Ngangue-Bonapriso: Blend of Wealth and Poverty

The high cost of living in Bonapriso obliges the residents in the neighbouring areas to go the extra mile to live.

“Where do you live”? “In Bonapriso?”. Once this sort of questions shroud the conversation of two people in Douala, the immediate impression one of them gets is that the other party is a wealthy person because Bonapriso is know as a neighbourhood for the rich.
The houses in the area and the general cost of living makes anyone believe that it is a neighbourhood for the rich. If somebody leaves in the area then he is considered to be very wealthy, firstly because of the cost of an apartment in Bonapriso. An apartment which may just be a room and the living room in Bonapriso may cost 55,000FCFA per month.

Apart from this, it is a clean neighbourhood in a sprawling city with its inhabitants who are mostly ambassadors and other diplomats. It has very good and beautiful buildings. Very close to Bonapriso lies Ngangue, a small neighbourhood which stands between Bonapriso and
Newbell, a notorious neighbourhood in Douala. Ngangue maybe small in area, but it is generally clean, even though it has some swampy areas which cause some parts of the area to suffer from floods during the rainy season.

Most workers prefer to live in Ngangue because it is a peaceful environment. It also has some beautiful apartments which are covered by the imposing structures in Bonapriso. Furthermore, the rents of the apartments are affordable. Apart from the workers who go out every morning, the rest of the inhabitants struggle to meet up with the standards of the people in Bonapriso, reason why at night young girls dress up like prostitutes parade along the streets.

Prostitution is high, like in Akwa and Carrefour jai raté ma vie. In this manner, some prostitutes raise money to be able to live up to standards. Some men sit along the buildings as though they had nothing to do. Most of them end up in game shops, bars. Before now, it was noted to inhabit thieves, but security has stepped up in the area. Young children do not go to school, they just lazy-about. They want to meet up because the cost of living in Bonapriso is high and they need more money.
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