Two African responses
although the blood diamond movie was meant to be a story telling of a fathers struggle to find his son during a war period, i feel that the movie has changed dramatically in reality to what truely happened in sierra leone. first of all
Diamond Trade Needs More Oversight
World Vision’s expert on the illegal diamond trade, lauding Edward Zwick’s new movie, “Blood Diamond," contends that, while Sierra Leone’s war is over, diamonds continue to fund conflicts in Africa, and that the diamond industry and
At least it's not a flesh-eating disease
They were all - to one degree or another - fixtures in the Sierra Leonean diamond business. Added to the mix was an Indian man, who in the industry parlance, was a fly-by-night. Meaning he had just touched down in Sierra Leone to buy
US: Far fewer conflict diamonds reach market
The film “Blood Diamond,” which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and debuts on Friday, tells the story of an ex-mercenary who smuggles diamonds out of war-torn Sierra Leone in the late 1990’s. The profits from many of those gems were used to buy
Simmons Jewelry starts Afrca initiative
Fighting forces sell the gems to raise funds for weapons. Millions have been killed in Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Simmons Jewelry Co. President Scott Rauch said the company’s diamonds are
Diamonds Aren'tA Girl's Best Friend If You Live in Sierra Leone
In the 1990s rebels in Sierra Leone and Liberia financed their carnage from diamonds plucked out of the rivers and traded for arms. During a decade of war about 50000 people were killed, and thousands had their hands hacked off by
Chuck Koplinski Reviews "Blood Diamond"
Set in 1999 during the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone, Diamond concerns a tenuous alliance between three strong-willed individuals who have no problem using each other for their own means. Having been arrested for diamond smuggling
Oprah discusses 'Blood Diamond' today
On today's The Oprah Winfrey Show, Blood Diamond Director Ed Zwick and stars "Sources say that the flow of conflict diamonds has been slowed to just one The show also talked about the impact of civil war on Sierra Leone in the
Simmons Tours Africa's Diamond Mines
Simmons is not the only figure in hip-hop highlighting the African diamond trade. On his latest CD, Kanye West featured the song "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" in which he criticized profits from conflict diamonds.
Blood Diamonds
The resurgence of the diamond debate in popular culture first started gaining prominence with last year's release of Kanye West's Diamonds from Sierra Leone. A brilliant single, an even better remix featuring Jay-Z, and a beautiful
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