Great video, and unfortunately, we will sacrifice our own for the benefit of those who care less about us. That is sadly the African mind. Once you bring out the issues that we have, you are seen as a traitor, yet we do nothing to improve our own relations. It makes absolutely no sense to have so many struggles between African countries. Sad reality, but hiding the truth serves no purpose either. You are the modern day Patrice Lumumba.
You need to visit songwe border (Tanzania crossing to Malawi) on the Malawi side and expose the corruption with the immigration officers there. I almost spend a full day there because I refused to bribe. I had all the documents needed for me to cross to Malawi.was a bad experience coz I had a baby with me plus her documents too .
It needs a revolution that will result in an overthrow of the corrupt ruling establishments with their puppet leaders to be replaced with an Africa First leadership.
Kaw mana video to iketo e SM to kokor wang'eyo who they are and we will deal with them. They are putting themselves in bad light not you. Keep up the good work jaber.
I'm Kenyan, One time like 4 years ago I went on a road trip with my friends and ended up at the Tanzanian border at Taveta/Holili. On a whim we decided that we would ask Tanzanian immigration if they can let us pass (We had no passports, only IDs) so we can visit the nearest Tanzanian town get lunch, drink some Tanzanian beers then come back before the day was over. Guess what!? They told us they would let us in with a permit for 8 hours if we leave our car on the Kenyan side and took a Tanzanian rental/Taxi/public transport... Long story short we had one of the craziest 8hrs in a foreign country, we got so wasted we almost got lost on our way back to the Kenyan border. We did not bribe anyone! On our way back even the Kenya immigration officials were surprised, they were like, 'So they let you in just like that?' and we were like, 'yeah, we asked really nicely'. That's the kind of brotherhood/sisterhood that Africa needs.
I have never been to East Africa but from what I have heard its way better than West Africa. At least over there rules means something. In the West nothing is guaranteed with the exception of a few areas. Its a shame.
It's not the leaders, rather we the citizens making these struggles. Our attitude...bad characters..that makes it difficult for the union. We should citizens from other countries travel across n be doing fraudulent activities 🙄 on the other side 🙄. People don't travel for your country to the other with bad characters.
Easy guys, Calm down. Borders will still exist in Africa. Africa has 55 independent Countries with Elected Presidents. Each country in Europe, Asia, North America and South America have borders with different rules and regulations in order to get in. All of the countries in the World you Must show some type of documents needed and many you will pay fees to in. For africa all is Needed is investment in these borders like computerized systems for payments, scanning documents, and so forth. Borderless Africa means One Currency, Uniform Constitution and more. Remember Africa with over one Billion people and over 2000 different speaking tongues ( dialects ) Around 10 million people Speak and understand English, But yet we are trying to fight back by using English. Swahili spoken by over 200 Bantu Africans yet we're not promoting it, or Using it enough. Our Swahili Speaking Presidents who are 7 of them yet when they go to the UN they give their speeches in English. And here I am typing in English so, I can connect with Wode Maya Audience. Pamoja sana , Amani Kwa wote.
The Director only assisted, because he knew that you all were recording. It’s impossible that he is unaware of the corruption. Plus, those elder Black American (Ghanaian) women were too strong and they were not going to tolerate that corruption. The day we learn to unite as one, is the day the African globally will be free!
You need to do a documentary in Nigeria, Ikoyi passport office, they make sure you pay a compulsory bride which is more than double the official price for obtaining the passport. If you don't pay this compulsory bribe fee, your passport won't be processed by the immigration officers the strategy they use is to tell you your passport isn't ready yet even if it exceeds the collection date they gave you while others that pay the bribe get theirs before yours
I commend these African-American women who are now Ghanaian citizens. They began their journey back to Africa for this VERY MOMENT, to stand up to institutional corruption, to be strong and BE the CHANGE we want to see in this world. Thank you, Wode Maya ❤️💫🌍
See, people go through worse than this at the African borders and the stories are terrible. If you’re here and you want to contribute towards a change, please continue to share this video till something is done. God bless you🙏🏽
Ruth A. O. We're not europe, there's no reason why we should be borderless. That's partially communist ideology. Even europe is separating now. Why shouldn't african countries be able to manage their borders and control who people move through it?
I am Nigerian and I was born in Cameroon. When I was traveling from Nigeria to Cameroon I was left out in the cold for hours because I refused to pay money at the border. Thank you for this video
I'm very sorry there are much corruption in my country I hope that one day you can travel in my country without restrictions, I love Nigeria and i wish to marry a beautiful nigeria girl je m'axcuse encore pour ce que vous avez subi
Am a Cameroonian born in Cameroon but when I left Gabon to enter my country of origin,I was ask to pay 10.000frs; I think Cameroon is the most corrupt country in the whole universe.going out of Cameroon you gat to pay, coming in,you have to pay too.
You and the women companions are champions! If no receipts are given, it can only mean one thing - money for their pockets or corruption. I am from Solomon Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, north east of Australia, but I like your videos and love your promotion of Africa for African investors. Keep it up❤️❤️
@@blackblaze5271 Everywhere you you pay money... But when that money exceeds what you are suppose to pay because you are judge by being a foreigner then there is a problem
This boy from Ghana was sent by God to unite Africa, this boy is undoubtedly the voice of Africa, this boy will surely change the perspective of Africans, Finally, this genius Ghana boy may not know how kenyans love him, go, the unity of Africa is in ur hands. Love from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
You are not just a content creator but also a generational icon! What you all fought for and risk your lives for at the border will benefit future travellers. Congrats to you all!
Keep doing what your doing. I can not wait to come home to Mother Africa. It is a dream of mine. Stay safe on your many journeys. Blessings from America
Thank you Maya for using your platform to speak against injustice and to shine a light on a more united Africa. I could tell that this experience really hit home.
Thanks for this video Wode It reminds me of my experience in Togo, but I'm not even African, It's crazy to think YOU and other ECOWAS members have to deal with this. (I still owe you a proper visit by the way!)
