Driving through the musseque

It’s always very crowded in the narrow, dusty streets of the slums. How come that there are no old people here? Is this because of the war? “Yes, but also they don’t come often out of their barakas. Besides, there are not really old people here as they usually don’t reach the age of 50. The living conditions in the slum are extremely bad. It's too crowded and utterly unhygienic with mounds of rotten garbage and no clean water.” The average life expectancy in Angola is not more than 39 years! There are many young people, school-aged children playing in the streets and a lot of baby’s crawling in the dust. “Many adolescent girls become pregnant even before the age of 15." It seems to me that every second woman here is pregnant.” The total fertility rate is nearly 6 children per women. Bernardo laughs, “Yes, Angolans never sleep!" And what about using condoms? “Wel, they are too expensive. 1 $! (?) Even though, the condoms should be handed out free of charge the pharmacies would still sell them and pocket the money.” (cia.gov)