African girl saw a white man for the first time and panicked that he was a ghost | the Chronicle

A Ugandan girl burst into tears when she saw a white man approaching for the first time, as she believed it was a ghost who had come to eat her. The footage was released on June 12 and was shot in a village in the Rwenzori Mountains region in the west of the African country.

The footage shows how the apparently American visitor arrives on a dirt road talking to other locals while shouting. When he approaches, he is about to discuss with other people and there, they tell him that there was a girl who ran out, frightened by his presence.

A woman takes the camera and goes out to chase her away. She walks into a house and the girl calls her, assuring her that nothing will happen to her. Finally, the little girl decides to approach with great fear, shouting for his father and says his name is Maria.

The dreaded encounter

“He won’t eat you, if he does we’ll hit him“They reassure her by urging her to meet the man who was waiting at the entrance to the village. Seeing him a few meters away, his scared face says it all, so the man decides to walk away and hide behind another. subject, saying: “I’m scared too, I’m going to hide“.

Although she was still very scared, a woman grabbed her and immobilized her so that the man could approach her and shake her hand. “I’m afraid of white people too“, he jokes holding her hand and tries to bend down to make sure he comes out on the same shot as the baby.

The video lasts a few more minutes, in which he tries to convince her that he is not a ghost and that he has not come to eat, he asks her about his family and even if they were happy.

Watch the video of the meeting between the girl and the white man