I’ve been a subscriber and fan of yours for several years now Wode Maya. You always bring such optimism and passion to your work. As an AA Diasporan, it sincerely hurts my heart to see us as Africans and Afro Descendants in the Diaspora going through so much bs unnecessarily. It’s hard enough dealing with the anti-blackness biases and racist attitudes from other countries outside of the continent and in America, but another layer of bs from our own folks added to it is just too much. Europeans don’t put each other through this. I feel that It should be the same for Africa and its scattered children.
I am moroccan but we have exactly the same by some people ur words make me cry africa can be paradise on earth if we all find our self value and love each other ur doing noble work this is sadly going on all acros africa and just a tiny drop in this sea of of bribery i remember moroccan officers needed to be payed bribe. brother greetings from morocco 🙏🏼🙏🏿🙏🏽
Greetings my African brother! I get encourage every time I read or meet a Moroccan who believes he or she is African like the rest of us south of your county's border. Yesterday, I was attacked by someone who said he is Morrocan on social media. He didn't believe that we sub Saharan Africans had a history before slavery. In his written word and I quote " You were slaves of other countries or tribal, stop trying to steal other countries history and make your own..." 😆. We are one people regardless of how we look. Africa is a diverse continent! One love my brother and God bless 🙌🙏🏾
@@lol2nicki feel deeply shamed when i hear those stories and my apologies for that im really sorry to hear that he isnt a real moroccan and hes dumbass we the real moroccans dont claim him morocco was part of the mahgreb kingdom part of this kingdom where: senegal,mauritiania,algeria,tunesia Every die hard moroccan whos a real g knows this and defends this as matter of fact we are one of the few arabic people that will fight u over slandering the dark colour ive been discriminated many times but when a white farmer racist called me the n word or black jokes etc i would fight them and there is more like us we defend all the colours and are proud we are africans morocco geographicaly is just different but we want to be allied with the whole of africa at least starting on the smaller scales and i hope our countries can develop properous trade yes we came from far east but bruh we are so intermingled with all kinds of tribes too by now DNA wise also that we cant call ourselves none africans but we are muslim lighter skinned africans wich a lot of people dont know how to understand they think because they are muslim and or lighter skinned they arent part of africa wich is a very small way of thinking nonetheless WE ARE AFRICA#AFRICAUNITE👊🏿👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼
@@lol2nick I am married to a Moroccan. She and all her family embrace their Africaness. The people in denial have been deceived by the colonialists and they are also guilty of being intellectually insincere and having some evil in their hearts. Most Moroccans that I know are definitely pro-Africa.
Thanks so much Wodemaya for this exposure. I have traveled that route several times and have been grossly humiliated just for taking a stand not to pay these bribes. One terrible experience I had was been chased by a Togo police officer and lifted up in the air and carried back to the Togo side and forced to pay before I was released to enter into my own country. This is so sad!!!
Am from Guyana 🇬🇾 an am very impressed with you as an advocate fighting the cause for one Africa.I do hope other bloggers from Africa will joined you in fighting for such worthy cause. " One Africa". Wishing you every success in your endeavours.
The Honourable Member of Parliament should be praised for her being Outspoken critic on such a sensitive matter. God bless you Mum , you are true African Mother.
Woda Maya, I am a Sierra Leonean living in Houston Texas .I have been watching your videos about two years now thanks to my wife who forced me to start watching your videos on ' Changing the Africa narratives". You are the reason why I am now working on investing in my country and working on taking my family to tour the continent very soon. If African leaders mean business they should 100% support your work..Only God will bless you and your family for the sacrifices you are making to connect us and making us think about going back home. Most of us to be honest had given up..because we are tired of the issues we go through when you go back and tries to do things..The corruption, bad roads, stinky attitudes of those in offices and so much more... You are a hero for mama Africa and all government officers of every African country if they mean good for their countries in general and mama Africa in particular should embrace you and encourage more youths that are so passionate about uniting all children of mama Africa and changing the narratives of how the world view Africa in a negative light which is why we are treated like nobodies around the world. Me and my family adore you so much Thank you Woda Maya🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Please don't give in continue the great work you are doing our hero!
Thank you so much brother for fighting for the motherland. You had the money but chose not to pay. That’s the exact way to stop this corruption. Imagine if every single person there had teamed up and said they’re not going to pay a dime. Sometimes we the citizens are the ones that do encourage bribery and corruption. Stay blessed bro
Most of Africa is corrupt and I have bad experiences first hand, while travelling between the borders of Namibia, Botswana, to Zimbabwe in 2013. God help us !! It's crazy, ridiculous and no country, no nation, no people can move forward if we continue to be corrupt. It hurts the economy ( its development), and it needs to stop!!✋🏼
This video really shows the mental slavery and the way hate is embedded into society in which Melanated people reside 😢. As a Jamaican I am touched by Wode Maya’s passion for the Continent of Africa to see SENSE. I truly love the video and how he stood up for what is right. Poverty does not have to give birth to greed and bribery!! If there is free movement then money will be made and each family would live above the poverty line. The same goes for the Caribbean Community and honestly if as Caribbean’s we see unity in the Motherland all would pack there bags and return.😢 Thank you Wode Maya
So many governments in African countries need a Wode Maya... this dude has the charisma of a good politician. People are seperated and he brings them together. Plus, he is truly passionate for a greater Africa.
I'm Togolese and I'm so ashamed of their border bribe and attitude. This is unacceptable!!! Togo needs to change on that!! Thank you for exposing the truth brother! Keep up the good fight!
I’m also from Togo 😫😫 They detained me and asked me to pay $110 for Covid test I had told them I had Covid test from Ghana They had no interest in seeing my Covid test results. They just wanted me to pay. I payed but they never gave me that test 😫🤬 There were so many of those moments throughout my trip, and that was my first time going back after 10 years of being in the US
wode maya got arrested in Kanye and got deported from Uganda he didn't behave like that. in fact he hade alot issues from many African countries never behave like that . in fact many African travel to Ghana face the same issue. wode maya is a sell out . he is doing this because he is a french speaking country. he is dividing african people. the same thing happened in Ghana
Thanks for this man. This has been going on for decades and I hope this video really changes things. They’ve made it so hard to travel. I grew up in Nigeria, but moved to Ghana in 2010, last I visited Nigeria was in 2014, been scared to go back since. God bless you
I keep saying it we are our own problems not the Europeans. The sooner we realize that we are not competing amongst ourselves but trying to make our continent the giant it should be, the better. Great video Maya thanks for standing up for fellow Africans like yourself.
