'I visited Africa's diamond village where broke people become millionaires in a day'

Africa is known as a home to huge and expensive diamonds, and in this small village near Koidu, Sierra Leone, the world's largest alluvial diamond was discovered. As a result of the high concentration of diamonds in the area, many people across the world have mined in the village, with a number of diamond and gold offices set up in the city centre. A YouTube video posted on the channel Gano Did It shares videos of "culture, landscapes and inspiring stories of Africa." The creator spent just over two days exploring and speaking to the locals of the diamond village who are in the business of mining. He starts off the video by introducing Koidu as the country's "diamond capital".

"So many Africans and non-Africans made their fortune here, including some of the richest people in my own country, the Gambia," he continues. He then finds out other nationalities that also come to the village to make their fortunes, with local miners and sellers listing a number of examples before one makes the statement: "In Sierra Leone, as far as minerals are concerned, so many different nationalities from all over the world are here."

Cover photo:  a man filming himself and others on a boat small boat