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Description

1. 114 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

1. This book is based on Cynthia A. Olufade's Master's thesis "Oath taking and the transnationalism of silence among Edo female sex workers in Italy," winner of the African Studies Centre, Leiden's 2018 Africa Thesis Award. This annual award for Master's students encourages student research and writing on Africa and promotes the study of African cultures and societies. This study aimed to interrogate the oath taking phenomena among Edo female sex workers in Italy. In a bid to understand how the oaths taken in Edo State, translates into an intangible aspect of the trafficking process. To achieve the aims of the study, the research utilised the qualitative method of data collection, it involved the use of in-depth interviews and observations. The study reveals that the transnational silence exhibited by different categories of actors in the Edo sex work network sustains the industry. The research also highlights that the oaths form only a part, albeit important of the construction of debt and bondage in the context of Edo transnational sex work. In light of its findings, the study concludes that the idea of transnationalism of silence is as effective as the oaths taken.

Series statement

1. African Studies Collection ; 77

Uniform title

1. African studies collection (Leiden, Netherlands) ; 77.

Subject

1. Nigerians > Italy > Social conditions
2. Women, Black > Italy > Social conditions
3. Prostitutes > Italy
4. Sex workers > Italy
5. Immigrants > Italy
6. Prostitution > Italy
7. Prostitution > Nigeria
8. Human trafficking > Nigeria
9. Nigeria > Emigration and immigration
10. Italy > Emigration and immigration

Call number

1. ReCAP 22-1253

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes appendix, bibliographical references (pages 96-100).

Author

1. Olufade, Cynthia Aghunotse, author.

Title

1. Oath taking and the transnationalism of silence : among Edo female sex workers in Italy / Cynthia Aghunotse Olufade.

Publisher

1. Leiden : African Studies Centre Leiden, [2020]

Copyright date

1. ©2020

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. African Studies Collection ; 77
2. African studies collection (Leiden, Netherlands) ; 77.

Bibliography

1. Includes appendix, bibliographical references (pages 96-100).

Local subject

1. Black author.

ISBN

1. 9789054481812
2. 9054481811

Research call number

1. ReCAP 22-1253