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The fixer : visa lottery chronicles / Charles Piot ; with Kodjo Nicolas Batema.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Piot, Charles, author.
- Batema, Kodjo Nicolas (Visa broker), author.
- Series:
- Theory in forms.
- A theory in forms book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Batema, Kodjo Nicolas (Visa broker).
- Batema, Kodjo Nicolas.
- African diaspora.
- Visas--Togo.
- Visas.
- Togolese--Migrations--History--21st century.
- Togolese.
- Togolese--United States.
- Visas--Government policy--United States.
- Emigration and immigration law--United States.
- Emigration and immigration law.
- Togo--Emigration and immigration.
- Togo.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC Duke University Press 2019
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Border practice
- The interview
- Kinship by other means
- Trading futures
- Embassy indiscretions
- Protest
- Prison
- America, here we come
- Lomé 2018.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781478090038
- 1478090030
- 9781478003427
- 1478003421
- OCLC:
- 1126115788
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478003427
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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