With the stigma around female sex-work remaining widespread today, it comes as no surprise that prostitution has been a largely unexplored and misunderstood area of African history. The Comforts of Home uses oral history to foreground the experiences, agency, and financial independence of female prostitutes in colonial Nairobi in the period 1899 to 1963. Whilst … Continue reading Book review: Luise White, The comforts of home: prostitution in colonial Nairobi (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1990) →