Kara, Siddharth
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
- ISBN 13:
- 9781250284303
- author:
- Kara, Siddharth
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 23.3 x 15.4 centimetres (0.34 kg
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Violence in Society,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Cobalt Red: The Human Cost of Our Digital Lives
This Pulitzer Prize finalist for General Nonfiction is a stark and crucial exposé of the human rights abuses behind the Congo's cobalt mining operation. Siddharth Kara's investigation reveals 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.
The book sheds light on the brutal mining practices, the supply chain of child-mined cobalt, and the shocking testimonies of people who endure immense suffering and even die mining cobalt. Cobalt is a crucial component of every lithium-ion rechargeable battery, powering our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. Kara argues that we must all care about what is happening in the Congo, because we are all implicated.
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