It is and will *ALWAYS* be the *European* Woman, Man & Child to blame!!! We're simply acting out and acting on their psychological *inhumane* abuses--the damages are already present in our psyche 😫 . With that said, we (Afrikan People 🌎) also *MUST BREAK AWAY* from our own mental enslavement attitudes and behaviors 😩 and begin to *Honor, Respect and Value our own selves* ✊🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿!!!
I went through this when I was travelling from Benin to Nigeria i literally cried like a baby . My gold chain was stolen that day when the immigration officer searched in my stuff. That was on the 18/12/2021 it’s sad
Thank you so much for doing the right thing and sharing your experience, so hopefully it brings attention to those issues and that we as a people respect each other. Those border officers would probably make a decent living if they could get tips and donations instead of trying to extort their own people. Someone mentioned tolls and that is yet another reasonable way to go about it instead of this reprehensible behavior by those border officers, making elders wait and aggravating them.
I was crossing the nigeria/Benin border last February and my family and I were extorted for money by numerous nigerian customs/immigration officers. It was my brother's first time in nigeria. It was disheartening and disgusting.
That would be the worst border in terms of corruption, crossed there at night and it had over 20 checkpoints, each demanding money. No words to describe how that feels like.
This same shit happened when I travelled from Ivory Coast to Ghana and my dear, I cried my ass out. We couldn’t cross one city without bribing because they knew I was from the diaspora and also not Ivorian . They warned us but I couldn’t believe the headache we’d went through just to cross the boarder. This must change!!!!!!!!!!
I have goosebumps watching this video. It brings back memories of what we went through during my childhood days as a Ghanaian who grew up in Nigeria. The Togolese are something else and they don’t respect women😢
That was a great episode you brought a tear to my eye I feel good to see you fight for them I haven't seen you on here in a while but that really was a good episode good job
Thank you so much for this video, I have watched many of your videos and I’m stay watching. I like them all but this one is by far the perfect and most important one. Pray you will not experience what happens b/w the border of Liberia and Guinea or b/w Guinea and Ivory Coast. I had my experience too b/w Ghana and Togo years back 2009 can’t believe that BS still going on, the time is now my brother and sister enough of this. At times I feel public servant in the motherland only get these positions to indirectly harass us and steal from us. May Allah protect you in this mission.
I had exactly the same experience! I was born in togo but live in France. Then i came for vacation in Ghana. When i wanted to enter my country (Togo), where i was born the officials where asking me for money whereas i had all the papers correct. Fortunately one guys that works there was honest enough to tell the other guys that was asking me for money to stop and let me go 🙏🏿 i hope things change
"We're no better than you, you're no better than us. We're one". This statement really hit me hard. It's so sad to see such things happening between us fellow african brothers. Slavery unfortunately left the form of chains to become mental. This absolutely has to change and instead of blaming governments, let's first start by changing paradigms and mentalities.
They didn’t know who they were messing up with now it’s up ⬆️ We need more of these radical videos to expose all evil going on around our continent, then the change will come. You don’t deserve what you’re going through but God allows you to go through that for the rest of Africans to experience change. Change is near, and you’re bringing that change. Love you man 🤟🏿✌🏿
As a Jamaican 🇯🇲 living in the United States 🇺🇸 dreaming of returning to Africa 🌍 I cried watching this video. If you need to make money adopt the process of paying tolls
I just found your channel thanks to one of your fellow youtubers you are awesome in for your own country to do that to you all is horrible but keep.putting it out there I pray things will change 🙏 your a inspiration glad I found you ☺
Thank you soooooo much WADE MAYA, you are a GOD sent to all black people all over the world. I really appreciate you WODA MAYA, proudly Nigerian 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
Just want to say THANK YOUto our African sisters who stood by you and supported you in this difficult situation. This is the African unity we all crave for. More respect t to them
Big Fan. As a white man who traveled to Togo in April 2022 it was a nightmare for me too. They wanted to take my cameras, they wanted to take my phone. They initially wanted $100 USD to cross into Benin (I was still within my Togolese visa) and they made me sit under a mango tree for 3 hours. I eventually paid $60 and they let me through. When I got to Beninese border control just 100m across the border, they shook their head and rolled their eyes. I think this has something to do with Togo. It's an authoritarian state, and at this point, they are trying to make money where they can. It happens less in Benin, but it does happen. But the ones that are closed societies tend to be the ones that have higher levels of corruption. I would love to go back, and will, because I love every country, no matter the situation it's in, but this is something peculiarly linked to Togo.
I'm Jamaican watching from another country. This was infuriating. I tell you though... like them or not you've got to give it to the Americans... they speak up and fight for their rights. That's the main thing I like about Americans. Notice too that these are elderly American women, as one of them pointed out. Can you imagine these women fighting for freedom and equality in America and going back to Africa to have to do the same? Wow! Where does it end?
HI Wode. Im very saddened to see such happening withing our own borders by our own people. It really fazes me how fellow blacks can find it suitable to treat other black people like enemies when we all share a similar history. I was really excited to see those videos you made when you visited my own country, Eswatini. You and Miss Trudy were so radiantly happy i thought that was the same reception you receive in every country you explore, so im saddened by this and do hope we can find a solution and eliminate all these borders so even those still stuck in our heads can move. Come back to Eswatini man let us as emaSwati show the world the kind of reception we aim to see every african nation offer.
WODE_MAYA👏 Almost every African traveller experience this. I remember travelling with my brother from Togo to Ghana and at the ghana border, the immigration officer said we should pay 20 cedis which is the same 2000 fr and my brother said we don't have money and the officer said we should put our bags down and go inside one empty room that he showed us. It was crazy... Thanks for this video, you deserve the best African promotion awards from both diaspora & African Union. 👏👏👏
On my first visit to Ghana in 2008 I was made to pay £20 bribe yet Zim has a gratis visa from Ghana. Thereafter I stood my ground and do not pay anymore. Nice work Maya!
