I went on a tour of Cameroon’s major cities. These elections are crucial.

Chude Jideonwo’s article titled; “I went on a tour of Cameroon’s major cities. These elections are crucial.” was featured in ‘West Africa is a Country’.

You can read the full post here: https://medium.com/west-africa-is-a-country/i-went-on-a-tour-of-cameroons-major-cities-these-elections-are-crucial-738dd19b777e

 

Excerpt:

But it is the despair that you see on the roads of this beautiful nation that would break your heart. It is perhaps most exemplified in the incredibly low amount of entrepreneurial activity, and underscored by the refusal of a majority of its citizens, especially its young, to participate in sham electoral processes.

Biya has hollowed Cameroon out.