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Blood Diamonds
By: Chanelle & Cat
Why The Diamonds are a Problem
•Rebels sell these diamonds
Money goes to purchasing arms or military actions
Produced through blood of men, women, and children
•Blood diamonds are stolen during shipment or seized
by attacking mining operations
•Often the main source of funding for the rebels
Dishonest diamond traders make their actions
Big amounts of money are at stake
Bribes, threats, torture, and murder are modes of operation
Facts
• Rebels sell them
Money is used to purchase arms or military actions
• Produced through forced labor
Timbuktu: Center of Learning and Trade
• a city in Mali
founded my nomads in the 12th century
located about 8 miles away from Niger river
rapidly became major trading depot for caravans of Sahara desert
14th century -the legend of Timbuktu spread
rich cultural center.
Ghana
• Has no exact date, was established in the beginning of of the first millennium A.D
not geographically, ethnically, or in any way shape or form related to modern Ghana
semi-divine status (dinga cisse)
Ancient Civilization Leader
• Osei tu tu
4th ruler in asante
Succeeding obiri yeoba
Merged many states into asante union
Osei tu tu killed in a war against the anyem in 1717