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Read More Savage mindsBackground on the DCR Cobalt Situation The Democratic Republic of Congo is responsible for over 70% of the world’s supply of cobalt. Our smartphones, computers, and electric vehicles are all powered by it. Even though the DRC possesses more cobalt reserves than the rest of the planet, a “clean” cobalt supply chain from the country […]
Read More A Tale of Cobalt and Tears: The Brutal Reality of Congolese Cobalt Slave LaborThis poem was inspired by an article I read about the endangerment of incense in myrrh cultivation and trade in Northern Somalia. As a Somali American, I’ve always been fascinated with the history of incense and myrrh in the country and how significant it is not only to Somalis but the rest of the world. […]
Read More Sweet n’ SmokyWelcome readers, Thirty-Two Towns Were Destroyed While Mapping The Congo: King Leopold II hired a British explorer Henry Morton Stanley, so he could get help with the establishment of the Congo Free State. Stanley was already acquainted with the region having explored it and mapped out most of the Congo River. In addition, he made […]
Read More Hands Free : The Story of the Free State of Congo (1885 – 1908)
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