I’ve been traveling between TOGO & GHANA now and then for more than ten years. Just the thought of crossing the AFLAO border is mentally exhausting. Even with every document at hand, the officers won’t let you pass if you don’t pay! It drives me crazy and often stops me from wanting to travel between TOGO & GHANA. It’s ridiculous!
It’s a replica of all that happens especially in every border of French speaking African countries. When will this nightmare end?? When did we become terribly brainwashed like this to be our own very enemies Africans
@@DiyanosusThracianSanctuary 2000 CFA. It doesn't sound like much, but with only 2000 people crossing those borders every day, that's $2,4M/ year. Where's that money going?! What is it for? What aren't we given any proof of payment?
Maya God will lengthen your days 🙏 You can't believe as a Nigerian I was on phone with a Ugandan friend talking about the problem of traveling within Africa being so expensive than traveling to some European countries from Africa when I got the notification of this video. This borders is one of our major problem. May God use the present generation to heal Africa 🙏
Well done for sharing this video to learn and getting things better. Our weakness is an opportunity for others. How others are respecting us ,if we are not respct each other first?? Well done brother!
This is reason why most of our young people are migrating to European countries because they're tired of corruption,violence, poverty,harassment and high unemployment the list is endless ...anyways I salute my brother Wode Maya for his courage and determination because some of us we would have given up a long time 👏🏽👏🏽
Yep because when they establish in other African they harassed them lock up their stores, discriminate call different names. Very hard to bank in fellow African country, police harassment, landlords stealing from tenants that are not from their country. Etc.
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Great video, and unfortunately, we will sacrifice our own for the benefit of those who care less about us. That is sadly the African mind. Once you bring out the issues that we have, you are seen as a traitor, yet we do nothing to improve our own relations. It makes absolutely no sense to have so many struggles between African countries. Sad reality, but hiding the truth serves no purpose either. You are the modern day Patrice Lumumba.
Me as Ghanaian leaving in Togo every time crossing the border I always pay money ohhh Africa
You need to visit songwe border (Tanzania crossing to Malawi) on the Malawi side and expose the corruption with the immigration officers there. I almost spend a full day there because I refused to bribe. I had all the documents needed for me to cross to Malawi.was a bad experience coz I had a baby with me plus her documents too .
This is insane! Am so sorry! Africa needs to change! Who will deal with these people?!😮
Hey Sis your Hubby doing just that dealing with those people and exposing them to the World
It needs a revolution that will result in an overthrow of the corrupt ruling establishments with their puppet leaders to be replaced with an Africa First leadership.
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Kaw mana video to iketo e SM to kokor wang'eyo who they are and we will deal with them. They are putting themselves in bad light not you. Keep up the good work jaber.
Who will deal with these people? You are already doing it by exposing them with evidence.
This man has a heart of a lion!!! I'm from America and he deserves the upmost respect.
I'm Kenyan, One time like 4 years ago I went on a road trip with my friends and ended up at the Tanzanian border at Taveta/Holili. On a whim we decided that we would ask Tanzanian immigration if they can let us pass (We had no passports, only IDs) so we can visit the nearest Tanzanian town get lunch, drink some Tanzanian beers then come back before the day was over. Guess what!? They told us they would let us in with a permit for 8 hours if we leave our car on the Kenyan side and took a Tanzanian rental/Taxi/public transport... Long story short we had one of the craziest 8hrs in a foreign country, we got so wasted we almost got lost on our way back to the Kenyan border. We did not bribe anyone! On our way back even the Kenya immigration officials were surprised, they were like, 'So they let you in just like that?' and we were like, 'yeah, we asked really nicely'. That's the kind of brotherhood/sisterhood that Africa needs.
Things are even better right now in East Africa. West Africa should wake up. It's a shame Togo
@@andresmonicah5792 west Africa is hell of Africa,it's dangerous in the boarders
The East African community is a good example of how open we all should be as Africans.
Love from Tanzania 🇹🇿 karibuni sana ❤️
@@andresmonicah5792 remember uganda entebbe airport how they fired all airport workers due to bribery a few month ago
I have never been to East Africa but from what I have heard its way better than West Africa. At least over there rules means something. In the West nothing is guaranteed with the exception of a few areas. Its a shame.
Thank you Maya for exposing the border corruption.
This is very sad 😢😢😢😢
How could you not know about the border before maya. It will never change.
Thank you 🙏🏿 for exposing Togo
It's not the leaders, rather we the citizens making these struggles.
Our attitude...bad characters..that makes it difficult for the union.
We should citizens from other countries travel across n be doing fraudulent activities 🙄 on the other side 🙄.
People don't travel for your country to the other with bad characters.
Easy guys, Calm down. Borders will still exist in Africa. Africa has 55 independent Countries with Elected Presidents. Each country in Europe, Asia, North America and South America have borders with different rules and regulations in order to get in. All of the countries in the World you Must show some type of documents needed and many you will pay fees to in. For africa all is Needed is investment in these borders like computerized systems for payments, scanning documents, and so forth. Borderless Africa means One Currency, Uniform Constitution and more. Remember Africa with over one Billion people and over 2000 different speaking tongues ( dialects ) Around 10 million people Speak and understand English, But yet we are trying to fight back by using English. Swahili spoken by over 200 Bantu Africans yet we're not promoting it, or Using it enough. Our Swahili Speaking Presidents who are 7 of them yet when they go to the UN they give their speeches in English. And here I am typing in English so, I can connect with Wode Maya Audience. Pamoja sana , Amani Kwa wote.
The Director only assisted, because he knew that you all were recording. It’s impossible that he is unaware of the corruption. Plus, those elder Black American (Ghanaian) women were too strong and they were not going to tolerate that corruption. The day we learn to unite as one, is the day the African globally will be free!
That 2000 cash 50% goes to the Director .
The African Americans brought their American protest mentality with them and it worked.
You are correct. In America we black people have become accustomed to resisting injustice!!
