as a global community neglected the malevolent wars that erupted in Sierra Leone and Liberia to be funded by conflict diamonds. Those who did not care what it took to get a diamond out of the ground and on somebody’s ring finger are especially to blame. The movie Blood Diamond was produced in 2006 and focused on the troubles the diamonds brought to Sierra Leone and it’s main exporter‚ Liberia. In the early 1900’s‚ Sierra Leone erupted in civil war. The RUF‚ Revolutionary United Front‚ was fighting
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References: Anup Shah. (2001‚ 7 23). Sierra leone author and page information. Retrieved from http://www.globalissues.org/article/88/sierra-leone Blood diamonds. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://noflytribe.blogspot.ca/2007/10/blood- diamonds.html Chandran Rajaram. (2010‚ 8 31). De beers. Retrieved from http://www.scribd.com/doc/36685731/De-Beers-Case-Analysis-Presentation
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Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains‚ California was painted by Albert Bierstadt in 1868. Bierstadt‚ An German-American painter‚ was born January 7‚ 1830 in Solingen‚ Germany. He was only two years old when his family moved from Germany to New Bedford in Massachusetts. He developed a sensitivity for art early and made crafty crayon sketches in his youth. In 1851‚ he began to paint in oils. His oil paintings were different with respect to the odd colors he used to paint water‚ tints of green‚ etc. In
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in the country of Sierra Leone” Due to the high population growth in Sierra Leone‚ poverty remains widespread throughout the entire country. According to the human development index‚ Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world‚ which is why the diamond trade is such a large issue. Sierra Leone is among the largest producers of diamonds‚ thus being one of their largest sources of income. Large quantities of high quality diamonds have been mined from Sierra Leone since the mid 1930s
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Diamonds has played an important role in jewelry industry for years‚ its sparkle and glow made it girl’s best friend. However‚ due to the high prices of all diamonds‚ illegal traders around the world buy illegal diamonds to fund terrorism‚ violence mainly in Africa‚ and to buy weapons to threaten the government and people in African regions. Blood diamonds or converted diamonds is a term used for a diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance war on the mined country‚ and to buy weapons. This
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diamonds‚ corruption‚ poverty or refugees. The Bite of the Mango personalizes the horrors of Sierra Leone’s experiences with civil conflict through the actual experiences of a 12 year old girl who suffered greatly yet overcame many hardships to make a new life for herself in Canada. As the book begins‚ Mariatu is a happy little girl growing up in Magborou‚ a village of 200 near Port Loko‚ Sierra Leone. The first chapter teaches the reader about life in extended families where children may grow
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many things that I would have never gotten the chance to do if I would have stayed in Sierra Leone. This makes me wonder‚ how different my life would have been. Think about how your life was when you were ten years old. For the majority of kids‚ the most important thing they had to worry about was if they did all their homework that night or if they would start in a basketball or soccer game. For me‚ in Sierra Leone in the late 90’s‚ it was whether I could survive another hour of the atrocities that
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Mining of Rough Diamonds in Sierra Leone “CREATING A FUTURE – GIVING NEW MEANING TO SUSTAINABILITY IN MINING” BUSINESS PLAN Page 1 Sierra Credit Repository Xchange (SCRX) Sierra Leone Limited Business Plan List of Contents OPENING STATEMENTS PAGE 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 INTRODUCTION 3 Legal Structure of SCRX 4 Why Diamonds? 4 History of Sierra Leone Diamonds 4 Diamond Market 6 The Government Role 6 Historical Context of the Diamond
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The Bite of the Mango is the true story of Mariatu Kamara‚ a girl born in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone‚ an impoverished country on the west coast of Africa‚ was in a horrific civil war while Mariatu was a child. Despite the poverty in her tiny rural village‚ Mariatu’s first few years are happy ones‚ filled with friends‚ games and chores. Mariatu’s father has two wives‚ neither of whom seems very pleasant. Mariatu is given to an auntie to raise‚ which likely would have been a great idea had the village
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Blood Diamonds: The Conflict in Sierra Leone History of Diamonds: The name "diamond" comes from the Greek word‚ "adamas" meaning unconquerable. Fittingly diamonds are made of pure carbon‚ and diamonds are the hardest natural substance known to man.[1][1] Diamonds have long been a sign of wealth and fortune. Kings and queens have worn these forms of concentrated carbon and even more countless millions people over time have lusted after them. These gems can be transparent‚ truculent white
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