Description: Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara **2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist**Now in paperback: the powerful, revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award.An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congos cobalt mining operation-and the moral implications that affect us all.Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt. To uncover the truth about brutal mining practices, Kara investigated militia-controlled mining areas, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt from toxic pit to consumer-facing tech giants, and gathered shocking testimonies of people who endure immense suffering and even die mining cobalt.Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today, the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. Roughly 75 percent of the worlds supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo, often by peasants and children in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot conduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and environmental catastrophe in the Congo. In this stark and crucial book, Kara argues that we must all care about what is happening in the Congo-because we are all implicated. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography SIDDHARTH KARA is an author, researcher, and activist on modern slavery. He is a British Academy Global Professor and an Associate Professor of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at Nottingham University. Kara has authored three books on modern slavery and won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize. Karas first book was adapted into a Hollywood film, Trafficked. A feature film inspired by Cobalt Red is currently in pre-production. He divides his time between the UK and the US. Promotional 2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for General Non-Fiction! Details ISBN1250322154 Author Siddharth Kara Pages 288 Publisher St Martins Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781250322159 Format Paperback Subtitle How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 338.27480967 Audience General NZ Release Date 2024-07-29 AU Release Date 2024-07-29 Imprint Saint Martins Griffin,U.S. Language English ISBN-10 1250322154 Publication Date 2024-09-16 US Release Date 2024-09-16 UK Release Date 2024-09-16 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161110460;
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