Prostitution in Colonial Lagos and Accra: Evidence from the National Archives Buea, Cameroon, c.1930s-1950s

Between 1930s and 1950s the colonial cities of Lagos and Accra along the West African coast, attracted an influx of prostitutes. These prostitutes first came to Lagos through a very complex network and thence to Accra. Because of the lucrative nature of the profession, recruiters (pimps) came to lur...

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Main Author: Walter Gam Nkwi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ISCA, University of Oxford 2016-06-01
Series:Vestiges: Traces of Record
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Online Access:http://www.vestiges-journal.info/index.php/Vestiges/article/view/9