In recent decades, the policy of restoring buildings in the city of Pedra e Cal and tourism have been prominent in the economy of the Island of Mozambique. Due to the obligation to keep the buildings preserved and the low purchasing power of the majority of residents, the government has expropriated families and sold the properties to those who can restore them, largely to the Mozambican elite and to foreigners who acquire them to adapt them for tourism or to make them holiday homes. The restoration of the properties that already consumed a stone-cheese stone hill on the island, the macuti leaf palm trees and the mangrove trees, is now moving towards the mainland, promoting lowered areas and major erosion processes to remove the rock used in the works. The mangrove and the tree used to support the roofs of stone and lime houses, Pau-ferro, are protected by environmental laws due to their advanced degradation process, but they continue to be used. It is in this context that the Association of Friends of the Island of Mozambique demands the valorization of the intangible heritage, traditions and centuries-old knowledge of the island's residents. According to Sheikh Hafiz, the soul of the island is dying, houses are being sold to foreigners and residents have become employees of tourism companies. The religious leader argues that it is the way of life of the islanders that gives meaning to the built heritage and that as families move away, tourism also loses strength. This article is the result of my doctoral thesis, which, through shared audiovisual production, highlights the sheikh's dialogue about the importance of traditional fishing, the construction of boats, puberty and marriage rituals, navigation through the stars and other knowledge for the island's heritage policy.