You need to do a documentary in Nigeria, Ikoyi passport office, they make sure you pay a compulsory bride which is more than double the official price for obtaining the passport. If you don't pay this compulsory bribe fee, your passport won't be processed by the immigration officers the strategy they use is to tell you your passport isn't ready yet even if it exceeds the collection date they gave you while others that pay the bribe get theirs before yours
That's why people in the diaspora need to return to the Continent. We are use to the struggle for human and civil rights.
The public recording corruption is the key to solving all the worlds problems. It keeps people ACCOUNTABLE!
I’m so proud of the ladies, they stood up too..🙏🏾👏
So when Africans enslaved by America come home to Africa we have to come together to continue fighting like we did in the USA! That's not right
This is an award winning video. I am completely lost for words for your insistence of refusing to pay bribe. Well done Maya.
This disunity is how Europeans colonized and enslaved us.
Indeed it is a winner for me already
he is tired of paying bribes. I go through it when traveling in Africa. Is a nightmare! but they are super nice to most whitesss
Very proud of him. A lot of us usually pay the bribe to avoid wahala and delays.
Yes the Award for best victim player 😄😄😄😄😄😄
Y'all are change-makers. The next generation will enjoy free border travels. Thank you so much!
I hope so
U are right my dear
Don’t be deceived bro…
For the French countries,you will cry…
Am an officer but when am entering Togo or Burkina,it’s very frustrating
@Life Archives Nothing is constant. I said the next generation. You wont be around.
It's greedy people and about money I have a 5 year visa for the Gambia but the border agent charged me, my husband was ready to fight the guy.
Thats what African Americans do !! We fight for whats right. We are passionate people and yes loud but we have your back on a protest hands down!!
Black american sisters had your back bro ! 💜💜💜💜
ONE OF MAYA'S MOST POWERFUL VIDEOS YET!!
All travel RUclipsrs should be sharing this video right now !
sure i believe so.
Exactly, very powerful point. Let's all share.
This is so deep. Got me emotional. When? My people when? I call on our generation to fight and put a stop to this.
Wode maya never disappoint ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You refused to pay bribes? You are a brave soul
Sure he is Man. am sad today.
@@AppOdellsMULTIMEDIA They were scared because he got a million subscriber. Thieves don't wanna be exposed thats why backed down.
I commend these African-American women who are now Ghanaian citizens. They began their journey back to Africa for this VERY MOMENT, to stand up to institutional corruption, to be strong and BE the CHANGE we want to see in this world. Thank you, Wode Maya ❤️💫🌍
Yesss ❤❤
Thanks brother for this video don't scary for anything God be with you always
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See, people go through worse than this at the African borders and the stories are terrible. If you’re here and you want to contribute towards a change, please continue to share this video till something is done. God bless you🙏🏽
Ruth A. O.
We're not europe, there's no reason why we should be borderless. That's partially communist ideology. Even europe is separating now. Why shouldn't african countries be able to manage their borders and control who people move through it?
I'm from the United States.. What you are doing is very powerful ✨
So embarrassing. I’m so glad the elders stood up to that nonsense.
I am Nigerian and I was born in Cameroon. When I was traveling from Nigeria to Cameroon I was left out in the cold for hours because I refused to pay money at the border. Thank you for this video
I'm very sorry there are much corruption in my country I hope that one day you can travel in my country without restrictions, I love Nigeria and i wish to marry a beautiful nigeria girl je m'axcuse encore pour ce que vous avez subi
Julie me too ... Cameroon born Nigerian with roots in Ghana, Togo & Benin.
@@zookat You should be made an ambassador with all these roots.
Am a Cameroonian born in Cameroon but when I left Gabon to enter my country of origin,I was ask to pay 10.000frs; I think Cameroon is the most corrupt country in the whole universe.going out of Cameroon you gat to pay, coming in,you have to pay too.
@@ghanabakd1452 😂😂😂
You and the women companions are champions! If no receipts are given, it can only mean one thing - money for their pockets or corruption. I am from Solomon Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, north east of Australia, but I like your videos and love your promotion of Africa for African investors. Keep it up❤️❤️
This is such an important issue. Africa will never truly rise until these things are addressed. Keep on fighting✊🏾
Thank you brother, we need more videos like this. Our people from the diaspora don't need to go through this mess.
Maya's facial expressions are just the message Afrikan leaders need. We have failed our own people as a continent
They failed us miserably!
I went through a whole thing in 2004 at the Togo border. It was the only super crazy situation I have ever experienced in Africa!
This brought tears to my eyes... Love the support. As a diasporian in Ghana and am scared to travel to another border because of all these stories.
Black Royals
You literally pay money and cross, it's not a big deal. What's there to be scared of?
@@blackblaze5271 Everywhere you you pay money... But when that money exceeds what you are suppose to pay because you are judge by being a foreigner then there is a problem
Be courageous dear
This boy from Ghana was sent by God to unite Africa, this boy is undoubtedly the voice of Africa, this boy will surely change the perspective of Africans, Finally, this genius Ghana boy may not know how kenyans love him, go, the unity of Africa is in ur hands. Love from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
He’s a grown man!
@@mylissa2167 married man too
You are not just a content creator but also a generational icon! What you all fought for and risk your lives for at the border will benefit future travellers. Congrats to you all!
Bravo! Bravo! BRO!
Keep doing what your doing. I can not wait to come home to Mother Africa. It is a dream of mine. Stay safe on your many journeys. Blessings from America
Thank you Maya for using your platform to speak against injustice and to shine a light on a more united Africa. I could tell that this experience really hit home.
We need to change the way we do things in Africa so we can achieve the greatness we deserve!
🤣🤣 , Africa need to tear down the slave borders now if not you'll still slave
Great point 👍👏👏
❤️🖤💚👏🏿👏🏿🌍
Thank u Menezy welcome to Kenya brother..
Thanks for this video Wode It reminds me of my experience in Togo, but I'm not even African, It's crazy to think YOU and other ECOWAS members have to deal with this. (I still owe you a proper visit by the way!)
