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Officials, Commercial Interests, and Civil Aviation Policy Initiatives in Inter-War British West Africa

Ayodeji Olukoju
African Economic History, May 2023, 51 (1) 1-23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.51.1.1
Ayodeji Olukoju
Ayodeji Olukoju (aolukoju{at}unilag.edu.ng) is Distinguished Professor of History, University of Lagos, Nigeria; DAAD Guest Professor in African Economic History, Bayreuth University, Germany (2022); and editorial board member of the Journal of Global History (2021–2023).
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vol. 51 no. 1 1-23
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https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.51.1.1
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African Economic History
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0145-2258
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2163-9108
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  • Published online June 9, 2023.
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  1. Ayodeji Olukoju (aolukoju{at}unilag.edu.ng) is Distinguished Professor of History, University of Lagos, Nigeria; DAAD Guest Professor in African Economic History, Bayreuth University, Germany (2022); and editorial board member of the Journal of Global History (2021–2023).
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    • Introduction
    • Private Enterprise and Renewed Quest for Air Services in Nigeria, 1927–1929
    • The Aircraft Operating Company Proposal and Potential for Postal Services
    • Cobham-Blackburn Air Lines Proposals, 1928–1929
    • Competing Perspectives of Nigerian Government Departments
    • Consensus and Dissent on Aviation Policy
    • Attempts to Establish a West African Air Service, 1929–1931
    • The Challenge of Funding
    • Campbell’s Report on Civil Aviation in British West Africa
    • West African Governors’ Consensus on Aviation Policy
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