[ « Lufthansa, Ascko Terrain et Shell 1 By Night » à Kara au Nord-Togo: Des espaces publics entre loisirs et sexe, quelles implications géographiques ? ]
Volume 66, Issue 1, April 2023, Pages 100–107
Agbeyadzi Kossi1
1 Laboratoire Pôle de Recherche et d’Expertise sur la Dynamique des Espaces et des Sociétés (PREDES), Département de Géographie, Université de Kara, Togo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This research analyzes the fun nightlife mainly around drink and sex in Lufthansa, Ascko terrain and Shell 1 and their socio-economic and environmental implications in the city of Kara in North Togo. From analytical observation of the field, the survey questionnaire, interviews and documentary research, we obtained scientific results linking space, leisure, sexuality and socio-economic development. The results show that Lufthansa, Ascko Terrain and Shell 1 are public leisure spaces, the busiest places in Kara every night throughout the year around the pleasure of drinking, playing, chatting, eating, to enjoy sex, to live and for good reason. For men, it’s drowning marital worries, showing social success, or just getting on with life. When it comes to women, it’s about surviving, building up businesses or it’s a job just like any other. This entails, therefore, not only some economic advantages, namely the purchase of learning materials, installation of shops, workshops, bars or restaurants, financing of studies, construction of houses but also heavy social consequences. in particular exposure to sexually transmitted infections, social and family stigma and discrimination, particular pollution, theft, particular violence, assault, etc. The sustainability of the phenomenon is essentially ensured by the availability of «free women» and insatiable men. The phenomenon is now spreading to other public places in the city and even beyond.
Author Keywords: Public space, Leisure, sexuality, social development, North Togo.
Volume 66, Issue 1, April 2023, Pages 100–107
Agbeyadzi Kossi1
1 Laboratoire Pôle de Recherche et d’Expertise sur la Dynamique des Espaces et des Sociétés (PREDES), Département de Géographie, Université de Kara, Togo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This research analyzes the fun nightlife mainly around drink and sex in Lufthansa, Ascko terrain and Shell 1 and their socio-economic and environmental implications in the city of Kara in North Togo. From analytical observation of the field, the survey questionnaire, interviews and documentary research, we obtained scientific results linking space, leisure, sexuality and socio-economic development. The results show that Lufthansa, Ascko Terrain and Shell 1 are public leisure spaces, the busiest places in Kara every night throughout the year around the pleasure of drinking, playing, chatting, eating, to enjoy sex, to live and for good reason. For men, it’s drowning marital worries, showing social success, or just getting on with life. When it comes to women, it’s about surviving, building up businesses or it’s a job just like any other. This entails, therefore, not only some economic advantages, namely the purchase of learning materials, installation of shops, workshops, bars or restaurants, financing of studies, construction of houses but also heavy social consequences. in particular exposure to sexually transmitted infections, social and family stigma and discrimination, particular pollution, theft, particular violence, assault, etc. The sustainability of the phenomenon is essentially ensured by the availability of «free women» and insatiable men. The phenomenon is now spreading to other public places in the city and even beyond.
Author Keywords: Public space, Leisure, sexuality, social development, North Togo.
Abstract: (french)
Cette recherche analyse l’animation ludique nocturne principalement autour de la boisson et du sexe à Lufthansa, à Ascko terrain et à Shell 1 et leurs implications socio-économiques et environnemenetales dans la ville de Kara au Nord-Togo. A partir d’observation analytique du terrain, du questionnaire d’enquête, des entretiens et de recherche documentaire, l’on a obtenu des résultats scientifiques mettant en lien l’espace, loisirs, sexualité et développement socio-économique. Les résultats montrent que Lufthansa, Ascko Terrain et Shell 1 sont des espaces publics de loisirs, des lieux les plus animés à Kara chaque nuit tout au long de l’année autour du plaisir de boire, de jouer, de discuter, de manger, de jouir du sexe, de vivre et pour cause. Pour les hommes, c’est noyer les soucis conjugaux, montrer sa réussite sociale ou simplement faire la vie. Quant aux femmes, c’est survivre, constituer les fonds de commerce ou c’est un métier tout comme les autres. Ceci entraine, de ce fait, non seulement quelques avantages économiques à savoir l’achat de matériel d’apprentissage, installation de boutiques, d’ateliers, de bars ou de restaurants, financement des études, construction de maisons mais aussi de lourdes conséquences sociales notamment les expositions aux infections sexuellement transmissibles, la stigmatisation et la discrimination sociale et familiale, des pollutions particulières, des vols, des violences particulières, des agressions, etc. La pérennité du phénomène est essentiellement assurée par la disponibilité des « femmes libres » et des hommes insatiables. Le phénomène s’étend aujourd’hui à d’autres lieux publics de la ville et même au-delà.
Author Keywords: Espace public, Loisirs, sexualité, développement social, Nord-Togo.
How to Cite this Article
Agbeyadzi Kossi, “« Lufthansa, Ascko Terrain and Shell 1 By Night » in Kara in North-Togo: Public spaces between leisure and sex, what geographical implications?,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 100–107, April 2023.
