No Society, No Rules! Inside The Last Hunter-Gatherers of Africa

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-04

[00:00:00]I will try to visit the last hunter gatherer tribe on earth in Tanzania.

[00:00:09]They showed the arrows and they also showed the bow.

[00:00:19]It is so tough.

[00:00:26]They live in bushes. Men, they take a walk with bow and arrow. Someone had been stung by a scorpion.

[00:00:38]Ah, >> I am stranded in the middle of Tanzania.

[00:00:44]My credit card has been stolen and I have no credit card in the middle of Tanzania. I crashed and my side paneer is smashed and I have zero backup. But I'm not turning back. I am Anolundu. For the last 8 years, I have been traveling around the world chasing the most remote stories on the planet. Right now, I'm pushing my damaged bike for over an hour off road deep into the bush near Lake Ai.

[00:01:14]Can you push a little bit? You know what?

[00:01:17]Go. Ah.

[00:01:24]Today I am going to leave with the last true hunter gatherer tribe on earth.

[00:01:30]They speak a language unlike anything you have ever heard.

[00:01:44]They hunt to eat every day.

[00:01:53]They wear the skins of the animals they hunt.

[00:02:00]>> My mission is to survive the next 24 hours with no civilization, no comfort, no signal and no escape. Just me and the ancient past.

[00:02:13]This is Hadzabetry. Welcome to the video.

[00:02:18]For the last few days, I had some problems. I fell in a sandy place and my my side pure get a little bit damaged. I tried to fix it by my hand, but its shape is a little bit asymmetric, but it's all okay. My credit card information got stolen and they did some shopping from America from weird websites. I was also trying to solve it but I had to cancel my credit card and I have no credit card in the middle of Tanzania. But I solved all those problems and I made some research. I have heard the last hunter gatherer tribe is living in Tanzania near Lake Aasi. So now I will ride my motor bike to near Lake Aasi and I will try to find a guide there. I will try to get some information and of course I will try to visit the last hunter gatherer tribe on earth in Tanzania. So let's go on the journey. We'll ride off road for 1 hour and if I can reach there safely I will try to figure it out and I will try to find the track. Bye-bye.

[00:03:32]Yes.

[00:03:33]Bye. Bye-bye.

[00:03:38]They don't allow motorcycles.

[00:03:42]So I'm mostly focused on last true hunter gatherer tribe on earth which is called Hadzab.

[00:03:52]I will go for like maybe 1 hour off road to reach near lake Aasi and then I will ask people if anyone knows hatzav people if anyone speak in their language or maybe anyone can guide me. So we'll see what will happen.

[00:04:19]Oh, you mighty God.

[00:05:02]How are you, Mambbo?

[00:05:04]Is it the way to Lake Aasi?

[00:05:08]Thank you.

[00:05:13]So, I am pivoting. I'm heading into the dust to find the hotzab.

[00:05:21]Sometimes I really envy people in a vehicle like 4x4 vehicle, but I had to go with a motor bike because I don't have budget.

[00:05:41]But if I would, I would definitely go with a 4x4 because it is easier to say when you don't have but when you have the option it is difficult to choose because motorbikes also has a lot of uh advantages but car also have its own advantages. Just the road is brutal. Sand traps everywhere. And if I drop the bike again out here, I am on my own.

[00:06:46]Can you push a little bit?

[00:06:49]>> How are you?

[00:06:49]>> I'm fine. How are you? Yes.

[00:06:59]>> Thank you guys.

[00:07:18]Turns out I was fighting the sand with rockh hard tires. A rookie mistake.

[00:07:39]But my luck is changing. I found Musa, a local who speaks the language and knows exactly where the tribe is hiding.

[00:07:49]>> Hello. How are you? Good. How are you?

[00:07:52]>> Good. Good. Ah, it was a tough journey.

[00:07:56]>> Yeah. Yeah. Let me see.

[00:07:59]It's heavy.

[00:08:01]>> It is heavy.

[00:08:03]And I think I have too much air in the tires.

[00:08:08]>> So it was like Meet my guide. He is Musa and he's from this village, right?

[00:08:16]>> And he knows how to find Hatzab and Da also.

[00:08:22]>> And he said like if you want we can directly go. I was not prepared but like all the good stories and good memories come from unexpected adventures. So I accepted there is a small lodge we will leave all the unnecessary things like the motor bike and my other stuff. I will pack my cameras and we'll buy some food. Right.

[00:08:44]>> Yeah.

[00:08:45]>> And then we'll go because I want to stay with them. Uh I'll stay with them today and we are going to go hunting for tomorrow.

[00:09:04]We are all ready. Bought our water. Uh there are also more water and I have my tent, sleeping bag, my camera, my food and everything. So we are going to go for like 30 minutes.

[00:09:20]>> Okay. We'll be on the motor bike for 30 minutes and then we'll hike a little bit and we'll meet my first ever tribe in Africa.

