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‘Try or die’ - one man’s determination to get to the Canary Islands Senegalese farmer Mouhamed Oualy has never been to sea, but he is about to embark on a perilous sea journey - one that has turned the Atlantic Ocean into a mass grave. “The boat guys have called me - they said I should get ready. I am asking you to pray for me - the time has come,” he says.
Overfishing has resulted in an environmental crisis in Senegal, with a disproportionate impact on small fishermen. In this thought-provoking short film, we hear firsthand experience of Pape Less, a Senegalese fisherman from Soumbedioune (a fishing town in Dakar) who felt obliged to “barça wala barsax” (illegally migrate) in order to provide for his family.
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