Monique's Musings

September 9, 2016

Murdering Poverty: A review

Ever heard of the ‘development-aid debate’? Well unless you are a follower of politics, news, or a scholar of the humanities, you may not recognize the […]

August 25, 2016

My ‘Returnee Anniversary’: 15 Reasons I Love My Country

The day was 25thAugust 2001. I was less than three months shy of 12 years old, or as I often reminded people- I was a pre-teen. […]

July 19, 2016

How Not to Love: Advice a Cameroonian Woman is Given in Point Form

Have you ever wondered why people find it so easy to tell women what to do and not do? Particularly as concerns their bodies, their emotions […]

June 27, 2016

MTN Nights: A Love Story

It all began with an MTN Cameroon deal, Free SMS Nights, which enticed customers to give up their sleep for seven hours of toll free messages. […]

May 9, 2016

Learning to Love Mother

In Africa, my part at least, hating your mother is a taboo. “How can you trust someone who dislikes their own mother?” one of my cousins […]

April 19, 2016

Straight Outta My Bookshelf: Boundless by Kefen Budji

Those who know me, know I love reading. Most however, are unaware of what I consider to be my guilty pleasure; I read more pop-fiction than […]

March 12, 2016

An Open Letter to My Sisters on Internalized Sexism and Sisterhood

Dear Sisters, How are you? How is Women’s Month treating you? Permit me tell you a story. One of my clearest memories from my undergraduate studies […]

February 12, 2016

What Day? What Are We Celebrating?

Hey Everyone!Halfway through the second month! How’s 2016 treating you so far? Well, in 2013 I founded a youth development association called Better Breed Cameroon, and […]

January 8, 2016

Yet another New Year Speech and a Proposed New Year Resolution

Happy New Year Readers! Hope you had a lovely holiday season. And what were the resolutions? I hope you made some because we Cameroonians desperately need […]

December 22, 2015

End of Year Reflection

The end of year is always a time of reflection, as we wonder whether we met those New year resolutions, as we grade ourselves for becoming […]

November 16, 2015

Hashtags

A week ago the hashtag #33ans trended among Cameroonians on Twitter with Cameroonians speaking out on the 33rd anniversary of the ruling political party in Cameroon. […]

October 16, 2015

Returning Home Part Two: The Struggle is Real, Everywhere

I’ve been home exactly a month now. Along with the joyous reunions come the far from joyous realities. I’ve spent as much time correcting my fellow […]