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brought to New Guinea by the white people, but the black people had “little cargo of our own” (Diamond14). As Diamond mentions, there are big differentials in the lives of people around the world. Certain races though are not born superior to others, so why is it that, as Yali asks, the world has come to evolve into one of unequal wealth? Intelligence and technology may be linked, as Diamond says that those of technologically driven societies seem to be less intelligent than those of the alternate

In this chapter, Diamond explains why the domestication of plants and animals is important in history. It wasn’t until 11,000 years ago did people first domesticate plants and animals leading to the slow disappearance of hunter-gatherers and the increase of farming communities. One aspect that Diamond considers is that more calories available allow more people to be fed. Since most organisms can’t be used as food, domesticating plants provide us a constant supply of food to eat. Domesticated animals

President Joseph Saidu Momoh, the RUF quickly turned to acts of terror and violence with little regard to its apparent political agenda . The RUF is fighting the government for control of the diamond fields so they can purchase arms for war. They terrorise the local tribes, capturing men to work in the diamond mines and forcing innocent boys to learn to kill for the RUF cause. The Civil war has claimed over 10,000 lives and forced as many as two million people to flee the conflict zones, producing

were doing his business and was taking into an orphan in South Africa. He never had faith in the war all what he want is to make his money he experience some emotional dissonance as a child. Danny Archer, as he is used to in the illegal conflict diamonds that are smuggled through Liberia into Europe due to the civil war in Sierra Leone. That shows the greed of Archer, and there is something in him that pushes him on how to make profits off the horror and destruction of whole communities in Africa

model for global governance Diamonds are a cultural icon of western civilisation, a symbol of everlasting commitment. Controversially, their purity, beauty and rareness overshadow the deaths and injuries of the process that brings diamonds from the mines to the fingers of millions of lucky women. The largest producer of rough diamonds on Earth, Africa, not only exploits child labour, but the profits are used to purchase weapons that sustain conflict; conflict diamonds have become an emergent issue

issues with child labor in the diamond industry being that because they have small hands, it is easier for them to sift through the diamonds easily. This allows for efficient mining. Today, workers get an average wage of 0.07 cents a day. The workers are heavily underpaid which shows the major unjust issues when it comes to labor in the diamond industry. Labor regulation is not heavily found in the country which means various people can simply start mining for diamonds, as long as they know how to

Maria Gallegos Professor Schamp Eng 111 29 November 2016 Illicit Diamond Trade In the U.S the significance of a diamond is love or desire. It is a fetish commodity that consumers seek, in order to feel a certain way like love within them and their loved one. It is used in cultural significance. For instance, in Quinceneras. It also represents the class level one is in, like in the Kanye West’s music video. Two worlds are presented Prague and Africa. In Prague we see the

effectiveness and the real world consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act, thus alternative solutions must be explored in order to regulate the current and future use of conflict minerals. Conflict minerals are similar to the more commonly known -“blood”-diamonds,

These events that led to the civil war in Sierra Leone destroyed its economic, political, and social system. The economics have been driven down since independence as seen before, from smugglers, to crooked political leaders destroying the economic system into pieces. The collapse of the economic system can trace back to many things. The political system has played a big part in it. The corrupt leaders as seen before in history like Stevens, and Mohob. In the book “Along Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah

Beers Brothers. (BloodDiamondsDocumentary) The De Beers sold diamonds at least ten times per year in London’s open market and controlled at least 90% of the world’s diamond production bringing in billions of dollars per year. The average person brings in about $220 per year income yet the nation remains rich in natural resources. (BloodDiamondsDocumentary) Places like Botswana, South Africa, Canada, and Russia are the largest diamond producing nations in the world with more than 20 tons produced