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The Association of West African Merchants (AWAM) was a trade association that sold European goods in the Gold Coast.[1] It was originally formed in 1916 for European merchants to discuss problems relating to West African trade.[2] The Gold Coast branch was formed during the late Second World War as suggested by the government to assist in the administration of the war-time economic controls.[3] The acronym AWAM over the years became used to mean the manipulation of terms of trade to disadvantage customers in favour of traders. In the local parlance, it was synonymous with "Kuluulu".[1]

  1. ^ a b "What's in a name?". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ Bianka, Murillo (2011). ""The Devil we know": Gold Coast Consumers, Local Employees, and United African Company, 1940-1960". Enterprise & Society. VL 12. doi:10.1093/es/khq106 – via ResearchGate.
  3. ^ "Association of West African Merchants (Hansard, 17 March 1948)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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