a beautifully written, thought-provoking book [ that] will be of interest to migration and mobilities scholars across the humanities and social sciences. The authors ability to turn ethnographic findings into compelling stories also makes the book accessible to nonacademic readerships. Despiteor perhaps because ofits efforts to set itself off from conventional migration studies, it is a crucial contribution to migration and mobilities research. Migration and Society
The deep empirical focus and reflections valuably document peoples lives as they recount complex, sometimes contradictory stories in ways that resist easy generalization It suggests valuable ways of applying theory from urban studies, ethnography, sociology, and international relations. It illustrates concretely the value of applying concepts drawn from elsewhere to better understand migration and insert studies of human mobility into the disciplinary canon. The AAG (American Association of Geographers) Review of Books
a valuable, important work which should be read by scholars working in the fields of migration/mobility, European integration or African diasporas. It will also be of interest to scholars interested in biopower and governmentally, given the level of control exercised by the state on movers across their lives. Irish Journal of Anthropology
Schapendonks remarkable book shows how movers are made into and unmake themselves as migrants. It openly defies any attempt at reducing West African trajectories through Europe to received categories and classifications in migration studies. Paolo Gaibazzi, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
The book is an absolutely unique and thought-provoking contribution to current discussions about migration especially from Africa in Europe. Matthieu Bolay, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
