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Flight of the Diamond Smugglers - A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession and Greed along Coastal South Africa (Paperback)
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Flight of the Diamond Smugglers - A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession and Greed along Coastal South Africa (Paperback)
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Loot Price R284
Discovery Miles 2 840
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'Ghost towns, corporate cruelty, the centuries-old relationship
between humans and a species almost magical in its abilities ...
fabulous.' The New York Times 'Eye-opening' Geographical 'A
beautifully written book on diamond smuggling, the universe, life
and much of what lies in between.' Toby Muse, author of Kilo: Life
and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels 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, journalist and author Matthew Gavin Frank set out across
the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade - the
smuggling of diamonds by carrier pigeon - that supplies a global
market. Uncovering a long overlooked truecrime story dating back to
the founding of the De Beers corporation, and blending elements of
reportage, memoir and legend, he weaves interviews with local
diamond divers, who extract mineral wealth from the seabed by day
and raise pigeons in secret by night, with harrowing anecdotes from
former heads of security, environmental managers, and vigilante
pigeon hunters. A rare and remarkable portrait of exploitation and
greed, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers reveals how these feathered
bandits became outlaws in every mining town.
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