Spatial and cultural ghettoisation or protection of identity in Wiyaodè

By analysing the functional system of a district of the city of Kara, the book seeks to establish the difference between a process of ghettoisation and a form of identity protection. This is a neighbourhood that has resisted the violence of urban transformation for many years. Wiyaodè remains one of the few neighbourhoods to maintain traditional values through a semblance of spatial enclosure. If the morphology or physiognomy of this area suggests a ghetto under construction, or at least a relegated area, the various analyses have laid bare a protectionist dynamic of cultural values.

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Yentougle MOUTORE holds a doctorate in urban sociology from the University of Lomé (Togo). He is currently a teacher-researcher at the University of Kara (Togo). As an assistant professor, his work focuses mainly on socio-spatial relegation and, more generally, the forms of urban organisation in African societies.