themobman asked:


can someone give me a detailed history of diamond mining in the congo, sierra leone, and south africa. im preparing a speech on illegal diamond mining and their effects on the population of the states in which the diamonds are being mined. i would also like it if you could include some links to the sites where you got your information so i can add them to my bibiliography as i study them.

JEROLD

3 Responses to “question about diamond mining?”

1. shellybell1998 on January 6th, 2009 3:11 pm

   TATE

   I do not know much about this, but when I was buying my ring, I was informed that there are “conflict zones” where people kill each others for diamonds. I was sure to stay away from a diamond that someone may have shed blood over. They just aren’t that valuable.

2. JustLanded on January 6th, 2009 9:44 pm

   RUSS

   Those diamonds that are are illegally mined to trade for weapons of war are called “blood diamonds,” and it is a huge topic. If you Google “blood diamonds” you will see , aside from links about the movie, Blood Diamonds, plenty of information on the subject. Here are two links:

3. Flyboy on January 9th, 2009 10:17 am

   ROSEANNE

   Yo, Themobman:

   I love questions like yours. My generation goes out and invents what we now call the Internet where you can look up just about any kind of information you want. Just to test what we created for you I went to Yahoo’s Home Page and typed Diamond Mining Congo and you’d be amazed at the number to “hits” I received!

   I am now in the process of writing a speech for you as you’ve demonstrated here on Yahoo Answers that this is what you expect. It will take me another couple of hours to complete this and then I’ll reopen my answer and post it here for you to copy. I know that you won’t give Flyboy any credit when you receive all the kudos you’re bound to get from a speech that I’ve written. But, that’s OK. What are friends for anyway?

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