Timothy Green
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Written with admirable clarity and authority, this is the most informative of several popular accounts on the mining and marketing of diamonds. It is
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based on extensive travelling, including a visit to Namibia, and succeeds in highlighting the mainfeatures of what is described as a "ruthless, secretive and often illicit business". The author, an experienced journalist, points to the dominant role played by De Beers/Central Selling Organization, and devotes a separate chapter to "Namibia: the diamond desert" (p. 63-74). (Eriksen/Moorsom 1989).
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