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Diamonds: African Peasants to Christmas Presents

by John P.

Diamond TradeForeign Policy magazine has an excellent photo essay entitled Trail of Diamonds by photographer Kadir Van Lohuizen which follows the life of a diamond from the mines in Africa where people work 12 hours shifts a day in return for meals (no pay) to the sweat shops in India that control 70% of the world’s diamond cutting, to the jewelry store where we buy them.
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