“Itinerant Gold Mines”: Prostitution in the Cross River Basin of Nigeria, 1930-1950

African Studies Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 57-79

  Naanen, Benedict B B ^a  

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EID: 84971918263     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/524228     Document Type: Article

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