nkomba/cameroun

Open Project for a Better Understanding of Cameroon and its People # camerounhistoire.org A bilingual (English/French), collaboratively authored, open history of Cameroon — from the earliest peopling of the territory to the making of its present regions, departments, and arrondissements. Structurally inspired by open history texts such as *The American Yawp*; editorially centred on Cameroonian voices, sources, and questions. Static site: plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No build step, no server dependency, relative paths throughout. Open `camerounhistoire.html` directly in a browser, or host the folder as-is under `camerounhistoire.org` (an `index.html` redirect is included). ## Structure ``` C:\cameroon\ ├── camerounhistoire.html Main site (all sections, single page, hash routing) ├── index.html Redirect to camerounhistoire.html for hosting ├── README.md This file ├── GOVERNANCE.md Editorial governance note ├── assets\ │ ├── logo.svg Custom seal logo (also inlined in the header) │ └── favicon.svg ├── data\ ALL editable content lives here (bilingual) │ ├── content.js Interface strings + section prose (window.CH_CONTENT) │ ├── chapters.js The 12 chapters (window.CH_CHAPTERS) │ ├── contributors.js Contributor profiles (window.CH_CONTRIBUTORS) │ └── updates.js Revision/update log (window.CH_UPDATES) ├── styles\ │ └── main.css Design system, light/dark themes, responsive layout └── scripts\ └── main.js i18n rendering, theme, routing, mobile nav ``` ## Editing bilingual content Content is fully separated from layout. Every text field in `data/` is an object with two keys: ```js title: { en: "German Kamerun", fr: "Le Kamerun allemand" } ``` Edit the text, never the key names. The interface re-renders both languages from these objects; nothing in the HTML needs to change. Please write both languages as polished parallel prose — the project treats neither as a translation of the other. ## Adding a …