Blood Diamond Quotes

“As children in a small village in Sierra Leone, my friends and I dreamed of travelling the world like the missionaries who opened our village school. As a British subject, I dreamed of walking the streets of London. I imagined my self in the United States of America visiting the places where the cowboy movies were made.”
― Francis Mandewah, FRIENDSHIP: A True Story of Adventure, Goodwill, and Endurance

“My story has more than a "great white hope" plot. I loved and respected Tom because he was a servant of God who happened to be white, just as I feel I am a servant of God who happens to be black and from Africa.”
― Francis Mandewah, FRIENDSHIP: A True Story of Adventure, Goodwill, and Endurance

“Racial prejudice has always been a difficult topic for me. On several occasions I've withdrawn from conversations that devolved into white bashing. I can never make a general negative statements based on whiteness. Tom didn't choose me without consideration for my race, but rather I think he chose me because of it.”
― Francis Mandewah

“Frivolous diamonds expect you to bend and squint and seek refraction from greedy elusive facets keeping
all their vibrant secrets hidden
in the hard chisel of war-born crystal.”
― Laurie Perez, The Power of Amie Martine