LES KIFFICULTEURS DU RIF : PLONGEE DANS LA CULTURE DU CANNABIS
Maroc, Chefchaouen, fevrier 2024. Au coeur des montagnes du Rif, pres de 100 000 foyers vivent de la culture du cannabis, faconnant ainsi un pan essentiel de l'economie locale. Derriere cette facade d'opulence relative se cachent les realites difficiles d'une region souvent touchee par la pauvrete et la corruption, aggravees par la predominance du marche noir. Ayub et Rachid (prenoms modifies), deux freres installes pres de la ville bleue de Chefchaouen, cultivent le kif dans l'une de ces fermes. Entre les gestes precis des cultivateurs et le ballet tranquille des chevres qui paissent alentour, se dessine un tableau de vie quotidienne de ces paysans Marocains. Mathilde Cybulski / Hans Lucas
THE KIFFICULTEURS OF THE RIF: DIVING INTO CANNABIS CULTIVATION
Morocco, Chefchaouen, February 2024. In the heart of the Rif mountains, almost 100,000 households make their living from cannabis cultivation, shaping an essential part of the local economy. Behind this facade of relative opulence lie the harsh realities of a region often affected by poverty and corruption, compounded by the predominance of the black market. Ayub and Rachid (first names changed), two brothers living near the blue city of Chefchaouen, grow kif on one of these farms. Between the precise gestures of the growers and the quiet ballet of the goats grazing around them, a picture emerges of the daily life of these Moroccan peasants. Mathilde Cybulski / Hans Lucas
