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Issue 1 | Climate Change and Freshwater: Thirsty Cameroon & the Lake Chad Catastrophe
Iss1/B3 Does Anyone Here Love Ahmaduo Ahidjo? Anyone?
Bonus: Why did Ahidjo suddenly resign in 1982 at the height of his power? How did Paul Biya wrest power from a seemingly all-powerful Ahidjo? The mystery of Cameroon’s 1983 succession.
Iss1/B2 How to Become a Dictator (a Friend was Asking)
Bonus: The darkly fascinating cloak-and-dagger story of Ahidjo’s rise to power – with help from the French, of course.
Iss1/Ch3 How Many Cameroonians Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Trick Question: IMF Shut Off the Electricity
The global scandal of debt and structural adjustments comes to Cameroon, contributing to poverty, underdevelopment, and desertification.
Iss1/B1 Cameroon’s Independence Movement: in which the French Send People to the Hospital for Waving a UN Flag
Bonus: The gripping story of Cameroon’s independence movement, 1945-1957
Iss1/Ch2 Independence* Day
In Chapter 2, the incredible story of how Cameroon’s independence movement took on the French Empire and almost won. We uncover how the French fought back, installed a dictator, and how the French continue to exploit an “independent” Cameroon.
Iss1/Ch1 Desertification Happens When Raindrops Meet Him at the Bar Instead of Percolating into Groundwater: Stay Thirsty, My Friends
In Chapter 1, we start by understanding the Sahel’s desertification crisis, and how this has led to the collapse of Lake Chad. Then, we characterize poverty and water infrastructure in Cameroon. Finally, we meet some of the villains of the story.
Issue 1 Introduction: @#$% You, Freshwater!
In the introduction to Issue 1, we begin with atrocious statistics on humanity’s access to drinking water and uncover some shocking examples of the collapse of freshwater resources. We cover the source of a quarter of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions — a source you may never even have heard of.