Diamonds from Sierra Leone

About the project

Rather than retelling the familiar “blood diamond” narrative, this research creation project focuses on why diamonds became linked to conflict in the first place, tracing the story back to geology, colonial systems, and weak resource governance long before the civil war began.This project iattempt to examine how diamonds shaped Sierra Leone’s history, conflict, and global image. I researched the topic, wrote the script, narrated the story, and edited the final video myself.