[Migration, marriage, and family in the valley of the Senegal River].

In 1993 out migration from five villages in the upper valley of the Senegal river appears to be as intensive as it was ten years ago but with the difference that new social groups are now concerned: children women and older men. Migration of family groups is essentially characteristic of international migrants although all the members of the family do not always move to the same place. Besides pendular and incomplete migrations settlement in Dakar can be observed probably corresponding to a progressive [severance] from the village of origin. Exogamy and nonresidential polygamy also contribute to a multilocalization of the family and of the community of origin thus strengthening the flows of migrants especially to Dakar. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA) (EXCERPT)