Title: When Sex Threatened the State
Description: Breaking new ground in the understanding of sexuality's complex relationship to colonialism, this book illuminates the attempts at regulating prostitution in colonial Nigeria. It shows, British colonizers saw prostitution as an African form of sexual primitivity and a problem to be solved as part of imperialism's "civilizing mission".
Subjects: Sex, Prostitution, Child prostitution, Sexually transmitted diseases, Great britain, colonies, africa, Nigeria, politics and government, History, Law and legislation, Colonies, Social policy, Politics and government, History, 20th Century, Public Policy, Sexual Behavior, Colonialism, Political aspects, Social aspects