Can't Knock the Hustle: Gaming the Togolese U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery
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Charlie Piot, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African and African America Studies, Duke University, Co-Converner of Duke's Africa Initiative, and Program Leader of DukeEngage Togo.
This talk discusses Togolese who apply for the U.S. Diversity Visa lottery. More Togolese per capita apply for the Green Card lottery than those from any other African country, with winners attempting to game the system by adding “spouses” and dependents to their dossiers. The U.S. consulate in Lomé knows this gaming is going on and constructs ever-more elaborate tests to attempt to decipher the authenticity of winners’ marriages and job profiles – and of their moral worth as citizens – tests that immediately circulate to those on the street.
Charlie Piot, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African and African America Studies, Duke University, Co-Converner of Duke's Africa Initiative, and Program Leader of DukeEngage Togo.
This talk discusses Togolese who apply for the U.S. Diversity Visa lottery. More Togolese per capita apply for the Green Card lottery than those from any other African country, with winners attempting to game the system by adding “spouses” and dependents to their dossiers. The U.S. consulate in Lomé knows this gaming is going on and constructs ever-more elaborate tests to attempt to decipher the authenticity of winners’ marriages and job profiles – and of their moral worth as citizens – tests that immediately circulate to those on the street.
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