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The Jula have different lifestyles depending on income and where they live. In the large cities such as Abidjan or Bouaké many Jula have adopted a modern lifestyle. In their villages located in northern Côte d'Ivoire, they are often farmers using simple hand tools to cultivate small fields of between 2 and 5 acres. Some practice weaving of traditional cloth and others are still traders.
For the Jula, relationships with others are important and much daily activity is built around social visits. In traditional culture boys are sent to Koranic schools while girls start working with their mothers and grandmothers to do the many tasks that women must perform. Some children do attend French language public schools. Community social life is built around weddings, funerals and observance of Islamic traditions. |