Minors in Name Only: Child Laborers on the Diamond Mines of the Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), 1917-1975

Although African men and women comprised the vast majority of the labor force on Angola’s colonial-era diamond mines, child laborers, or “minors,” also played important roles, primarily as mineworkers and plantation laborers. While these young male and female laborers’ daily tasks were often lighter...

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Published in	Journal of family history Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 91 - 110
Main Author	Cleveland, Todd
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2010 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects	Agriculture - economics Agriculture - education Agriculture - history Agriculture - legislation & jurisprudence Angola Angola - ethnology Child Child Abuse - economics Child Abuse - ethnology Child Abuse - history Child Abuse - legislation & jurisprudence Child Abuse - psychology Child Labor Child labour Child Welfare - economics Child Welfare - ethnology Child Welfare - history Child Welfare - legislation & jurisprudence Child Welfare - psychology Childhood Colonialism Colonialism - history Diamond - economics Diamond - history Diamond mines Employment - economics Employment - history Employment - legislation & jurisprudence Employment - psychology Exploitation History, 20th Century Humans Labour history Mining - economics Mining - education Mining - history Mining - legislation & jurisprudence Mining Industry Minority & ethnic groups Minors - education Minors - history Minors - legislation & jurisprudence Minors - psychology Social Conditions - economics Social Conditions - history Social Conditions - legislation & jurisprudence Social Control Policies - economics Social Control Policies - history Social Control Policies - legislation & jurisprudence Social history Socioeconomic Factors Twentieth Century Working conditions Angola colonialism exploitation Angola mining childhood child labor
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Summary:	Although African men and women comprised the vast majority of the labor force on Angola’s colonial-era diamond mines, child laborers, or “minors,” also played important roles, primarily as mineworkers and plantation laborers. While these young male and female laborers’ daily tasks were often lighter than those assigned to adult males, they often worked side-by-side with more senior workers and were equally subject to physical abuse, poor rations, and injuries. Similarly, minors also employed many of the same strategies as their more senior coworkers to better their lives. Their experiences suggest that these young laborers were minors in name only.
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ISSN:	0363-1990 1552-5473
DOI:	10.1177/0363199009348373