Blood Diamonds, Blood Oil, Commodities, and Conflicts in Africa

3 credits · Graduate School

(Also listed as HIST 2138) 1870s to the present. Role of diamonds, gold, rubber, and oil in the resulting conflicts in modern Africa. Multinationals, mineral extraction, and politics. Poverty, war, child labor, and corruption. Local and international mining and mineral syndicates. Implications for Africans and their livelihoods. [3]