Publication
Dec 2006
Diamonds, long seen as symbols of love and prosperity, are now blamed for war and corruption in some of the poorest places on earth. The tragedy of blood diamonds, thrust onto the international agenda in the late 1990s by political activists, has recently permeated popular culture, from Kanye West’s Grammy-winning song 'Diamonds from Sierra Leone' to the new Warner Brothers movie 'Blood Diamond'.
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| Author | Kaysie Brown, Todd Moss |
| Series | CGD Notes |
| Publisher | Center for Global Development (CGD) |
| Copyright | 2006 Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Generic |