is so ignorant. They don't know that, united they have the power to hold corrupt leaders accountable. They fail to ask questions so leaders get away with corruption.
I love this
Absolutely crazy world
The subtitles are not really accurate
Its a lie....its close to perfect..its the best so far not seen any better than this...kudos to the translator...whoever worked on it, did very well...impressed
Can u do a better job 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
you are lying, the subtitles were really really great
This guys are kids compared to Nigeria and Hushpuppy.
Vice ftw👌
This is sad 12 ways from sunday but i couldn't stop laughing when he said "hi i missed you alot"
This is actually quite fascinating. If a "spirit" can become attached to electronic devices then I have little doubt that the Metaverse can be used to capture the souls of the living and the dead.
Press F in the chat for all my Peters
"There are plenty of fish in the sea!" 1:47 the fish
FIRE!
Str8 heat
any peter in the comment section?😆😆
Very Good actors
This is so fucking good. Thank you
Thanks to this but he was based on emotion. The most reason most guys go into sakawa is to gain money and live a better or lavish life. Most guys in here making money from fraud buying expensive chains, clothes and bigs cars like Range Rover Mercedes Benz Lamborghini Building huge houses