Rafael Marques de Morais, Director Rafael Marques de Morais is an Angolan journalist and writer with a special interest in Angola’s political economy and human rights. In 2000 he won the distinguished Percy Qoboza Award for Outstanding Courage from the National Association of Black Journalists (USA). In 2006, he received the Civil Courage Prize, from the Train Foundation (USA) for his human rights activities. He has also published various reports on human rights abuses in the diamond trade in Angola, including “Harvesting Hunger in Angola’s Diamond Fields” (2008),  “Operation Kissonde: The Diamonds of Misery and Humiliation” (2006), and “Lundas: The Stones of Death” (2005), co-authored with Rui F. Campos. Born in Luanda, Rafael holds a MSc in African Studies from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in Anthropology and Media from Goldsmiths, University of London.

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