UID:
kobvindex_HPB1081375266
Format:
1 online resource (x, 212 pages) :
,
illustrations
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
ISBN:
9781478003427
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1478003421
Series Statement:
A theory in forms book
Content:
In the West African nation of Togo, applying for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery is a national obsession, with hundreds of thousands of Togolese entering each year. From the street frenzy of the lottery sign-up period and the scramble to raise money for the embassy interview, to the gamesmanship of those adding spouses and dependents to their dossiers, the application process is complicated, expensive, and unpredictable. In 'The Fixer' Charles Piot follows Kodjo Nicolas Batema, a Togolese visa broker-known as a "fixer"--As he shepherds his clients through the application and interview process. Relaying the experiences of the fixer, his clients, and embassy officials, Piot captures the ever-evolving cat-and-mouse game between the embassy and the hopeful Togolese, as well as the disappointments and successes of lottery winners in the United States. These detailed and compelling stories uniquely illustrate the desire and savviness of migrants as they work to find what they hope will be a better life
Note:
Border practice -- The interview -- Kinship by other means -- Trading futures -- Embassy indiscretions -- Protest -- Prison -- America, here we come -- Lomé 2018.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Piot, Charles. Fixer. Durham : Duke University Press, 2019 ISBN 9781478001911
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
History.
URL:
HathiTrust Digital Library
URL:
ProQuest Ebook Central
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478003427
URL:
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books
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https://whel-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/openurl/44WHELF_BANG/44WHELF_BANG_services_page?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&rft.mms_id=991004831859202422
URL:
Free Access
(from Directory of Open Access Books)
URL:
University of Alberta Access
((Unlimited Concurrent Users))
URL:
http://doi.org/10.1215/9781478003427
URL:
http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24897
URL:
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24897
URL:
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2019005119
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