Kingsley Bishop
In The Rough
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An estimated 30% of Sierra Leone’s population is engaged in artisanal diamond mining. In In the Rough, Kingsley Bishop identifies continued patterns of neocolonial extraction in this export focused industry and its effect on communities and the environment due to unenforced government policies. Through images captured within the mines, this work sheds light on the human labour behind diamond extraction, showing the vulnerability of those who work under unregulated conditions and the scale of this practice.
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