Diamonds in the Rough Charles Henderson and enacted lock-down policies of

and enacted lock-down policies of unproven value that caused massive economic

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while the male priesthood was transformed into a more professionalized - and less distinctively Catholic - clerical order

Diamonds in the Rough Charles Henderson and enacted lock-down policies ofDiamonds in the Rough explores the lives of African laborers on Angola's diamond mines from the commencement of operations in 1917 to the colony's independence from Portugal in 1975. The mines were owned and operated by the Diamond Company of Angola, or Diamang, which enjoyed exclusive mining and labor concessions granted by the colonial government. Through these monopolies, the company became the most profitable enterprise in Portugal's African