Analysis of Greg Campbell's, Blood Diamonds

When one is on the other side of the earth, there is only so much information that a person could obtain. This was a great enough reason for the author, Greg Campbell, of "Blood Diamonds" to expose what all eyes are not seeing and what many are blind to in this world. Campbell went out to research the tracks and origins of a very valuable stone known as the diamond. In doing so, he urges to research the origins and life of this precious rock. He goes about researching just exactly how the life of the diamond begins in the jungles of Sierra Leone and ends up in the London on its market. This is what could be said to be the ultimate reason for this book "Blood Diamond”. Evidently, Campbell wanted to expose or let it be known how African were being mistreated and exploited from greed for a precious rock, a precious rock that at first was not even appearing to the human eye .

Natives in the country of Sierra Leone, Africans were constantly around these diamonds and couldn't probably care less. They were as unappealing as the rocks on the side of the road. Europeans then made their way into this country and one five-letter word took over them completely. This five-letter word is GREED. They basically "lost it" and began what was soon to be this horrible mistreatment of Africans. The diamonds were discovered in the 1930"s and the African who dug and excavated to find these rocks were basically not being paid anything but needless to say merchants and even these heartless rebels were kicking back, relaxing as the money poured in for them left, and right. The Europeans then figured out that this stone was the perfect way of currency. The diamond is extremely valuable and can be great in exchange for things such as ammunition so that...

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...g. It is also working with the African government to help build up these communities with better health care, education systems, better working conditions and better equipment for the actual digging and mining process. Legitimate diamond sellers and activists are fighting to change the system in Africa, which supplies about 65% of the world’s diamonds. Their goal is to make all diamonds conflict-free meaning they were not obtained through the use of violence, human rights abuse, child labor, or environmental destruction.

As consumers, we have a lot of influence on this issue. When you and your partner are ready to start shopping around, don’t hesitate to inquire about a diamond’s origin and get some background on who has handled it. Info like that won’t just add to your peace of mind, it’ll help those legitimate diamond sellers crush their illegitimate competitors.