{"id":9474,"date":"2016-08-12T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T15:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?post_type=cu-events&#038;p=9474"},"modified":"2016-09-23T10:17:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T14:17:54","slug":"book-launch-facets-power-politics-profits-people-making-zimbabwes-blood-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"cu-events","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/book-launch-facets-power-politics-profits-people-making-zimbabwes-blood-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch: &#8220;Facets of Power: Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe\u2019s Blood Diamonds&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of African Studies presents a<\/p>\n<p>Book Launch of <em>Facets of Power Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe\u2019s Blood Diamonds<\/em>\u00a0edited by Richard Saunders and Tinashe Nyamunda<\/p>\n<p>on Friday, September 30th at 3:00pm in 2017 Dunton Tower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Come to a book launch and discussion<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nwith<br \/>\ncontributors <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Richard Saunders<\/strong>, <strong>York University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Alan Martin, Partnership Africa Canada <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mathew Ruguwa, Trent University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&amp;<br \/>\n<strong>conflict diamond expert,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ian Smillie, chair, Diamond Development Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chaired by Linda Freeman, Carleton University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9491\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facets-of-Power-Cover.jpeg\" alt=\"Facets of Power Cover\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facets-of-Power-Cover.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facets-of-Power-Cover-160x112.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facets-of-Power-Cover-240x167.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facets-of-Power-Cover-400x279.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facets-of-Power-Cover-360x251.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facets-of-Power-Cover-200x139.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About\u00a0<em>Facets of Power,\u00a0<span class=\"sub-title\">Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe\u2019s Blood Diamonds<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Facets of Power<\/em>\u00a0is the first comprehensive account of the\u00a0emergence, meaning and profound impact of Chiadzwa\u2019s diamonds.\u00a0Drawing on new fieldwork and published sources, the contributors\u00a0present a graphic and accessibly written narrative of corruption and\u00a0greed, as well as resistance by those who have suffered at the hands\u00a0of the mineral\u2019s secretive and violent benefi ciaries. If the lessons of\u00a0resistance have been mostly disheartening, they also point towards\u00a0more effective strategies for managing public resources, and mounting\u00a0democratic challenges to elites whose power is sustained by preying\u00a0on them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy the book:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanbookscollective.com\/books\/facets-of-power\">African Books Collective<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weaverpresszimbabwe.com\/index.php\/store\/history-and-politics\/facets-of-power-edited-by-richard-saunders-tinashe-nyamunda-detail\" target=\"_blank\">Weaver Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/witspress.co.za\/catalogue\/facets-of-power\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wits University Press<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A shocking account of the Marange diamond tragedy which, instead of\u00a0uplifting the lives of the poverty-stricken local people living in one of\u00a0<em>the most arid regions of Zimbabwe, dashed their hopes and exposed\u00a0the ruthless and inhuman nature of a corrupt, selfish and shameless\u00a0regime. This well-researched book is a must read, not only for this our\u00a0present generation but for posterity \u2013 with a view to saying \u201cnever\u00a0again\u201d.<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>The Rt. Rev. Dr. S. Bakare, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Harare<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>London and Antwerp are famous for major diamond robberies. These\u00a0are nothing compared with what happened in Zimbabwe.\u00a0Facets of\u00a0Power<em>\u00a0is an insider\u2019s look at one of the greatest and most disgraceful\u00a0diamond heists of all time. It will help to ensure that Marange crimes\u00a0and the \u00a0criminals who committed them are not forgotten. \u2014 <strong>Ian Smillie, author of\u00a0<em>Blood on the Stone: Greed, Corruption and\u00a0War in the Global Diamond Trade, and Diamonds<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copies of the books are for sale, but cash only.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"daevent-type":[],"event-audience":[190],"event-featured":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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