Angola: from Afro-Stalinism to Petro-diamond capitalism
by Hodges, Tony
fromAfrican issues
"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 remark…
In the late 1990s, several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) focused world attention on the issue of conflict diamonds which funded wars, massive death, and refugee crises across Central and West Africa. Several governments, NGOs, and key industry players engaged in negotiat…
"The history of mass-market diamonds goes back to German imperialism in Southwest Africa. Corporate power and state violence combined in the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples, whose mineral-rich land supplied budding consumer demand in the United States. Steven Press makes…
Diamond electrochemistry
by Fujishima, Akira, EINAGA, Yasuaki, NARASINGA RAO, Tata, TRYK, Donald A.