That is a bad experience
Thanks for dropping your view @Geography Now
@GeographyNow we are expecting you in Ghana, your friend Noah's home country
Geography Now this is after effects of colonialism. We’re a divided people in Africa
Come to Ghana with the whole squad. Shoot about 10 videos
Man the honorable Dzifa has said a mouthful about the mental slavery . It has infected us on both sides of the Atlantic.
I’ve been a subscriber and fan of yours for several years now Wode Maya. You always bring such optimism and passion to your work. As an AA Diasporan, it sincerely hurts my heart to see us as Africans and Afro Descendants in the Diaspora going through so much bs unnecessarily. It’s hard enough dealing with the anti-blackness biases and racist attitudes from other countries outside of the continent and in America, but another layer of bs from our own folks added to it is just too much. Europeans don’t put each other through this. I feel that It should be the same for Africa and its scattered children.
I am moroccan but we have exactly the same by some people ur words make me cry africa can be paradise on earth if we all find our self value and love each other ur doing noble work this is sadly going on all acros africa and just a tiny drop in this sea of of bribery i remember moroccan officers needed to be payed bribe.
brother greetings from morocco 🙏🏼🙏🏿🙏🏽
Greetings my African brother! I get encourage every time I read or meet a Moroccan who believes he or she is African like the rest of us south of your county's border. Yesterday, I was attacked by someone who said he is Morrocan on social media. He didn't believe that we sub Saharan Africans had a history before slavery. In his written word and I quote " You were slaves of other countries or tribal, stop trying to steal other countries history and make your own..." 😆. We are one people regardless of how we look. Africa is a diverse continent! One love my brother and God bless 🙌🙏🏾
Your comment really moved me
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@@lol2nicki feel deeply shamed when i hear those stories and my apologies for that im really sorry to hear that he isnt a real moroccan and hes dumbass we the real moroccans dont claim him morocco was part of the mahgreb kingdom part of this kingdom where: senegal,mauritiania,algeria,tunesia
Every die hard moroccan whos a real g knows this and defends this as matter of fact we are one of the few arabic people that will fight u over slandering the dark colour ive been discriminated many times but when a white farmer racist called me the n word or black jokes etc i would fight them and there is more like us we defend all the colours and are proud we are africans morocco geographicaly is just different but we want to be allied with the whole of africa at least starting on the smaller scales and i hope our countries can develop properous trade yes we came from far east but bruh we are so intermingled with all kinds of tribes too by now DNA wise also that we cant call ourselves none africans but we are muslim lighter skinned africans wich a lot of people dont know how to understand they think because they are muslim and or lighter skinned they arent part of africa wich is a very small way of thinking nonetheless
WE ARE AFRICA#AFRICAUNITE👊🏿👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼
@@lol2nick I am married to a Moroccan. She and all her family embrace their Africaness. The people in denial have been deceived by the colonialists and they are also guilty of being intellectually insincere and having some evil in their hearts. Most Moroccans that I know are definitely pro-Africa.
If any video of yours did not go viral, this one should go viral, and the whole world needs to know about these schemers at these borders in Africa.
Kudos to you Wode Maya, thanks for the exposure. It's so sad these things keeps repeating in Africa at this era. Africa must change and grow.
Thanks so much Wodemaya for this exposure. I have traveled that route several times and have been grossly humiliated just for taking a stand not to pay these bribes. One terrible experience I had was been chased by a Togo police officer and lifted up in the air and carried back to the Togo side and forced to pay before I was released to enter into my own country. This is so sad!!!
Am from Guyana 🇬🇾 an am very impressed with you as an advocate fighting the cause for one Africa.I do hope other bloggers from Africa will joined you in fighting for such worthy cause. " One Africa".
Wishing you every success in your endeavours.
This situation is horrible and those people needs to be held accountable .
She’s absolutely correct. Nothing will change until we start to love ourselves.
The Honourable Member of Parliament should be praised for her being Outspoken critic on such a sensitive matter. God bless you Mum , you are true African Mother.
This what we go through as South Sudan when travelling to Kenya n Uganda 😢😢😢
Am so sorry,we're good pple in kenya i hope this message gets o department of traveling and they're going to do better We one!!!
They ask you for bribes there, or are the restrictions too tough?
So sorry South Sudan. Did not know about this. We love You in Uganda and You should be entering Uganda freely.
Woda Maya, I am a Sierra Leonean living in Houston Texas .I have been watching your videos about two years now thanks to my wife who forced me to start watching your videos on ' Changing the Africa narratives". You are the reason why I am now working on investing in my country and working on taking my family to tour the continent very soon.
If African leaders mean business they should 100% support your work..Only God will bless you and your family for the sacrifices you are making to connect us and making us think about going back home. Most of us to be honest had given up..because we are tired of the issues we go through when you go back and tries to do things..The corruption, bad roads, stinky attitudes of those in offices and so much more...
You are a hero for mama Africa and all government officers of every African country if they mean good for their countries in general and mama Africa in particular should embrace you and encourage more youths that are so passionate about uniting all children of mama Africa and changing the narratives of how the world view Africa in a negative light which is why we are treated like nobodies around the world.
Me and my family adore you so much
Thank you Woda Maya🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Please don't give in continue the great work you are doing our hero!
Thank you so much brother for fighting for the motherland. You had the money but chose not to pay. That’s the exact way to stop this corruption. Imagine if every single person there had teamed up and said they’re not going to pay a dime. Sometimes we the citizens are the ones that do encourage bribery and corruption. Stay blessed bro
I almost choked when she said they are gone for so long lol as if!
Thank you for making “border free” a conversation across the continent! One Africa. 🖤
Most of Africa is corrupt and I have bad experiences first hand, while travelling between the borders of Namibia, Botswana, to Zimbabwe in 2013. God help us !! It's crazy, ridiculous and no country, no nation, no people can move forward if we continue to be corrupt. It hurts the economy ( its development), and it needs to stop!!✋🏼
This video really shows the mental slavery and the way hate is embedded into society in which Melanated people reside 😢. As a Jamaican I am touched by Wode Maya’s passion for the Continent of Africa to see SENSE. I truly love the video and how he stood up for what is right. Poverty does not have to give birth to greed and bribery!! If there is free movement then money will be made and each family would live above the poverty line. The same goes for the Caribbean Community and honestly if as Caribbean’s we see unity in the Motherland all would pack there bags and return.😢
Thank you Wode Maya
So many governments in African countries need a Wode Maya... this dude has the charisma of a good politician. People are seperated and he brings them together. Plus, he is truly passionate for a greater Africa.
