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Darkness before Daybreak
African Migrants Living on the Margins in Southern Italy Today
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English
Published/Copyright:
2011
About this book
This riveting book chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. A story that illuminates the nature of high-risk migration around the world, Darkness before Daybreak reveals the challenges and experiences of these international migrants who, like countless others, are often in the news but are rarely understood. Hans Lucht tells how these men live on the fringes of society in Naples, what the often deadly journey across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea involved, and what their lives in the fishing village of Senya Beraku—where there are no more fish—were like. Asking how these men find meaning in their experiences, Lucht addresses broader existential questions surrounding the lives of economic refugees and their death-defying struggle for a life worth living. He also considers the ramifications of the many deaths that occur in the desert and the sea for those who are left behind.
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Contributor: Hans Lucht
Hans Lucht is a Danish journalist, writer, and anthropologist at the University of Copenhagen.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
xxi - PART I . LOSSES AND GAINS IN NAPLES
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1. Clandestino
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2. Migrant Work Situations
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3. Suffering in a Globalized World
66 - PART II . THE JOURNEY TO EUROPE
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4. The Mediterranean Passage
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5. The Maghreb Connection: Libya and a Desert to Cross
160 - PART III. IN THE VILLAGE OF THE LOST CAPTAINS
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6. The Guan of Senya Beraku
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7. The Body Stays, but the Soul Returns
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Conclusion
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Epilogue: Living on the Moon
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References
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July 22, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9780520950467
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306
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Keywords for this book
inspiring immigration stories; emigration and immigration stories; overcoming adversity; african immigrants; refugees and asylees; european immigration; immigration journey; hardships of immigration; globalization theory; anthropology and immigration; ethnic demographic studies; ghana immigrants; european anthropology; cultural studies; european history; journey to italy; high seas journey; dangerous adventure; refugee journey; desert journey; immigrant workers; migration to europe; international migrants
