"We work in the diamond rivers from sunrise to sunset under the watchful eyes of soldiers everyday we fear for our lives. Some of us were enslaved by rebels, and forced to kill our own familes for diamonds. We are the children of the blood diamonds"
"Diamonds of Sierra Leone" is an academy award winning song by rapper Kanye West. The video focuses on the struggles of children in Sierra Leone in the Diamond trade. It also expolores how ignorant we can be to the process which diamonds go through to get to our country.
The second video I have posted is the trailer for the 2006 film "Blood Diamond", starring Leonardo Dicaprio. The film is set during the Sierra Leone civil war in 1996-1999, and gives us a fairly accurate portrayal of life in the diamond mines and the abuse of its workers, and the brainwashing of the soldiers and children by the RUF.
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