As many as 15,000 girls in four coastal districts — about a third of all 12-18 year-olds girls there — are involved in casual sex for cash, a joint study by Kenya’s government and U. ' Emerging alongside this black market trade — and obvious in the bars and on the sand once the sun goes down — are thousands of elderly white women hoping for romantic, and legal, encounters with much younger Kenyan men.
They go dining at fine restaurants, then dancing, and back to expensive hotel rooms overlooking the coast.
“This is what is sold to tourists by tourism companies — a kind of return to a colonial past, where white women are served, serviced, and pampered by black minions,” said Nottinghan University’s Davidson.
'Live like the rich' Many of the visitors are on the lookout for men like Joseph.
Allie and Bethan — who both declined to give their full names — said they planned to spend a whole month touring Kenya’s palm-fringed beaches.
Selector .selector_input_interaction .selector_input. Selector .selector_input_interaction .selector_spinner. Nonetheless, he invited me back to meet his friends staring at him in disbelief thinking he actually succeeded in picking up this Brasilian girl.He broke the ice immediately and said, “She’s American.” And once again, I got the line, “We thought you were Brasilian!Older, white women join Kenya's sex tourism 1 in 5 wealthy female travelers in search of young men, locals estimate Sexploration — By Brian Alexander updated p.m. 26, 2007 MOMBASA, Kenya - Bethan, 56, lives in southern England on the same street as best friend Allie, 64.They are on their first holiday to Kenya, a country they say is “just full of big young boys who like us older girls.” Hard figures are difficult to come by, but local people on the coast estimate that as many as one in five single women visiting from rich countries are in search of sex..action_button.action_button:active.action_button:hover.action_button:focus.action_button:hover.action_button:focus .count.action_button:hover .count.action_button:focus .count:before.action_button:hover .count:before.u-margin-top--lg.u-margin-left--sm.u-flex.u-flex-auto.u-flex-none.bullet. Content Wrapper:after.hidden.normal.grid_page.grid_page:before,.grid_page:after.grid_page:after.grid_page h3.grid_page h3 a.grid_page h3 a:hover.grid_page h3 a.action_button.grid_page h3 a.action_button:active.grid_page h3 a.action_button:hover.grid_page h3 a.action_button:not(.fake_disabled):hover.grid_page h3 a.action_button:not(.fake_disabled):focus.grid_pagediv. Bethan sipped the same local drink: a powerful mix of honey, fresh limes and vodka known locally as “Dawa,” or ”medicine.” She kept one eye on her date — a 20-year-old playing pool, a red bandana tying back dreadlocks and new-looking sports shoes on his feet.He looked up and came to join her at the table, kissing her, then collecting more coins for the pool game.” Allie asked in a bar later, nursing a strong, golden cocktail.She was still wearing her bikini top, having just pulled on a pair of jeans and a necklace of traditional African beads.
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