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Blake's adventurous essays--her Letters from Togo--are based on the letters she wrote to her friends from Lomé, the West African capital where she spent a Fulbright year teaching American literature from 1983 to 1984. As Blake begins the process of making sense out of a vibrant, seeming anarchy, we are pulled along with her into the heart of Togo--a tiny dry strip of a country no one can even find on a map. With her delightful prose and insight for detail Blake introduces us to Mahouna, her housekeeper, who runs a cold drink business from his refrigerator in a country where electricity is unre

Blake, Susan Louise, -- 1946- -- Travel -- Togo -- Lome Region. --- Loe Region (Togo) -- Social life and customs. --- Lome Region (Togo) -- Description and travel.

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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.

African diaspora. --- Visas --- Togolese --- Emigration and immigration law --- Ethnology --- Passports --- Black diaspora --- Diaspora, African --- Human geography --- Africans --- Migrations --- History --- Government policy --- Law and legislation --- Batema, Kodjo Nicolas --- Togo --- République du Togo --- République autonome du Togo --- Togolezskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Togolese Republic --- Republic of Togo --- République togolaise --- Togolese Republiek --- Togu --- República Togolesa --- Toqo --- Тога --- Toha --- Тагалеская рэспубліка --- Tahaleskai︠a︡ rėspublika --- Republika Togo --- Republik Togoat --- Того --- Тогоанска република --- Togoanska republika --- Togská republika --- Gweriniaeth Togo --- Togolesische Republik --- Tʼóogo --- Togoleska republika --- Togo Vabariik --- Τόγκο --- Tonko --- Δημοκρατία του Τόγκο --- Dēmokratia tou Tonko --- Togoko Errepublika --- Tóga --- Poblacht Thóga --- Pobblaght ny Togo --- Poblachd Thògo --- Тоhлмудин Орн --- Toḣlmudin Orn --- 토고 --- T'oko (Republic) --- Republik Togo --- Lýðveldið Tógó --- Repubblica Togolese --- טוגו --- רפובליקת טוגו --- Republiḳat Ṭogo --- Togoland (French) --- Togoland --- Togoland (British) --- Emigration and immigration. --- Transatlantic slave trade --- diversity visa lottery --- West Africa --- visa brokers --- fixers --- migration

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Since the end of the cold war, Africa has seen a dramatic rise in new political and religious phenomena, including an eviscerated privatized state, neoliberal NGOs, Pentecostalism, a resurgence in accusations of witchcraft, a culture of scamming and fraud, and, in some countries, a nearly universal wish to emigrate. Drawing on fieldwork in Togo, Charles Piot suggests that a new biopolitics after state sovereignty is remaking the face of one of the world's poorest regions. In a country where playing the U.S. Department of State's green card lottery is a national pastime and the preponderance of cybercafés and Western Union branches signals a widespread desire to connect to the rest of the world, Nostalgia for the Future makes clear that the cultural and political terrain that underlies postcolonial theory has shifted. In order to map out this new terrain, Piot enters into critical dialogue with a host of important theorists, including Agamben, Hardt and Negri, Deleuze, and Mbembe. The result is a deft interweaving of rich observations of Togolese life with profound insights into the new, globalized world in which that life takes place.

Postcolonialism --- Africa, West --- Togo --- History --- Internal politics --- Postcolonialisme --- Afrique occidentale --- Histoire --- République du Togo --- République autonome du Togo --- Togolezskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Togolese Republic --- Republic of Togo --- République togolaise --- Togolese Republiek --- Togu --- República Togolesa --- Toqo --- Тога --- Toha --- Тагалеская рэспубліка --- Tahaleskai︠a︡ rėspublika --- Republika Togo --- Republik Togoat --- Того --- Тогоанска република --- Togoanska republika --- Togská republika --- Gweriniaeth Togo --- Togolesische Republik --- Tʼóogo --- Togoleska republika --- Togo Vabariik --- Τόγκο --- Tonko --- Δημοκρατία του Τόγκο --- Dēmokratia tou Tonko --- Togoko Errepublika --- Tóga --- Poblacht Thóga --- Pobblaght ny Togo --- Poblachd Thògo --- Тоhлмудин Орн --- Toḣlmudin Orn --- 토고 --- T'oko (Republic) --- Republik Togo --- Lýðveldið Tógó --- Repubblica Togolese --- טוגו --- רפובליקת טוגו --- Republiḳat Ṭogo --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:327.4H21 --- Post-colonialism --- Postcolonial theory --- Political science --- Decolonization --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Kolonisatie / dekolonisatie / post-kolonisatie --- Togoland (French) --- Togoland --- Togoland (British) --- west african history, anthropology, cold war, 20th century, religious phenomena, religion, politics, political science, sociology, neoliberal ngos, pentecostalism, scamming, fraud, emigration, immigration, immigrants, togo, fieldwork, new biopolitics, sovereignty, poorest regions, poverty, green card lottery, us department of state, witchcraft, accusations, western union branches, cybercafes, postcolonial theory, theorists, togolese life.

