THE PROBLEMS WITH DIAMOND MINING IN AFRICA

Diamonds have been the most popular gemstone for hundreds of years. As such, the mining of diamonds has also been big business. However, the ugly truth concerning what diamond mining entails should be better known. Do your research to learn about the effects of diamond mining and write an essay discussing them.

Familiarize yourself with the issue

·         Blood diamonds: 'Blood diamonds' dug from African mines by children as young as 11, gold taken from 25m underwater by kids aged 9: The slave labour scandal behind the jewellery hanging around your neck
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3256249/Blood-diamonds-dug-African-mines-children-young-11-gold-taken-25m-underwater-kids-aged-9-slave-labour-scandal-jewellery-hanging-neck.html

Reading material to make notes on

·         Editorial Observer; To Prevent Conflicts, Look to Commodities Like Diamonds

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/15/opinion/editorial-observer-to-prevent-conflicts-look-to-commodities-like-diamonds.html

·         Diamonds: a war’s best friend https://www.cbsnews.com/news/diamonds-a-wars-best-friend/  

·         Diamond mining in South Africa https://hayleymatthews-diamondmining-southafrica.weebly.com/environmental-impacts.html

·         Labor and community https://www.brilliantearth.com/conflict-diamond-child-labor/  

Videos to take notes from

·         Blood Diamonds https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/blood-diamonds/  
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