1st Edition
African Artisanal Mining from the Inside Out Access, norms and power in Congo’s gold sector
By Sara Geenen
Copyright 2016
240 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
254 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
254 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Artisanal mining is commonly associated with violent conflict, rampant corruption and desperate poverty. Yet millions of people across Sub Sahara Africa depend on it. Many of them are living in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), home to important mineral reserves, but also to a plethora of armed groups and massive human rights violations.
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Part 1: Prospecting African Artisanal Minding 1. Researching and Rethinking African Artisanal Mining 2. Digging into Artisanal Mining's History Part 2: The Gold Mines from the Inside Out 3. Access In and Around the Mines 4. Miners and Traders 5. Access in the Gold Trade Part 3: Changes from the Outside 6. Changes in Access: Formalisation 7. Changes in Access: Industrialisation 7. African Artisanal Mining: Lessons from the DRC
Biography
Sara Geenen is working as post-doctoral research fellow with the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). She is affiliated with the Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB) at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
