Natural fresh water sources do not exist t here, despite the ground’s contiguity with the cold, powerful waves of the Southern Atlantic. But anyone authorized to enter the Forbidden Zone-the “Zone,” for short-knows that it is nigh-impossible to survive it without assistance. Signs on the area’s outskirts warn trespassers of arrest and hefty fines. Despite amounting to just 3 percent of Namibia’s overall land, the Forbidden Zone’s 10,000 square miles of terrain approximate the size of Massachusetts.1 Many of Lüderitz’s roughly 12,000 inhabitants work in the Forbidden Zone, a place that induces fear beyond that attending most wildernesses. The portion of the Namib to the south and east of Lüderitz is known as the Forbidden Zone (Sperrgebiet). Go a few miles and you will enter the Namib, a desert that, to the uninitiated, seems like sand, sand, and more sand.
Start walking inland from Lüderitz, the southernmost coastal town in the African state of Namibia. | Diamond industry and trade- United States-H istory. | Diamond industry and trade-G ermany-H istory.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020043311 | ISBN 9780674916494 (cloth) Subjects: LCSH: Diamond industry and trade-A frica, Southern-H istory. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021. Title: Blood and diamonds : Germany’s imperial ambitions in Africa / Steven Press. He said those that continue to mine in the area, a situation that also risks the spread of covid-19, would be encouraged to leave, though law enforcement could be drawn upon if necessary.DIAMONDS GERM A N Y ’ S IMPERIA L A MBITIONS IN A F RICAĬambridge, Massachusetts London, England 2021Ĭopyright © 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College A l l r igh ts r e se rv e d Printed in the United States of America First printing Cover design: Lisa Roberts Cover image: INTERFOTO/Alamy 9780674259492 (EPUB) 9780674259522 (PDF) The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Names: Press, Steven, author. Meanwhile, the number of people mining the land had dwindled to less than 500, Pillay continued, though significant damage had already been done with an area of around 50 hectares covered in holes of up to one metre, posing a danger to cattle. People in the area had also raised concerns specifically around roads and water during the visit, which officials at the briefing said they would address. Like many areas in South Africa, high levels of unemployment and poverty have left communities living hand to mouth.
The event had highlighted the socio-economic challenges faced by local people, he continued. “The value, if any, of the quartz crystals is yet to be established but it must be mentioned that the value of quartz crystals is very low compared to that of diamonds.” “The tests conducted conclusively revealed that the stones discovered in the area are not diamonds as some had hoped,” he said, adding they were in fact quartz crystals. Provincial executive council member for economic development and tourism, Ravi Pillay, told a media briefing on Sunday he had counted some 3,000 there during a visit to the site, where samples were taken to identify the stones. People from across South Africa travelled to KwaHlathi in the country’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province where villagers had been digging since June 12 after a herder discovered the first stone in an open field and put out the word.
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