Diamonds are an intricate part of the Diaspora.  The map of where diamonds are found is a clear picture of the free flow of diamonds throughout the Diaspora.  War for wealth means war for Diamonds.  Diamonds equate to engagement and marriage.  The war in Sierra Leone has been created by De Beers through the most successful marketing campaign in history.
   
As diverse is the context of the Diaspora, white wealth and diamond consumption creates a connection between non-white sufferings. Using a critical feminist lens, males have capitalized on women’s symbolic nature through perpetuation of their own class and status as their women wear diamonds for weddings, engagement and gifts of sentiment.

Who is part of the Diaspora of Diamonds?

Lebanese, merchants in Sierra Leone control diamond distribution in Sierra Leone.

Pakistani and Indian business men live in and around Sierra Leone and distribute diamonds to and from their home countries. 

Jewish families own most diamond cutting and distribution companies (Epstein, 1982).  Most of the people in this pipeline are Jewish, and virtually all are closely interconnected, through family ties or long-standing business relationships.

Russian, Chinese, Italian and African (MAFIA) organized crime groups participate in illegal trade of diamonds.

Southeast Asia, smuggling of diamonds used was used to fund Khmer Rouge Insurgency in Cambodia and to fund militant armies in Burma.

Al Queadia launders money through diamonds to fund military attacks and terrorism.

Hezbollah –Islamic militants use, obtain and sell diamonds for money to fund potential terrorist activity

Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Monrovia, Angola and Egypt all play a part in the appearance of cleansing conflict diamonds.

United States greed and capitalism allows diamonds a privileged commodification to fund military activity around the world.

Japan also consumes conflict diamonds and exploits the suffering throughout the Diaspora

Antwerp Belgium connects every country through its primal location in the diamond diaspora, as 80% of the worlds diamonds go through this trading centre.

Ask yourself can people move this freely, especially in terms of the United Satiates post 911? 

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