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oapen-20.500.12657-248972021-11-09T09:29:08Z The Fixer Piot, Charles Batema, Kodjo Nicholas diversity visa lottery Togo West Africa visa brokers fixers migration bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography 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. 2019-07-18 10:08:27 2020-04-01T10:13:16Z 2020-04-01T10:13:16Z 2019 book 1005204 OCN: 1135853919 9781478001911 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24897 eng Theory in Forms application/pdf n/a 9781478003427.pdf https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-fixer Duke University Press 10.1215/9781478003427 10.1215/9781478003427 f0d6aaef-4159-4e01-b1ea-a7145b2ab14b 9781478001911 Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) 224 Durham, NC 2019-07-18 10:03:59, Funder name: Duke University Libraries/Funding project name: Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem/Acronym: TOME open access
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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.
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