Rösser, MichaelMichaelRösser0000-0002-7724-70662026-04-302026-04-302026https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/114914This article examines two annotated photo albums of a German colonial railway doctor, Hans Schäfer, in Kamerun. Investigating the gatekeeper role of a doctor in the recruitment process of colonial labour, it also analyses how his visual and written documentation (re)produced a gendered and racialised colonial gaze on work at colonial railway constructions. It draws particular attention to African women’s roles in railway work, reproductive labour, and the sex economy.engTropical medicinecolonial labourimperial infrastructurevisual sourcesfemale (sex) workarticleurn:nbn:de:bvb:473-irb-114914x