Les restauratrices de la zone industrielle de Dakar, ou La guerre des marmites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3649875 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Made B Diouf (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 81 |
| Pages | 237-250 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/cea.1981.2312 |
| OpenAlex | W2047800143 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
M. B. Diouf-The Cooking-Pot War : Restaurant-Keepers in Dakar Industrial Area. Contrary to some sociologists' assertions, the so-called 'unstructured', 'traditional' or 'informai' sector of activities in African towns is not totally separated from the modem one: they show enough functional links and relations to be considered as a single System. This is exemplified by the case of the Senegalese women who manage cheap eating places in Dakar's industrial district. The growth of modem industry demands a numerous and inexpensive labour force made up of impover-ished rural migrants. These low-paid wage-earners can afford only cheap food provided by the gargotieres who, in turn, barely make a living out of it. As well as the industrial workers, they are kept in a precarious situation by management policy and governement intervention. Thus the 'modem' or 'formai' industrial sector depends on the existence of the 'informai' food trade, which could not survive without the patronage of the exploited workers. It is only through a kind of political hypocrisy that they can be presented as totally unrelated entities
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2022 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |