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Paper short abstract:

This paper proposes to discuss the residential dynamics observed in the newly inhabited areas of the Tivaouane Peulh - Bambilor (Dakar, Senegal). Belonging to the Niayes area, known for its farms, it is part of a new facet marked by the conversion of space in which we study the manufacture of "home"

Paper long abstract:

For years, the Dakar periphery has been experiencing a new facet engendered by the conversion of space. Once an agricultural area developed by family farms in the villages, invested from the 80s by urban investors called sunday gardeners (Diagne 1991) this space has long contributed to the supply of market gardening products to the urban center. However, with the urbanization of the Dakar region, a centrifugal dynamic is taking place with a redistribution of the population from the center and its close suburbs to the periphery. In addition, the projects initiated by the State (urban pole) have contributed greatly to the development of this part of the region. Added to this are real estate developers and holders of customary rights in the area who are part of a logic of competition to profit from land rent. It should be noted that with the rush of various actors, villagers anticipate the requisition of customary lands (Bertrand et Bon 2022) by private parties benefiting from allocations of central powers or by the state itself. This situation increases the land market, the majority of whose buyers are the populations of the urban center.

We propose to discuss the residential dynamics observed in the newly inhabited areas of the Tivaouane Peulh – Bambilor gradient. From a mixed approach, we wish to describe the different actors carrying these dynamics, the modes of acquisition of goods (bare land or built house), their sources of financing for a factory of "home" in the outskirts of Dakar.