LEADER 03050oam 2200613I 450 001 9910330707803321 005 20190424100434.0 010 $a1-4780-9003-0 010 $a1-4780-0342-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000008332422 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5779779 035 $a1098246132 035 $a(OCoLC)1126115788 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_89100 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37548 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008332422 100 $a20190424d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe fixer $evisa lottery chronicles /$fCharles Piot ; with Kodjo Nicolas Batema 210 1$aDurham :$cDuke University Press,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (214 pages) 225 1 $aA theory in forms book 311 $a1-4780-0304-9 311 $a1-4780-0191-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBorder practice -- The interview -- Kinship by other means -- Trading futures -- Embassy indiscretions -- Protest -- Prison -- America, here we come -- Lome? 2018. 330 8 $aIn the West African nation of Togo, applying for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery is a national obsession, with hundreds of thousands of Togolese entering each year. From the street frenzy of the lottery sign-up period and the scramble to raise money for the embassy interview, to the gamesmanship of those adding spouses and dependents to their dossiers, the application process is complicated, expensive, and unpredictable. In 'The Fixer' Charles Piot follows Kodjo Nicolas Batema, a Togolese visa broker-known as a "fixer"-as he shepherds his clients through the application and interview process. Relaying the experiences of the fixer, his clients, and embassy officials, Piot captures the ever-evolving cat-and-mouse game between the embassy and the hopeful Togolese, as well as the disappointments and successes of lottery winners in the United States. These detailed and compelling stories uniquely illustrate the desire and savviness of migrants as they work to find what they hope will be a better life. 410 0$aTheory in forms. 606 $aAfrican diaspora 606 $aVisas$zTogo 606 $aTogolese$xMigrations$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aTogolese$zUnited States 606 $aVisas$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aEmigration and immigration law$zUnited States 607 $aTogo$xEmigration and immigration 615 0$aAfrican diaspora. 615 0$aVisas 615 0$aTogolese$xMigrations$xHistory 615 0$aTogolese 615 0$aVisas$xGovernment policy 615 0$aEmigration and immigration law 676 $a304.8/7306681 700 $aPiot$b Charles$0952067 702 $aBatema$b Kodjo Nicolas$c(Visa broker), 801 0$bNDD 801 1$bNDD 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910330707803321 996 $aThe fixer$92152419 997 $aUNINA