Reasonings behind why I chose this topic...

Blood Diamonds stood out to me because at the end of the day a diamond is just a stone. In Africa and places where they find diamonds a diamond could pay and provide for your family because the diamond is in such a high demand. Most of the diamonds however are not legally shipped to the U.S. but they are getting used and being put in a wedding ring, something that a women charishes and means everything to her- a sign of love. This topic is making me think twice on what diamonds really mean and what people go through just because of a stone.

Work Cited

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Briggs, Nicholas S. "Conflict Diamonds in West Africa." Standford.edu. 5 Dec. 2003. Web. 9 Dec. 2011. http://www.stanford.edu/class/e297a/Conflict%20diamonds%20in%20West%20Africa.htm.

"Angola History | Professional Jeweler." (2000). Welcome to Professional Jeweler. Web. 09 Dec. 2011. http://www.professionaljeweler.com/archives/hottopics/angola.html.

Virgilio, Santas. "ANGOLA: Children Hounded by Poverty and the Effects of War." Pangaea Publishing and Design for Nature & Peoples of the Earth. InterPress Service (IPS), 8 Jan. 1998. Web. 09 Dec. 2011. http://pangaea.org/street_children/africa/luanda.htm.

Zoellner, Tom. The Heartless Stone: a Journey through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire. New York: Picador, 2007. Print.

Campbell, Greg. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones. Print.
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