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Chants de mariage ou de travail, berceuses, danses et jeux chantés : le répertoire entraïnant des enfants d'Afrique de l' Oust et centrale est réuni ici pour la première fois dans un livre et sur un CD (10 pays et 11 langues sont représentés). On y retrouve les voix de chanteurs, adultes et enfants, hommes et femmes, dans un universmusical riche et varié, respectueux de la tradition mais ouvert à lamodernité, aux saveurs et aux styles multiples. L'instrumentation associe la kora, le piano à pouces, le bala, la fl[ute...au rythme de nombreuses percussions. Toutes les paroles sont reproduites dans leur langue d'origine et traduites en français. En fin d'ouvrage, l'auteur a réuni une mine d'informations sur l'origine, le contexte culturel, la gestuelle et l'instrumentation de chaque comptine. (bron: covertekst)

Didactics of social education --- Regional documentation --- Africa --- prentenboeken --- intercultureel onderwijs --- liederenbundels --- kinderliederen --- anderstalige kinderboeken --- Liedjes --- Mali --- Ivoorkust --- Togo --- Senegal --- Rwanda --- Guinee --- Congo --- Kameroun --- Mauretanië

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"Although they came from distinct polities and peoples who spoke different languages, slaves from the African Gold Coast were collectively identified by Europeans as 'Coromantee' or 'Mina.' Why these ethnic labels were embraced and how they were utilized by enslaved Africans to develop new group identities is the subject of Walter C. Rucker's absorbing study. Rucker examines the social and political factors that contributed to the creation of New World ethnic identities and assesses the ways displaced Gold Coast Africans used familiar ideas about power as a means of understanding, defining, and resisting oppression. He explains how performing Coromantee and Mina identity involved a common set of concerns and the creation of the ideological weapons necessary to resist the slavocracy. These weapons included obeah powders, charms, and potions; the evolution of 'peasant' consciousness and the ennoblement of common people; increasingly aggressive displays of masculinity; and the empowerment of women as leaders, spiritualists, and warriors, all of which marked sharp breaks or reformulations of patterns in their Gold Coast past"--Provided by publisher.

African diaspora --- Power (Social sciences) --- Africans --- Blacks --- Slaves --- Akan (African people) --- Akans (African people) --- Twi Fante (African people) --- Ethnology --- Fanti (African people) --- Enslaved persons --- Persons --- Slavery --- Negroes --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Black diaspora --- Diaspora, African --- Human geography --- History. --- Ethnic identity --- Social conditions. --- Migrations --- Togo --- Côte d'Ivoire --- Ghana --- America --- Chia-na --- Dēmokratia tēs Gkanas --- Gáana --- Gana --- Gana ka Fasojamana --- Gana Konghwaguk --- Gana Respublikaḣy --- Ganæ --- Ganah --- Ganao --- Ganmudin Orn --- Ghana Vabariik --- Ghanako Errepublika --- Ghaney --- Ghanská republika --- Gkana --- Government of Ghana --- Gweriniaeth Ghana --- Hana (Ghana) --- IGana --- Ochíchìíwú Ghana --- Pobblaght ny Ganey --- Poblachd Ghàna --- Poblacht Ghána --- Qana --- Qana Respublikası --- Repubblica del Ghana --- Republic of Ghana --- República de Ghana --- Rèpublica du Gana --- Republik Ghana --- Republika Gana --- Republiḳat Ganah --- République du Ghana --- Rėspublika Hana --- Respublikæ Ganæ --- Tjóðveldið Gana --- Yn Ghaney --- Γκάνα --- Δημοκρατία της Γκάνας --- Рэспубліка Гана --- Республикæ Ганæ --- Република Гана --- Ганæ --- Гана --- Ганмудин Орн --- רפובליקת גאנה --- גאנה --- ガーナ --- 가나 --- 가나 공화국 --- Ashanti --- Gold Coast --- Northern Territories of the Gold Coast --- Togoland (British) --- Bereg Slonovoĭ Kosti --- Costa d'Avorio --- Costa de Bori --- Costa de Marfil --- Costa de Vori --- Couta d'Ivouèro --- Elfebeikischte --- Elfenbeinküste --- Elpendbānrīma --- Fil Dişi Sahili --- Fil Dişi Sahili Respublikası --- Ivoire, Côte d' --- Ivoorkus --- Ivory Coast --- Kot d'Ivoar --- Kot d'Ivuar --- Kōto Jibowāru --- Kōto Jibowāru Kyōwakoku --- Kōtojiboāru --- Kōtojibowāru --- Kōtojibowāru Kyōwakoku --- Obala Slonovače --- Panté Gadéng --- Republic of Côte d'Ivoire --- Republic of Ivory Coast --- Republic of the Ivory Coast --- Republica de Costa de Vori --- Republiek van Côte d'Ivoire --- Republika Kot d'Ivoar --- Republika Obala Slonovače --- République de Côte d'Ivoire --- République de la Côte d'Ivoire --- Rėspublika Kot d'Ivuar --- Territoire de la Côte d'Ivoire --- Рэспубліка Кот д'Івуар --- Република Кот д'Ивоар --- Кот д'Ивоар --- Кот д'Івуар --- コートジボワール --- コートジボアール --- 象牙海岸共和国 --- Dēmokratia tou Tonko --- Gweriniaeth Togo --- Lýðveldið Tógó --- Pobblaght ny Togo --- Poblachd Thògo --- Poblacht Thóga --- Repubblica Togolese --- Republic of Togo --- República Togolesa --- Republik Togo --- Republik Togoat --- Republika Togo --- Republiḳat Ṭogo --- République autonome du Togo --- République du Togo --- République togolaise --- Tahaleskai︠a︡ rėspublika --- Tóga --- Togo Vabariik --- Togoanska republika --- Togoko Errepublika --- Togolese Republic --- Togolese Republiek --- Togolesische Republik --- Togoleska republika --- Togolezskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Togská republika --- Togu --- Toha --- Toḣlmudin Orn --- T'oko (Republic) --- Tonko --- Tʼóogo --- Toqo --- Τόγκο --- Δημοκρατία του Τόγκο --- Тагалеская рэспубліка --- Тоhлмудин Орн --- Тога --- Того --- Тогоанска република --- רפובליקת טוגו --- טוגו --- 토고 --- Togoland (French) --- Togoland --- Americas --- New World --- Western Hemisphere --- Emigration and immigration --- Ethnic relations --- Black persons --- Black people --- Transatlantic slave trade