Atatu 'S' a zokopa alendo ku Senegal: Dzuwa, nyanja ndi kugonana

DAKAR, Senegal — Azimayi - nthawi zambiri azungu, a ku Ulaya komanso "azaka zina" - amakhamukira okha ku gombe la Senegal chaka chonse chifukwa cha zomwe bwana wina wa hotelo anazitcha "ma S atatu: dzuwa, nyanja ndi kugonana."

DAKAR, Senegal — Azimayi - nthawi zambiri azungu, a ku Ulaya komanso "azaka zina" - amakhamukira okha ku gombe la Senegal chaka chonse chifukwa cha zomwe bwana wina wa hotelo anazitcha "ma S atatu: dzuwa, nyanja ndi kugonana."

Kukula kwa zokopa alendo zachikazi ku Senegal kudayamba ndi umphawi komanso kusowa kwa ntchito kwa anyamata adzikolo. Bungwe la International Labor Organization linanena kuti ulova wa achinyamata ku Senegal ndi pafupifupi 30 peresenti, ndipo anthu wamba ku Senegal amapeza ndalama zokwana madola 3 patsiku, malinga ndi kunena kwa World Bank.

“Ndi funso la kupulumuka. Moyo ndi wovuta. Ndikadapanda kukhala ndi azimayiwa, ndikadavutika, "adatero Moussa, woyimba ng'oma wazaka 31 yemwe wakhala "achibwenzi" ndi alendo achikazi kuyambira 2003.

“Azimayi amabwera okha kuno. Amakumenya, ndipo umapita nayo, "adatero Moussa. “Amakonda amuna okhala ndi ma rasta amene amaimba djembe [ng’oma]. Ndi gawo la ambiance. "

“Kupatula apo,” iye anawonjezera motero ndi kumwetulira mochenjera, “amadziŵa kuti amuna amene amaimba ng’oma ali amphamvu pakama.”

Moussa adadutsa mulu wa zithunzi. Mu chithunzi chimodzi, mkazi wonenepa kwambiri, wa ku Spain - "bwenzi" lake loyamba - ali ndi manja ake kuzungulira chimango chake chaching'ono. Anamupatsa $500, adatero, asanapite kunyumba. Chithunzi china ndi kuwombera yekha ndi mkazi wa ku Italy yemwe adati adamupatsa $ 650 kuti atsegule sitolo yake yachikumbutso ku Dakar komwe tikukhala, kumwa khofi wa Touba wokometsera.

Ananenanso za mphatso zomwe alendo amamutumizira: ma CD, ma drive a USB, gitala, chosewerera cha MP3 ndi chosewerera ma DVD.

Iye anati: “Sindipempha ndalama. “Timatuluka. Amalipira chilichonse. Timagonana. Asananyamuke, amandipatsa ndalama kuti zindithandize.”

Ena amachitcha kuti uhule wa amuna, pomwe ena amati ndi akazi okha omwe akuchita zomwe amuna azaka zapakati akhala akuchita kwa zaka mazana ambiri: Kutengana ndi wina theka la usinkhu wawo ndikupatsa bwenzi latsopanolo kukwera mtengo-wolipiridwa mosinthanitsa ndi kugonana ndi chatsopano. perekani moyo.

Moussa amakumana ndi alendo makamaka kudzera muzotumiza ndi abwenzi a abwenzi. Iye amadziona ngati “wotsogolera zokopa alendo amene amapereka ntchito zina zowonjezera,” zomwe zimaphatikizapo kugonana komanso nthawi zina kuthandiza amuna odzaona malo kukambilana ndi mahule achikazi madzulo.

Koma, ena ku Senegal akuti siwolakwa. Iwo amati ndi kudyerana masuku pamutu mbali zonse ziwiri, ndipo ntchito zokopa alendo zaipitsa mbiri ya dzikoli ndi kuipitsa achinyamata ake.

Koma, potseka shopu yake ku Dakar kuti apite kukayeserera ng'oma, Moussa adati alibe nkhawa ndi zomwe anthu ena amaganiza.

“Sindinakumanepo naye,” iye anatero, “mkazi amene sanafike msinkhu, amene amandikonda, amene ali wofunitsitsa kuchita chirichonse. Mayi amene andipezere visa ndi tikiti ya ndege kuchoka kuno.”

Tawuni yachisangalalo ya Saly, yomwe ili pagombe la Atlantic, makilomita 55 kumwera kwa Dakar, ili ndi kusiyana kokayikitsa ngati komwe kumayambira zokopa alendo ku Senegal.

Alendo achikazi azaka zapakati ndi okalamba ndi tsiku lolipira mwachangu kwa anyamata - omwe nthawi zambiri amatchedwa gigolos kapena antiquaires, omwe poyamba anali ogulitsa zikumbutso - omwe amagwira ntchito opanda malaya m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndikuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi m'makalabu ausiku. Kuli phokoso, anthu ammudzi adati, ndipo mkazi wamkuluyo amakhala bwino.

