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Book Launch: “Facets of Power: Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe’s Blood Diamonds”
September 30, 2016 at 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
| Location: | 2017 Dunton Tower |
| Audience: | Anyone |
| Key Contact: | Dr. Blair Rutherford |
| Contact Email: | African _studies@carleton.ca |
The Institute of African Studies presents a
Book Launch of Facets of Power Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe’s Blood Diamonds edited by Richard Saunders and Tinashe Nyamunda
on Friday, September 30th at 3:00pm in 2017 Dunton Tower.
Come to a book launch and discussion
with
contributors
Richard Saunders, York University
Alan Martin, Partnership Africa Canada
Mathew Ruguwa, Trent University
&
conflict diamond expert,
Ian Smillie, chair, Diamond Development Initiative
Chaired by Linda Freeman, Carleton University
About Facets of Power, Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe’s Blood Diamonds
Facets of Power is the first comprehensive account of the emergence, meaning and profound impact of Chiadzwa’s diamonds. Drawing on new fieldwork and published sources, the contributors present a graphic and accessibly written narrative of corruption and greed, as well as resistance by those who have suffered at the hands of the mineral’s secretive and violent benefi ciaries. If the lessons of resistance have been mostly disheartening, they also point towards more effective strategies for managing public resources, and mounting democratic challenges to elites whose power is sustained by preying on them.
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Reviews
A shocking account of the Marange diamond tragedy which, instead of uplifting the lives of the poverty-stricken local people living in one of the most arid regions of Zimbabwe, dashed their hopes and exposed the ruthless and inhuman nature of a corrupt, selfish and shameless regime. This well-researched book is a must read, not only for this our present generation but for posterity – with a view to saying “never again”.
— The Rt. Rev. Dr. S. Bakare, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Harare
London and Antwerp are famous for major diamond robberies. These are nothing compared with what happened in Zimbabwe. Facets of Power is an insider’s look at one of the greatest and most disgraceful diamond heists of all time. It will help to ensure that Marange crimes and the criminals who committed them are not forgotten. — Ian Smillie, author of Blood on the Stone: Greed, Corruption and War in the Global Diamond Trade, and Diamonds
Copies of the books are for sale, but cash only.