#142: All the Fish in the Sea
Journalist Anna Badkhen has immersed herself in the lives of Afghan carpet weavers, Fulani cow herders in Mali, and other people often ignored or forgotten\u2014especially in the Global North. Yet our lives are entwined with others\u2019 across the continents, and in ways that we may not even realize. Consider, for example, the dire situation in Joal, Senegal\u2014the subject of Badkhen\u2019s latest book\u2014where artisanal fishermen are facing the consequences of an ocean depleted by climate change and overfishing. This episode originally aired in 2018.
Go beyond the episode:
- Anna Badkhen\u2019s Fisherman\u2019s Blues: A West African Community at Sea
- \u201cMagical Thinking in the Sahel,\u201d an essay about gris-gris and good luck in the The New York Times
- \u201cThe Secret Life of Boats,\u201d a dispatch from Joal in Granta
- A Voice of America video report on overfishing in Senegal
- \u201cTackling illegal fishing in western Africa could create 300,000 jobs,\u201d The Guardian reports
- It\u2019s not just West Africa: how territorial disputes have put the South China Sea\u2019s fishery on the verge of collapse
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