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

Monique's Musings

November 30, 2016

Straight Outta My Bookshelf: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

I consider myself an avid reader, but I must guiltily confess that I read as means of escape and entertainment than I do for the purpose […]
November 1, 2016

An Ode to Those We’ve Lost

Last month I visited the United States briefly. After having spent almost seven years of my childhood there and returning home to Cameroon indefinitely, this trip […]
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. […]
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 […]
July 9, 2015

Self-Trafficking, Modern Slavery or the Wrong sort of Bushfalling

Two years ago around this same month, I had a conversation with a friend. We had only recently met. She had just returned to Cameroon after […]
October 29, 2014

Travelogue Part 2: Of Wanna-be-Bushfallers and Bushfalling

This might sound like a rant, but if you are a follower of this blog you should be used to it by now.  Some months ago […]