Chakumapeto kwa masika, pulogalamu yankhani yaku France, "66 Minutes," idafufuza zokopa alendo zachikazi ku Saly komanso kuchuluka kwa maukwati pakati pa azimayi aku Europe ndi amuna am'deralo, nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi kusiyana kwakukulu kwazaka.

Kupita mobisa, atolankhani achikazi adajambulitsa kudzera pa kamera yobisika anyamata omwe amawafunsira pagombe. Kenako anamasulira nkhani zimene amunawo ankakambirana m’chinenero cha Chiwolof, chomwe ndi chinenero cha fuko lalikulu la ku Senegal.

"Munapeza makasitomala ena ... Nditafika kuno, ndidawona nthawi yomweyo kuti mwawona akazi awiri achizunguwa," adatero mnyamata wina akudutsa mnzake yemwe amacheza ndi atolankhani.

“Yendani patsogolo. Tandilekeni. Ndiloleni ndigwire ntchito,” anabweza motero.

Mosakayikira, anthu okhala ku Saly sanasangalale ndi kutulutsidwa kwa nkhaniyi ndipo akhala osamala kwambiri ndi atolankhani.

Linali Loweruka cha m'ma 1 koloko m'mawa - Tsiku la Valentine, osachepera - pomwe ndidalowa koyamba ku Les Etages, kalabu yausiku yomwe idatsegulidwa zaka ziwiri zapitazo ndipo yakhala malo enieni osakira alendo - amuna ndi akazi - paulendo.

M’katimo, mahule achikazi, ena odzipaka zopakapaka kwambiri kuposa zovala, anazungulira gululo. Nyali za gululi zidadutsa pankhope yakumwetulira ya mzimayi wazaka zapakati, atakanikiza pachifuwa cha mnyamata wa ku Senegal.

Mabanja ngati amenewa anasamuka pamalo ovina modzaza anthu.

Mayi wang'ono, nthiti yake yowuma mpaka chibwano idawuma pafupifupi mtundu wofanana ndi nsonga yake yopyapyala, yolowera pabwalo lovina ndikuwuma.

Mwamuna wamtali, wonyezimira wa ku Senegal wovala malaya abuluu ndi ma jean osindikizira adayandikira ndipo adayamba kuvina, manja atapanikizana pakati pawo. DJ uja anayamba kugwiritsa ntchito salsa, ndipo bamboyo anamukokera mkati. Pa nthawi ya nyimbo ziwiri, manja ake anachoka pa phewa lake n’kufika kumsana wake.

Iwo anali akugwedezeka mogwirizana, chiuno chachiuno chokanidwa palimodzi. Chimene chinawalekanitsa tsopano chinali pafupifupi zaka 25.

Anthu am'deralo sakudziwa ngati zokopa alendo zawonjezeka ku Saly kapena ngati zangowonekera kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa.

Zokopa alendo ku Senegal zakula kuchokera ku ziwerengero zochepa mu 1970s pomwe Club Med yoyamba idatsegulidwa pagombe. Alendo opitilira 500,000 adabwera ku Senegal chaka chatha, malinga ndi ziwerengero za boma. Ndi ntchito yayikulu yazachuma kudziko la 12 miliyoni ndi GDP ya $ 13 biliyoni.

Pogogomezera kufunika kwa ntchito zokopa alendo ku Senegal, Purezidenti Abdoulaye Wade adakhazikitsa cholinga chokopa alendo okwana 1.5 miliyoni mu 2010. kuchepa kwaposachedwa kwa alendo.

Koma alendo achikazi omwe akufunafuna zachikondi akubwerabe. Palibe ziwerengero zakuti ndi angati omwe amachita zokopa alendo, koma pali zokwanira kuthandizira makalabu ausiku ngati Les Etages.

Woyang'anira hoteloyo Cheikh Ba adati alendo obwera amamufunsa komwe Les Etages ali asanafunse za gombe kapenanso kutenga makiyi akuchipinda chawo.

“Zimenezi zimakupatsani lingaliro la chifukwa chimene iwo alili,” Ba anatero. "Anthu ena amati kugonana kumabweretsa Azungu kwa Saly. Sakufuna kunena zoipa za nkhaniyi, koma ndikunena kuti ikuwononga tawuniyi.”

Nyengo yapamwamba ku Saly ndi pakati pa November ndi April. Oyang’anira mahotela akudandaula chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa bizinesi. Iwo ati alendo ena tsopano amakonda kubwereka nyumba zatchuthi komwe amachitirako bizinesi yawo mwachinsinsi.

Zokopa alendo zachikazi nthawi zambiri zimatchedwa "zokopa alendo zachikondi," ndipo zimakhala moyo wa amayi omwe amapita pafupipafupi kukawona chibwenzi chanthawi zonse kapena kungosewera masewera.

Ena amawona ngati bwenzi ndi lonjezo la kulipira kumapeto, koma Ba ndi anthu ena a Saly adanena kuti ndizogonana zachikale chifukwa cha ndalama.

