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Blood Minerals: Investigative Reporting & Writing in Africa

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Friday, September 30, 2016
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Christophe Boltanski, Stephen Smith

Join us for a discussion with author Christophe Boltanski about his recent book Minerais de sang: les esclaves du monde moderne (2014). Boltanski's investigation "traces" conflict minerals all the way from the Eastern Congo, where latter-day slaves labor in perilous pits, until they become an indispensable part of our slick cell phones and computers via the London Stock Metal Exchange, factories in Malaysia, and multinational companies. Penned as minutely as a police report, yet narrated as grippingly as a detective story, his book follows the twisted trails of cassiterite or coltan that lead to cynical profiteers, local warlords as well as powerful CEOs. Light lunch served.

Contact: Natalie Robles