[00:10:01]We have reached the tribe. But first, let me tell you a bit about where we are. This place deserves a bit more attention to really understand how unique what you're about to see is. The oldest human-like fossil Lucy was found just a few kilometers from here. That's why this land is called the credle of mankind. It is believed that homo sapiens started spreading across the world from this exact point. And for tens of thousands of years, humans lived by hunting and gathering from nature, always on the move. We lived this way for around 100,000 years. It is part of our DNA. But when we learned to settle and started agriculture, most of that knowledge slowly disappeared. Except here. This tribe, the Hadzabe, is one of the last true hunter gatherer tribes on Earth. They carry something incredibly valuable, the knowledge of our ancestors, the oldest way of surviving.

[00:11:11]And now I have the privilege of visiting them in their natural home, the credle of mankind.

[00:11:22]>> Your father is a leader. Once he died or retires, one of his sons become >> become leader.

[00:11:28]>> But he has to be the best handler.

[00:11:30]>> I was introduced to the tribe members and the leader right away.

[00:11:34]>> Okay.

[00:11:34]>> So this guy here is the chief >> I can't. Sorry.

[00:11:50]>> Communication here is a big challenge.

[00:11:53]Their language is filled with distinct clicks that I can barely mimic.

[00:12:10]Sakur good an >> anil.

[00:12:38]Anil.

[00:12:47]>> Nice to meet you.

[00:13:07]When I arrived in the middle of the day, they were in the arrow making part of their daily routine. They were enjoying the shade in the heat, preparing new arrows for the hunt that I will also join tomorrow. This was the first time in my life I saw someone making an arrow from a simple tree branch.

[00:13:26]>> This is not straight yet.

[00:13:28]>> The difference between the row branch and the finished arrow was incredible.

[00:13:32]Perfectly straight, solid, and precise.

[00:13:38]And this is where I started to understand the dynamics of the tribe.

[00:13:42]Everyone makes their own arrows because during the hunt, everyone is responsible for their own shot.

[00:13:51]Some use the heat of the fire. Some use a knife to shape the wood. They check it constantly, hold it up to the light, roll it between their fingers, even bite down on parts that are still slightly curved.

[00:14:10]All this precision matters. It can decide what they eat the day and even their reputation in the tribe over time.

[00:14:23]>> Every arrow carries a personal marking, a pattern carved into the shaft, a signature. This is also yours.

[00:14:38]>> You can put the patterns here too in the on the tip. If an arrow gets lost, whoever finds it know exactly who it belongs to. And if multiple hunters shoot the same animal, which apparently happens, the markings settle it. No argument, no guessing. The arrow tells the truth. In this environment, they have already perfected their bows and arrows based on their daily needs.

[00:15:11]While they're making new ones, my guide explains the different types to me.

[00:16:00]for a chacha. I seen the cook.

[00:16:27]They use blunt arrows for small birds and squirrels. When it hit, it doesn't damage the animal too much. And if they miss, they don't get stuck high up in the tree branch.

[00:17:05]The metal parts come from a neighboring tribe called the Data. Skilled blacksmiths. They live a more settled life with livestock and trade iron arrow tips in exchange for game meat. This particular tip comes from them used only for baboons because baboons are strong enough to pull out regular arrows but not this one.

[00:17:56]Another type is shaped like a knife, sharp on both sides. They use it for bigger prey like wild pigs or small antelopes.

[00:18:16]weather.

[00:18:31]And the last type is for the largest antelopes. One or two arrows are not enough to bring them down. So they learn to make a poison from local plants and apply it to the arrow tip. Even the biggest animals on this land can fall in some minutes because of this poison.

[00:19:05]Knock Hama.

[00:19:46]Mhm.

[00:20:14]After taking a closer look at the arrows, I started Ed wondering how they attach the feathers and metal tips to the root. The answer is tendons.

[00:20:26]When they hunt a large animal, they save the tendons. They dry them first, then beat them to separate into thin fibers.

[00:20:48]And if needed, even a simple lick can turn it into a strong natural glue. They use it for almost everything.

[00:21:04]Amen.

[00:21:21]>> What could it be?

[00:21:45]But the real humiliation comes when I tried their weapons.

[00:21:50]>> So sharp and ready to kill.

[00:22:01]Pull all the way. All the way.

[00:22:26]These guys might look lean, but their strength is unreal. I can barely budge the string of this bow. I'm struggling to even hold it while they handle it like it's nothing.

[00:22:40]They showed the arrows and they also showed the bow which is made out of a piece of wood and the tendons of the animals they catched and >> it's so tough and so hard to pull. Even chief tried and he I think he injured himself. I don't know. After some time with the men, Musa takes me to meet the woman of Hadzab. I had a few questions and hearing their answers directly was fascinating. So I decided not to translate everything, just add subtitles so you can experience their unique click language. First question, what do they do in a typical day?

[00:23:46]Second question, what are the biggest challenges they face in their daily task?

[00:24:20]They also make the house.

[00:24:21]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:24:22]>> Okay.

