The world is regularly confronted on television and in other mass media with dramatic images of African boat migrants. Seemingly desperate, these Africans, most of them males, are willing to risk a perilous journey at sea, hoping for a better life in Europe. And, even worse, hundreds more are believed to die each year, swallowed up anonymously by the choppy waters off Africais coast. This book focuses on fishermen who have played a pivotal role in boat migration from Senegal to Spainis Canary Islands, advancing various reasons for the fishermenis prominent role. Besides their long history of...
The world is regularly confronted on television and in other mass media with dramatic images of African boat migrants. Seemingly desperate, these Afri...