I'm Togolese and I'm so ashamed of their border bribe and attitude. This is unacceptable!!! Togo needs to change on that!! Thank you for exposing the truth brother! Keep up the good fight!
Mon Frere Togolais tu reve trop Vraiment.
I m form cote d ivoire and this in every border not only togo border.
Travelling to Ghana they asked us to pay this same amount in cfa too.
I’m also from Togo 😫😫 They detained me and asked me to pay $110 for Covid test I had told them I had Covid test from Ghana They had no interest in seeing my Covid test results. They just wanted me to pay.
I payed but they never gave me that test 😫🤬 There were so many of those moments throughout my trip, and that was my first time going back after 10 years of being in the US
This happens at most if not all borders in Africa. We should all be ashamed as Africans.
wode maya got arrested in Kanye and got deported from Uganda he didn't behave like that. in fact he hade alot issues from many African countries never behave like that . in fact many African travel to Ghana face the same issue. wode maya is a sell out . he is doing this because he is a french speaking country. he is dividing african people. the same thing happened in Ghana
Stand your ground and elevate the standard of transparency. Don't let this bribing cancer continue. Aya Maya!
Thanks for this man. This has been going on for decades and I hope this video really changes things. They’ve made it so hard to travel. I grew up in Nigeria, but moved to Ghana in 2010, last I visited Nigeria was in 2014, been scared to go back since. God bless you
I keep saying it we are our own problems not the Europeans. The sooner we realize that we are not competing amongst ourselves but trying to make our continent the giant it should be, the better. Great video Maya thanks for standing up for fellow Africans like yourself.
It is and will *ALWAYS* be the *European* Woman, Man & Child to blame!!! We're simply acting out and acting on their psychological *inhumane* abuses--the damages are already present in our psyche 😫 . With that said, we (Afrikan People 🌎) also *MUST BREAK AWAY* from our own mental enslavement attitudes and behaviors 😩 and begin to *Honor, Respect and Value our own selves* ✊🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿!!!
I went through this when I was travelling from Benin to Nigeria i literally cried like a baby . My gold chain was stolen that day when the immigration officer searched in my stuff. That was on the 18/12/2021 it’s sad
Thank you my man Wode Maya for telling the WORLD about this problem ! 😎
Thank you so much for doing the right thing and sharing your experience, so hopefully it brings attention to those issues and that we as a people respect each other. Those border officers would probably make a decent living if they could get tips and donations instead of trying to extort their own people. Someone mentioned tolls and that is yet another reasonable way to go about it instead of this reprehensible behavior by those border officers, making elders wait and aggravating them.
If you’re not travel around, you do not know the problem but if you do, you will know talk about Africa. You deserve respect, love support.
I was crossing the nigeria/Benin border last February and my family and I were extorted for money by numerous nigerian customs/immigration officers. It was my brother's first time in nigeria. It was disheartening and disgusting.
Honestly, it's nauseating!
Ghanaian immigration at border took all my money.
That would be the worst border in terms of corruption, crossed there at night and it had over 20 checkpoints, each demanding money. No words to describe how that feels like.
@@chrisudoka5420 the entire west Africa immigration is corrupt which includes Ghanaian immigration. Sorry for that.
This same shit happened when I travelled from Ivory Coast to Ghana and my dear, I cried my ass out. We couldn’t cross one city without bribing because they knew I was from the diaspora and also not Ivorian . They warned us but I couldn’t believe the headache we’d went through just to cross the boarder. This must change!!!!!!!!!!
You are very right, Ivorian police are theft.
Yooo , I am super proud of you for bringing this out.
Love the American grannies giving them the business on camera!
I have goosebumps watching this video. It brings back memories of what we went through during my childhood days as a Ghanaian who grew up in Nigeria. The Togolese are something else and they don’t respect women😢
same my dear
That was a great episode you brought a tear to my eye I feel good to see you fight for them I haven't seen you on here in a while but that really was a good episode good job
Thank you Maya for putting it ALL out there.
I can't help it but cry!!! Africa, why??? Why are we doing this to ourselves?! Why?????💔💔💔💔💔😥😥😥😥😥
It's heartbreaking 💔 ah Africa! Because of these stories, it makes me stuck to going for vac outside Africa .
When that demonic europeanons came to the beautiful Black land of Africa they brought their wicked thieves and evil 😈 ways with bad behavior
@@aryeemeg7617 I know this feeling 💔
It's greed, lack of love and respect for ourselves, lack of principle and integrity.
@@Crabtree1844 yep. A white man will come and enter with no problem
Don't mess with elderly aunties from the Diaspora. They have a no nonsense fighting spirit about them. 🥰
Thank you so much for this video, I have watched many of your videos and I’m stay watching. I like them all but this one is by far the perfect and most important one. Pray you will not experience what happens b/w the border of Liberia and Guinea or b/w Guinea and Ivory Coast. I had my experience too b/w Ghana and Togo years back 2009 can’t believe that BS still going on, the time is now my brother and sister enough of this. At times I feel public servant in the motherland only get these positions to indirectly harass us and steal from us. May Allah protect you in this mission.
I had exactly the same experience! I was born in togo but live in France. Then i came for vacation in Ghana. When i wanted to enter my country (Togo), where i was born the officials where asking me for money whereas i had all the papers correct. Fortunately one guys that works there was honest enough to tell the other guys that was asking me for money to stop and let me go 🙏🏿 i hope things change
"We're no better than you, you're no better than us. We're one". This statement really hit me hard. It's so sad to see such things happening between us fellow african brothers. Slavery unfortunately left the form of chains to become mental. This absolutely has to change and instead of blaming governments, let's first start by changing paradigms and mentalities.
