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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ISCA, University of Oxford
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Vestiges: Traces of Record |
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| Online Access: | http://www.vestiges-journal.info/index.php/Vestiges/article/view/9 |