Imples Paynter
Prof. P.M. Roach
Politics & Cultures of Africa
Ever since British geologists first discovered diamonds in Sierra Leone's jungles in the 1930's, diamonds have been a key factor in the bloody conflict that has ravaged this small West African country. In his novel, Blood Diamonds, Greg Campbell captures the heart wrenching story of one man's encounter with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a rebel group in Sierra Leone, infamous for their brutal tactics of mass rape, torture, looting, and excruciations. But their signature and most documented form of persecution -- amputation:
Ismael Dalramy lost his hands in 1999 with two quick blows of an ax. He didn't—or couldn't—recall the pain of the blows. But he remembers being ordered at gunpoint to place his wrists on wooden stumps dripping with the blood of his neighbors who were writhing on the ground around him trying to stem the flow of blood from their arms or staggering away. (xiii)
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