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Consuming the Congo
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Peter Eichstaedt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07 - Publisher: Chicago Review Press

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Describes the "conflict minerals" mined in the Congo amidst armed conflict and human rights abuses including gold, diamonds, coltan, tin, and tungsten used in c
Coltan
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Michael Nest
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-11 - Publisher: Polity

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In this book, Michael Nest unravels this complex story to offer a clear and compelling analysis of the relationship between coltan and violence in the Congo, an
Conspicuous Consumption in Africa
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Ilana van Wyk
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-01 - Publisher: Wits University Press

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A collection of essays examining cultures of consumption on the African continent From early department stores in Cape Town to gendered histories of sartorial s
If You Poison Us
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Peter H. Eichstaedt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Museum of NM Press/Red Crane Books

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"The untold story of the Native Americans who were the patriotic but unwitting victims of America's quest for nuclear superiority during the Cold War." Stewart
Coltan, Congo and Conflict
Language: en
Pages: 87
Authors: Artur Usanov
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-05 - Publisher: The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

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This report evaluates the links between coltan trade and violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and examines the potential for recent le