For nearly eighty years, a huge portion of Coastal South Africa was closed off to the public.
Immediately, he became intrigued by the ingenious methods used in facilitating smuggling?particularly, the illegal act of sneaking carrier Pigeons onto mine property, affixing diam.
With many of its pits now deemed "overmined" and abandoned, American journalist Matthew Gavin Frank sets out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade that supplies a global market.
For nearly eighty years, a huge portion of Coastal South Africa was closed off to the public