[00:24:22]>> So, I was >> and I was about to ask about children, but Musa stopped me and explained himself. Most of it's a disease caused by cold, too much cold.

[00:24:35]>> So it affect the lungs.

[00:24:38]>> So they they have some difficulties on breathing.

[00:24:43]>> But when they reach like five to six years and they get around four children.

[00:24:51]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:24:52]>> But uh 2011 would make it.

[00:24:55]>> Mhm. But like nowadays the government is trying to snate children. So maybe their number will grow but still not uh most of them are living sometimes know they can move to the mountains far away and difficult to find them but some of the kids are vaccinated already.

[00:25:16]>> In this region one out of every two babies does not survive to childhood.

[00:25:22]Cold nights, different diseases, no medicine, and no hospital nearby. No way to reach one even if it existed. The children playing around this fire right now, they are the ones who made it. And that thought stays with you. When food is ready, the children eat first always.

[00:25:45]If there isn't enough, the adults go without, even the hunters. That's how they protect their future. It's not dead.

[00:25:55]Is it dead?

[00:25:58]It's dead.

[00:26:00]>> This is the arrow which they use for the small.

[00:26:06]You >> you come Suddenly, a noise came from the man's side. Someone had been stung by a scorpion. And there is no panic, no shouting. Within seconds, someone was already moving. They came back with a piece of clo filled with a dry powder made from local plants again.

[00:27:07]They pressed it directly into the wound.

[00:27:11]That is their medicine. The hotzab don't have doctors here. What they have is something we have almost lost. A deep understanding of nature. After that medicine scene, they invited me to try something I have always been curious about. making fire without modern tools.

[00:27:37]They showed me first, then they handed it to me. So like that, you keeping also pushing down.

[00:27:48]>> Yeah.

[00:27:50]>> But they make it seems easier.

[00:28:01]What I thought was just a survival skill, but it was actually a ritual for them.

[00:28:18]Almost there. Almost there.

[00:28:34]After about 30 seconds, I finally saw a small glowing coal. I was so excited, thinking we would make a big open fire.

[00:28:44]But instead, they lit a pipe, a peace pipe.

[00:29:04][ __ ] Sun is getting down and there is 1 hour to the sunset. And the lady, the woman wanted to take a walk in the bush and to pick some maybe leaves, maybe roots and uh get ready for the dinner. And they also invited me to join them and of course I gladly accepted.

[00:30:03]basically and in their settlement there is nothing modern I can see they build their own huts but they're all temporary ones so if if they like here maybe they stay a little bit if they don't like all the vegetables and like root options and herbs they move in the rainy season they even move to the mountains to um like get cover in the caves. And this is mostly >> what they do. They just take a walk.

[00:30:41]Men, they take a walk with bow and arrow. Women >> take a walk with uh very sharp eyes so they can collect whatever they cross their path.

[00:30:55]They spot edible roots and berries I would walk by without even noticing.

[00:31:01]Plants that look like nothing to me are food, medicine, everything to them.

[00:31:06]>> This plant, see this one?

[00:31:10]>> Whenever you see this, you call it a climber.

[00:31:15]>> Oh yeah.

[00:31:29]Yeah.

[00:31:38]>> One thing I didn't expect. Everything here is family based. What you collect is yours. Plants or wood. Everything is personal. That's why young or old, all women go to gather plants all together.

[00:31:54]There is no shared kitchen in the tribe.

[00:31:56]No common pot. you eat what you find.

[00:31:59]They also made the wood for the dinner and they're much thicker woods, but they don't pick those because they're so light. It's like like a paper light and it doesn't really give energy. So, they don't choose those and they pick the best one and the one worth carrying.

[00:32:25]helped them to pick the leaves and I also offered my help for the dinner fire.

[00:33:31]Bali.

[00:33:44]No, no, no.

[00:33:52]>> Back at the camp in the soft afternoon light, the woman make things. jewelry, beads, feathers, small animal tails, and toys for the children.

[00:34:21]A female.

[00:34:41]All right.

[00:34:56]It's out.

[00:35:30]I joined their evening gathering watching, taking photos and trying to fully take in this unique moment.

[00:35:40]It's enough.

[00:35:45]It's enough.

[00:35:58]in the bush and it is perfect and ready for my tent. When the tent was ready, MS left me there and went back to his home and I was alone with the tribe spending the night with them. And earlier I asked Musa what the Hadzaba think about the outside world. He paused for a moment then said they know it exists. They just don't want it. The world is moving faster every year. Cities getting bigger, screens getting brighter, everything louder. And somewhere near Lake Aasi in Tanzania, people are still waking up before sunrise to read the wind. Lying here in my tent, surrounded by the sounds of the African bush, I realized this is not just about seeing a tribe. It is about witnessing a way of life that has survived for thousands of years against all odds. Tomorrow we hunt. Good night from the edge of civilization.

[00:37:12]And thank you so much for watching the video all the way through. Don't forget to subscribe down here so you don't miss the upcoming episodes from Africa. I will be uploading two new episodes every week.