Association of West African Merchants (original) (raw)

The Association of West African Merchants was a trade association who sold European goods in Gold Coast. It was originally formed in 1916 for European merchants to discuss problems relating to West African trade. The Gold coast branch was formed during the late war suggested by the government to assist the administration of the war-time economic controls. AWAM is an acronym for manipulating terms of trade to disadvantaged customers in favor of traders. In the local parlance it was synonymous to "Kuluulu" .