This riveting book chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to So
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Table of contents :
Frontmatter
Preface (page ix)
Acknowledgements (page xxi)
PART I. LOSSES AND GAINS IN NAPLES
1. Clandestino (page 3)
2. Migrant Work Situations (page 28)
3. Suffering in a Globalized World (page 66)
PART II. THE JOURNEY TO EUROPE
4. The Mediterranean Passage (page 119)
5. The Maghreb Connection: Libya and a Desert to Cross (page 160)
PART III. IN THE VILLAGE OF THE LOST CAPTAINS
6. The Guan of Senya Beraku (page 179)
7. The Body Stays, but the Soul Returns (page 216)
Conclusion (page 259)
Epilogue: Living on the Moon (page 270)
References (page 273)
AFRICAN MIGRANTS LIVING ON THE MARGINS IN SOUTHERN ITALY TODAY
HANS LUCHT
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