Dictators
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Iss2/Bonus3 The honor system: So you’re totally sure none of this aid is being diverted to fund a war? Ditto for all these diamonds?
Little known outside Africa, the Congo Wars are nicknamed “Africa’s World War”due to the large number of combatants and millions of casualties.
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Iss2/Bonus2 Installing dictators like light bulbs: how the world treats Congo
A crash course on the history of Democratic Republic of Congo: necessary background to understand the Congo Wars.
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Iss1/Ch4 If you liked the 2017 worldwide refugee crisis, you’ll love the complete desertification of the Sahel
When it comes to climate change, mainstream economists and climate scientists couldn’t be more different. How can mainstream economists predict small dents to the economy when climate scientists see existential threats to civilization itself? Perhaps Sahelian desertification and climate change can only be solved if we stop listening to mainstream economists. Conclusion to Issue 1
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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.
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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.
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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, how it came to Cameroon and contributed to poverty, underdevelopment, and desertification. Then, a proven anti-desertification model: how the American New Deal beat the Dust Bowl. Finally, the dire situation of rural Cameroonians.
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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
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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.
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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.