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Monthly Blog/Vlog Posts Recording reality as a Cameroonian woman, Writer, Academic, Advocate, and Believer

Monique's Musings

September 30, 2018

What is happening Cameroon? II

Dispatches from home read like material for a great historical fiction manuscript. You easily imagine the Whatsapp voice-notes with either news of military abuse of power, […]
September 8, 2018

Checkpoints on the Christian Journey

Recently I decided to re-read Rick Warren’s A Purpose Driven Life. This book had a great impact on my discovering my purpose for life, developing a willingness […]
August 17, 2018

Ask Yourself: What am I supposed to Be Learning Now?

The past few weeks have been a struggle with regards to my faith. I’m not where I want to be, there’s no guarantee of me getting […]
August 9, 2018

Undoing a Culture of Shaming

How do you write about being ashamed of what you are to be proud of? I will try.  *** A few weeks ago, a friend and […]
July 31, 2018

Travelogue: S.A has me thinking we’re cursed… but not for the reason you think

It’s been a while since I’ve written a travelogue, a post about a travel experience. Well, as I’m presently studying in South Africa and will likely […]
July 22, 2018

How a Reading Challenge Led to a Lifestyle Change…

Somethings we know, but don’t know. You know? Like we all know we could do more if we spend the first hour of our day effectively.  […]
June 26, 2018

Be THAT Christian Friend

I’ve observed that the Christian journey is too often a lonely one. Despite the fact that the Bible prioritizes fellowship. Today we’ve limited fellowship to church […]
June 9, 2018

The Employment Problem Cameroonians Are Not Talking About

When we think of employment issues in Cameroon, we often think of the unemployment and how graduates can go for years looking for suitable work. We […]
May 30, 2018

For Christian Girls Who Have Sought Reasons to Live When Faith is Not Enough

I know what it means sister, Know what it means to seek hope like children seek fireflies on too-warm evenings I know what it means sister, […]
May 29, 2018

The Extravagance of Black Forgiveness

A friend of mine recently asked me why I haven’t written about the situation back home. He said he “wished I was still back home because […]
May 15, 2018

April 2018’s Missing Post II: Doing away with Stereotypes One initiative at a Time

There’s a lot to rant about when it comes to Cameroon. Increasingly heavy militarization and other government mishandling of the problems in the Anglophone regions, the […]
May 10, 2018

April 2018’s Missing Post I: Christian Journey Supplements

When I think of April, I think of World Book and Copyright Day on the 23rd… and birthdays of a few unforgettable friends. Both of these […]