Consuming the Congo : war and conflict minerals in the world's deadliest place / Peter Eichstaedt.
Title:
Consuming the Congo : war and conflict minerals in the world's deadliest place / Peter Eichstaedt.
ISBN:
9781569769003
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Publication Information:
Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, [2017]
©2011
Physical Description:
1 online resource (232 pages) : color illustrations, map
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Prologue : the gates of Hell -- The Mandro hut -- Village of the skulls -- Gold from blood -- Cauldron of chaos -- An epidemic of rape -- The agony of Abyei -- A tale of two Sudans -- Armies and exploitation -- Woes of Walikale -- Controlling the flow -- Into Coltan country -- Realities of refugees -- Charcoal, wildlife, and angry Mai-Mai -- Things fall apart -- Resolution and illusion -- Epilogue : the horror and the hope.
Summary:
Describes the "conflict minerals" mined in the Congo amidst armed conflict and human rights abuses including gold, diamonds, coltan, tin, and tungsten used in cell phones, computers, and other electronics. Explores the slave labor, violence, and disease killing millions of Congolese mining these resources, and offers ways one can help.
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Electronic Access:
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Interest grade level:
10-Adult.
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