Cahiers d'études africaines - Année 1973 - Volume 13 - Numéro 51 - Pages 497-510A. Osmont — ~~The Formation of a Local Community in Dakar~~. Story of the development of a local community in a co-operative housing estate. The first stage is marked by the appearance of a sense of common, solidary interest, based at first upon objective institutions (the rules and by-laws governing co-operative building societies) ; then cornes the passage from a one-purpose to a multi-purpose association. In a third stage the experience of communal action leads to the assumption of locality-based power. 14 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.