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Stones of Contention: A History of Africa's Diamonds

Stones of Contention: A History of Africa's Diamonds

Cleveland, Todd

Paperback

Series: Africa in World History

Business GeneralAfrican HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 082142100X
ISBN13: 9780821421000
Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr
Published: Jun 24 2014
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 8.97
Language: English

Africa supplies the majority of the world's diamonds, yet consumers generally know little about the origins and history of these precious stones beyond sensationalized media accounts of so-called blood diamonds.

Stones of Contention explores the major developments in the remarkable history of Africa's diamonds, from the earliest stirrings of international interest in the continent's mineral wealth in the first millennium A.D. to the present day. In the European colonial period, the discovery of diamonds in South Africa ushered in an era of unprecedented greed during which monopolistic enterprises exploited both the mineral resources and the indigenous workforce. In the aftermath of World War II, the governments of newly independent African states, both democratic and despotic, joined industry giant De Beers and other corporations to oversee and profit from mining activity on the continent.

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