“Ulibe ntchito, palibe kalikonse, ndipo ukuwona bwenzi lako likukhala m’nyumba ndi kuyendetsa galimoto imene bwenzi lake lachikazi la ku Ulaya anamgulira,” Ba anatero, “Iye amabwera mwezi uliwonse kapena kuposerapo kudzacheza ndi kumtumizira ndalama. Ukunena kwa wekha, chabwino, ine ndikhoza kuchita zimenezo.”

Pape sakhala moyo wapamwamba.

Mnyamata wazaka 30 ali ndi ntchito ku Dakar yomwe imamulipira $250 pamwezi. Theka la malipiro ake amapita ku lendi ndipo theka linalo amawonjezera ndalama zomwe amapeza komanso kutumiza ndalama kwa amayi ake okalamba ku Ivory Coast. Anzake a Pape ndi achibale ake sakudziwa za bwenzi lake lazaka 52 lachidatchi. Sakudziwanso za mphatso ndi ndalama zokwana $250 zomwe amamutumizira, nthawi zina katatu pamwezi.

"Ndine kanthu, chinthu chake, chidole chake, katundu wake," adatero. “Ndikanakhala ndi mwayi wosankha ndalama, sindikanacheza naye. Sindikadayamba izi. "

Kusuta unyolo ndi kutsitsa moŵa awiri, Pape, kunayamba kuyambira pachiyambi.

Adakumana ndi mayi wachi Dutch uja akugwira ntchito kudera lakumwera kwa Senegal ku Casamance Januware watha. Anali kumeneko patchuthi. Iwo anali kukhala mu hotelo imodzi.

Iye anati: “Ndikabwerako n’kukagona, ankagogoda pakhomo. “Tsiku lina usiku anandiitanira kuchipinda kwake. Ndinakana. Zinali zodabwitsa. Anzangawo ndi amene anandifotokozera kuti anali ndi chidwi.”

Atabwerera ku Dakar, iye analira. Ngakhale kuti anazengereza, Pape anavomera kukumana naye kumapeto kwa mlungu wotsatira ku Zigunchor, mzinda wa m’mphepete mwa nyanja ku Casamance.

“Tinatuluka usiku womwewo. Titabwerera ku hoteloyo, zomwe zimayenera kuchitika zidachitika,” adatero akukweza mawondo. Iye amasungidwa bwino, poganizira msinkhu wake.

"Sindinamufunsepo, koma ndikuganiza kuti analipo kuti agone," adatero. "Ndikuopa kufunsa."

Kuyambira pamenepo, iwo Skype ndi kulankhula pa foni. Paulendo wake waposachedwa mwezi watha, adayenda m'mphepete mwa nyanja, ndikudutsa ku Sally.

“Ndinaona anyamata angapo pamenepo ali ndi akazi achikulire, achizungu. Ndinayamba kukayikira khalidwe langa. Ukutani ndi gogoyu? Akhoza kukhala amayi ako. Wasanduka gigolo, munthu wopanda zokhumba, wokonzeka kuchita chilichonse kuti apeze ndalama,” adatero.

Atachoka, Pape ananena kuti akumva mpumulo.

Iye anati: “Sindikopeka naye. “Ndinayesetsa kupewa kugonana koma iye anaumirira. Anadandaula. Amati amandikonda. Iye wandithandiza kwambiri moti panopa ndikuona kuti ndiyenera kumupatsa chinachake.”

“Timamenyana. Ndimamuuza kuti sindingathe kupitiriza chonchi. Amandipatsa ndalama. Akudziwa kuti akhoza kundisunga,” adatero.

Mayiyo akuti adamupeza internship ku Holland ndipo adadzipereka kuti amugulire tikiti ya ndege. Akuti, nzomvetsa chisoni chabe, kuti manyazi onse ndi kudziimba mlandu padziko lapansi sizingamulepheretse kupita ngati visa yake ivomerezedwa.

Zaka zapitazo ku kalabu ku Gambia, Pape anaona mnyamata wina akuchita chiwerewere pamaso pa akazi atatu achikulire achizungu. M’modzi mwa azimayiwo anatambasula dzanja lake n’kuyamba kusisita thako lake asanagwedeze mutu, ngati kuti ndi chipatso cha msika.

“Ndimakumbukira nthaŵi zambiri posachedwapa,” iye anatero, akutulutsa ndudu imodzi ndi kuyatsa ina. “Ndikangopeza ntchito yabwino, ndidzapezanso ulemu wanga. Koma panopa ndine hule.”

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

  • — Valentine’s Day, no less — when I first ventured into Les Etages, a nightclub that opened two years ago and has become a veritable hunting ground for tourists — male and female — on the prowl.
  • Senegal’s unemployment for youths is estimated at 30 percent, according to the International Labor Organization, and the average person in Senegal earns about $3 a day, according to the World Bank.
  • Middle-aged and elderly female tourists are a quick payday for young men — often called gigolos or antiquaires, originally souvenir vendors — who work out shirtless on the beaches and preen in the nightclubs.

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