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Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
- A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
- De: Matthew Gavin Frank
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 11
For nearly 80 years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed "overmined" and abandoned, American journalist Matthew Gavin Frank sets out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade that supplies a global market. Immediately, he became intrigued by the ingenious methods used in facilitating smuggling - particularly, the illegal act of sneaking carrier pigeons onto mine property, affixing diamonds to their feet, and sending them into the air.
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1 out of 5 stars
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- De Mary jumbelic en 12-06-22
- Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
- A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
- De: Matthew Gavin Frank
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
A boy, his pigeon and the curse of diamonds
Revisado: 08-12-22
Flight of the Diamond Smuggler illuminates the life of a young boy, his pigeon, and the stranglehold that the diamond behemoth DeBeers keeps on a community during and after it lands in a subsaharan country to mine its riches and ferry them away. In beautiful Namibia, we see people that will never find environmental justice for the decimation of their ancestral lands. Where the bones of workers are left in abandoned and guarded sands that family members can never find. Where according to the World Bank, 17.4 percent of Namibians live below the poverty lines and many children are unable to afford to attend school. The book reads like surreal historical fiction, a story of love and unmet dreams, but it is based on the current realities. I highly recommend this novel, really enjoyed the read and became immersed in “another world.”
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