African asbestos mining history comes into focus through a rare 1930s diary from a man sent from London to oversee an asbestos mine in Africa. Attorney Justinian Lane examines what this journal reveals about life inside the mine, including how African workers were treated, the food they were given, and the broader conditions surrounding asbestos mining at the time. The diary, along with related reports and maps, offers a disturbing firsthand look at a little-seen part of industrial history and the asbestos industry’s past.
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