Charles D. Piot

Professor of Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology

charles.piot@duke.edu

Box 90091, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Durham, NC 27708-0091

210 Friedl Building, Durham, NC 27708

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Scholarly Works - Books

The Fixer: Visa Lottery Chronicles

Book · June 14, 2019 Charles Piot follows a visa broker—known as a "fixer"—in the West African nation of Togo as he helps his clients apply for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery program. ... Open Access Cite

Nostalgia For the Future: West Africa After the Cold War

Book · 2010 Featured Publication Cite

Remotely Global: Village Modernity in West Africa

Book · 1999 Featured Publication Cite