The Fixer
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 t...
I tiakina i:
| Kaituhi matua: | |
|---|---|
| Hōputu: | Online |
| Reo: | Ingarihi |
| I whakaputaina: |
Duke University Press
2021
|
| Ngā marau: | |
| Urunga tuihono: | 1005204 |
| Ngā Tūtohu: |
Kāore He Tūtohu, Me noho koe te mea tuatahi ki te tūtohu i tēnei pūkete!
|
| _version_ | 1869527204711366656 |
|---|---|
| author | Piot, Charles |
| author_browse | Piot, Charles |
| author_facet | Piot, Charles |
| author_sort | Piot, Charles |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | 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. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-37548 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateRange | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
| publisher | Duke University Press |
| publisherStr | Duke University Press |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-375482025-01-30T12:53:06Z The Fixer Piot, Charles Batema, Kodjo Nicholas diversity visa lottery Togo West Africa visa brokers fixers migration thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology 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. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-07-18 10:08:27 2020-04-01T10:13:16Z 2019 book 1005204 OCN: 1135853919 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24897 9781478001911 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37548 eng Theory in Forms open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24897/1/9781478003427.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24897/1/9781478003427.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24897/1/9781478003427.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24897/1/9781478003427.pdf Duke University Press 10.1215/9781478003427 10.1215/9781478003427 8b9381d6-252e-4bed-8478-ee620c861aac 9781478001911 Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) 224 Durham, NC open access |
| spellingShingle | diversity visa lottery Togo West Africa visa brokers fixers migration thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology Piot, Charles The Fixer |
| title | The Fixer |
| title_full | The Fixer |
| title_fullStr | The Fixer |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Fixer |
| title_short | The Fixer |
| title_sort | fixer |
| topic | diversity visa lottery Togo West Africa visa brokers fixers migration thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology |
| topic_facet | diversity visa lottery Togo West Africa visa brokers fixers migration thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology |
| url | 1005204 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT piotcharles thefixer AT piotcharles fixer |