Darkness before Daybreak [electronic resource] : African Migrants Living on the Margins in Southern Italy Today
Lucht, Hans.
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 involv
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I. LOSSES AND GAINS IN NAPLES; 1. Clandestino; 2. Migrant Work Situations; 3. Suffering in a Globalized World; PART II. THE JOURNEY TO EUROPE; 4. The Mediterranean Passage; 5. The Maghreb Connection: Libya and a Desert to Cross; PART III. IN THE VILLAGE OF THE LOST CAPTAINS; 6. The Guan of Senya Beraku; 7. The Body Stays, but the Soul Returns; Conclusion; Epilogue: Living on the Moon; References
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 involv
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 18, 2016).
Fishers - Ghana - Economic conditions.
Fishers -- Ghana -- Economic conditions.
Ghana - Emigration and immigration.
Ghana -- Emigration and immigration.
Ghanaians - Italy - Naples - Social conditions.
Ghanaians -- Italy -- Naples -- Social conditions.
Immigrants - Italy - Naples - Social conditions.
Immigrants -- Italy -- Naples -- Social conditions.
Naples (Italy) - Emigration and immigration.
Naples (Italy) -- Emigration and immigration.
Naples (Italy) - Ethnic relations.
Naples (Italy) -- Ethnic relations.
Senya Beraku (Ghana) - Economic conditions.
Senya Beraku (Ghana) -- Economic conditions.
Ghanaians
Immigrants
Fishers
Regions & Countries - Europe
History & Archaeology
Italy