They didn’t know who they were messing up with now it’s up ⬆️ We need more of these radical videos to expose all evil going on around our continent, then the change will come. You don’t deserve what you’re going through but God allows you to go through that for the rest of Africans to experience change. Change is near, and you’re bringing that change. Love you man 🤟🏿✌🏿
Thank you for all your videos Wode and I pray for your protection along with your wife,it's a pity the things Africans go through in our own continent
Well done Maya for sharing the experience. Change we all need.
The question is "WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE BORDERS?"
Good question.... We are basically still in the old days of the colonialism
Facts
As a Jamaican 🇯🇲 living in the United States 🇺🇸 dreaming of returning to Africa 🌍 I cried watching this video. If you need to make money adopt the process of paying tolls
Go back to Jamaica..that's your homeland...we were everywhere on the planet...
Yeeszz I said the same thing!!! Check for the papers than required a toll! The continent needs the E-zpass system we use here in the US asap!!!!
We Love you Jamaicans🌍💙💙💙✊🏿❤️🖤💚
here.. here.. 😌🙏🏾..👍🏾
Do you know why they created tolls?
Thank you Maya for always keeping the Truth out front - we love your channel and we love You!!❤
I just found your channel thanks to one of your fellow youtubers you are awesome in for your own country to do that to you all is horrible but keep.putting it out there I pray things will change 🙏 your a inspiration glad I found you ☺
Thank you soooooo much WADE MAYA, you are a GOD sent to all black people all over the world. I really appreciate you WODA MAYA, proudly Nigerian 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
Just want to say THANK YOUto our African sisters who stood by you and supported you in this difficult situation. This is the African unity we all crave for. More respect t to them
Wode Maya, You are doing great work. Well done!
My brother this is a GOOD FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM OF AN AFRICAN IN AFRICA - God Give you Strength to carry on
Big Fan. As a white man who traveled to Togo in April 2022 it was a nightmare for me too. They wanted to take my cameras, they wanted to take my phone. They initially wanted $100 USD to cross into Benin (I was still within my Togolese visa) and they made me sit under a mango tree for 3 hours. I eventually paid $60 and they let me through. When I got to Beninese border control just 100m across the border, they shook their head and rolled their eyes.
I think this has something to do with Togo. It's an authoritarian state, and at this point, they are trying to make money where they can. It happens less in Benin, but it does happen. But the ones that are closed societies tend to be the ones that have higher levels of corruption. I would love to go back, and will, because I love every country, no matter the situation it's in, but this is something peculiarly linked to Togo.
I'm Jamaican watching from another country. This was infuriating. I tell you though... like them or not you've got to give it to the Americans... they speak up and fight for their rights. That's the main thing I like about Americans. Notice too that these are elderly American women, as one of them pointed out. Can you imagine these women fighting for freedom and equality in America and going back to Africa to have to do the same? Wow! Where does it end?
HI Wode. Im very saddened to see such happening withing our own borders by our own people. It really fazes me how fellow blacks can find it suitable to treat other black people like enemies when we all share a similar history. I was really excited to see those videos you made when you visited my own country, Eswatini. You and Miss Trudy were so radiantly happy i thought that was the same reception you receive in every country you explore, so im saddened by this and do hope we can find a solution and eliminate all these borders so even those still stuck in our heads can move. Come back to Eswatini man let us as emaSwati show the world the kind of reception we aim to see every african nation offer.
WODE_MAYA👏
Almost every African traveller experience this. I remember travelling with my brother from Togo to Ghana and at the ghana border, the immigration officer said we should pay 20 cedis which is the same 2000 fr and my brother said we don't have money and the officer said we should put our bags down and go inside one empty room that he showed us. It was crazy...
Thanks for this video, you deserve the best African promotion awards from both diaspora & African Union. 👏👏👏
On my first visit to Ghana in 2008 I was made to pay £20 bribe yet Zim has a gratis visa from Ghana. Thereafter I stood my ground and do not pay anymore. Nice work Maya!
Man thank you very much bro we appreciate this
Thank you brother for this video. I write about this in my new book.
I’ve been traveling between TOGO & GHANA now and then for more than ten years. Just the thought of crossing the AFLAO border is mentally exhausting. Even with every document at hand, the officers won’t let you pass if you don’t pay!
It drives me crazy and often stops me from wanting to travel between TOGO & GHANA. It’s ridiculous!
how much do they want ?
It’s a replica of all that happens especially in every border of French speaking African countries. When will this nightmare end??
When did we become terribly brainwashed like this to be our own very enemies Africans
Agree, very annoying. I visited Togo few years ago from Nigeria via a bus and it was a nightmare!
@@DiyanosusThracianSanctuary 2000 CFA. It doesn't sound like much, but with only 2000 people crossing those borders every day, that's $2,4M/ year. Where's that money going?! What is it for? What aren't we given any proof of payment?
@@GertKombate its going to pot belly corrupt illiterate officials mf and their slay queens
Maya God will lengthen your days 🙏
You can't believe as a Nigerian I was on phone with a Ugandan friend talking about the problem of traveling within Africa being so expensive than traveling to some European countries from Africa when I got the notification of this video. This borders is one of our major problem. May God use the present generation to heal Africa 🙏
Well done for sharing this video to learn and getting things better. Our weakness is an opportunity for others. How others are respecting us ,if we are not respct each other first?? Well done brother!
Sending love from the states!! I felt this one!! 🙏🏾✊🏾
I'm glad that you did not pay the bribes . You are truly a warrior
This is reason why most of our young people are migrating to European countries because they're tired of corruption,violence, poverty,harassment and high unemployment the list is endless ...anyways I salute my brother Wode Maya for his courage and determination because some of us we would have given up a long time 👏🏽👏🏽
Yep because when they establish in other African they harassed them lock up their stores, discriminate call different names. Very hard to bank in fellow African country, police harassment, landlords stealing from tenants that are not from their country. Etc.
This video is just amazing. Can't get enough of it. Where did you find these intelligent ladies?!
Thank you for showing this, I been living in Togo for years but never went trough the boarder yet this sad.
Glad you put this up. Imagine what happens to everyday people who dont have any voice.
Now share the video indiscriminately!
I went through the same thing at the same border. God bless you Maya for boldly exposing their evil deeds.