Lorenzo D'Angelo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4530838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorenzo D'Angelo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorenzo |
| FAMILY NAME | D'Angelo |
| SIGNATURE | ANGELO L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Milan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa. 2022. By Robyn d’Avignon
A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa. 2022. By Robyn d’Avignon. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 304pp. $27.95 (paperback), $104.95 (hardcover)
The art of governing contingency: Rethinking the colonial history of diamond mining in Sierra Leone
This article briefly outlines the history of the colonial diamond industry of Sierra Leone from 1930 to 1961, highlighting its contingent aspects and the bonds guiding the decisions and actions taken by local social actors in different contexts and at different times. By drawing on colonial documents and memoirs of colonial officers, it shows how the colonial government of Sierra Leone and the mining company that exercised a monopoly on diamond e…
Who Owns the Diamonds? The Occult Eco-Nomy of Diamond Mining in Sierra Leone
Much of the literature on Sierra Leonean diamonds focuses on the role that this mineral resource played in the recent civil conflict (1991-2002). However, the political-economic perspective that is common to these analyses has lost sight of the main actors in this social reality. What do miners think of diamonds? Like their Malagasy colleagues engaged in the search for sapphires, the Sierra Leonean diamond miners often maintain that they do not k…
Who Owns the Diamonds? The Occult Eco-Nomy of Diamond Mining in Sierra Leone
Much of the literature on Sierra Leonean diamonds focuses on the role that this mineral resource played in the recent civil conflict (1991-2002). However, the political-economic perspective that is common to these analyses has lost sight of the main actors in this social reality. What do miners think of diamonds? Like their Malagasy colleagues engaged in the search for sapphires, the Sierra Leonean diamond miners often maintain that they do not k…
The art of governing contingency: Rethinking the colonial history of diamond mining in Sierra Leone
This article briefly outlines the history of the colonial diamond industry of Sierra Leone from 1930 to 1961, highlighting its contingent aspects and the bonds guiding the decisions and actions taken by local social actors in different contexts and at different times. By drawing on colonial documents and memoirs of colonial officers, it shows how the colonial government of Sierra Leone and the mining company that exercised a monopoly on diamond e…
Who Owns the Diamonds? The Occult Eco-Nomy of Diamond Mining in Sierra Leone
Much of the literature on Sierra Leonean diamonds focuses on the role that this mineral resource played in the recent civil conflict (1991-2002). However, the political-economic perspective that is common to these analyses has lost sight of the main actors in this social reality. What do miners think of diamonds? Like their Malagasy colleagues engaged in the search for sapphires, the Sierra Leonean diamond miners often maintain that they do not k…
The art of governing contingency: Rethinking the colonial history of diamond mining in Sierra Leone
This article briefly outlines the history of the colonial diamond industry of Sierra Leone from 1930 to 1961, highlighting its contingent aspects and the bonds guiding the decisions and actions taken by local social actors in different contexts and at different times. By drawing on colonial documents and memoirs of colonial officers, it shows how the colonial government of Sierra Leone and the mining company that exercised a monopoly on diamond e…
A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa. 2022. By Robyn d’Avignon
A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa. 2022. By Robyn d’Avignon. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 304pp. $27.95 (paperback), $104.95 (hardcover)
Diamond (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sierra leone (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (1 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (1 works)