Menages populaires a ouagadougou
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Abstract EN:
The urbanization at ouagadougou is relatively recent. . . And the domestic life of "family" of modest means - people originating mostly from the country and who have settled in ouagadougou - combines as well as can be expected urban life with strong traces of their former rural life. The situation there reflects : - the extensive and complex structure of house hold set-ups. - activities characterized by the conservation of traditional and informal activities (specially concerning women) along with modern activities, once they have been adopted. - consumption : the main part of which remains traditional. Faced with the demands of urban life the constantly increasing need for money. . . , the position which "family"of modest means occupies at ouagadougou submits them to the multiple problems of living and surviving : housing, clothing, medical attention, education of their children, transport. . . But above all use, feeding themselves is a battlewhich the vast majority of these house holds have to fight on a daily basis. With regards to this matter, men and women whom we have been able to meet tell us more about it.
Abstract FR:
L'urbanisation a ouagadougou est relativement recente. . . Et les menages populaires originaires pour la plupart des campagnes et installes a ouagadougou combinent tant bien que mal la vie urbaine et les survivances tres fortes de la vie du village. C'est la une situation que refletent : - la structure etendue et complexe de la composition des menages. - les activites marquees par le maintien des activites tradition- nelles et informelles notamment chez les femmes au cote des activites modernes, quand on y accede. - la consommation qui pour l'essentiel reste traditionnelle. Face aux exigences de la vie urbaine, aux besoins sans cesse croissants de l'argent. . . , la position qu'occupent les menages populaires a ouagadougou les soumet a de multiples problemes de vie et de survie : se loger, s'habiller, se soigner, scolariser ses enfants, se deplacer. . . Mais avant tout se nourrir est une bataille que l'ecrasante majorite de ces menages doit mener au quotidien. A ce sujet des femmes et des hommes que nous avons pu rencontrer en racontent davantage. . .