Throught this research process i have read many different articles about these diamonds and learned much about the conflict going on in Africa over these diamonds. I have read places that it is getting better in places like Sierra Loene but I believe without intervention, these blood diamonds will never truely go away. The fight for money shouldn’t be valued more then somebody’s life. Hopefully one day they will be out lawed or something, but until then this is still a problem.
This a quote from the movie blood diamonds, and what it is pretty much saying is that the conditions in Sierra Leone are so bad that they believe that god has left them. what it is saying is how could anybody be that cruel or hurt another just for a stone.
Kanye West wrote a song about blood diamonds, to help get the word out about these diamonds. This is a huge artist and for him to take the time and effort to write a song specifially about these diamonds shows how important it is that these diamonds are stopped. With more help and knowlegde, hopefull the world will help aid in the blood diamond conflict.
Book Response
I read Blood Diamonds,tracing the deadly path of the world most precious stone by Greg Campbell and it helped widen my knowledge of blood diamonds vastly. The book was written specifically about blood diamonds and the author follows around people who are in the blood diamond industry. Greg Campbell even puts himself into harms way just by writting this book. He went through a great task to write this book and it really shows the problem with blood diamonds.
Blood Diamonds poem 3
Deep in the forest
the forest of death lies a diamond
a diamond so red
so red with the blood
the blood of so many
so red with the blood of the weak and the petty
Deep in the forest
the forest of the dead
lies a diamond
a diamond of death…
By Zach Onamack
Another poem that I choose for my Capstone project was Blood diamonds by Zack Onamack. This poem was fantastic and it also helped showed the pain that these people go through. All of my poems do a great job of painting a vivid picture of the blood diamond industry. These diamonds are in no way shape or form worth more then a person’s life.
Blood Diamonds
Blood Diamonds
From the fields of Sierra Leone
to the shops of Belgium
blood diamonds in the pockets of rebels,
black hearts black market,
this priceless booty extracted
from severed hands of women and children.
What kind of mind would wield that rusty axe,
hack away the human potential to take, to give, to touch?
You’ve seen the ads: Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
This girl has no fingers.
Eyes luminous, she tells the reporter:
I don’t want people to buy diamonds.
Diamonds are killing us.
I choose this poem to be part of my blog for many reasons. Whether it was it great imagery or how it helped paint a picture of these people that are being hurt in these countries. It was a fantastic poem to help others get a good point of view of the pain these people are put through.
Blood diamonds may have found its way into India
MUMBAI: An Indian diamond merchant and the head of a premier trade body have ruled out the possibility of blood diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange fields being imported into India. Diamonds that are used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments are known as blood, or conflict diamonds.
Their admission came amid fears raised by Pooja Kotwani, India head of Rapaport, the world’s primary source of polished diamond prices and market information, of the possibility of blood diamonds from Marange having found their way into India, the world’s largest cutting and polishing centre of rough diamonds.
There is a news article that state that the blood diamond problem may have spread to India, which would be terrible. If the problem is spreading to other countries it will be harder to stop in the future. Hopefully this isn’t true, but if it is a solution to end the battle over these diamonds would have to be come up with as soon as possible.
This video is a bit over the top, but there has to be at least some truth to the scene. If there is that much violence over these diamonds, a solution needs to be made and put into action so innocent lives are not wasted.
This is a photo of two African men, most likely working to find blood diamonds. This shows that the people who are working to find the diamonds have little money and very small options for other job, or may even be working against their will. If something is done these men will no longer be forced to work long days for little or no pay.
“Little is known of Sierra Leone and how it connects to the diamonds we own.” Kanye West
What this quote is saying is that blood diamonds aren’t a widely known problem, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to help fix it. I believe that the United States should no longer accept these diamonds, and other countries shouldn’t as well. The bloodshed over these diamonds needs to be stopped at any costs.
“Little is know…
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