Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Narrating a History of Domestic Life, Sexuality, Being, and Feeling in Urban Africa
Part I: From Atlantic Ocean Trading Post to Colonial Capital City, 1849–1929
1: Sexual Economy in the Era of Trade and Politics
2: Planning, Protest, and Prostitution
Part II: Libreville’s Growth, 1930–1960
3: Migration and Governance
4: The Bridewealth Economy
5: Jurisprudence
6: “Faire Bon Ami”(To Be Good Friends)
7: “A Black Girl Should NotBe with a White Man”
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index