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

Monique's Musings

December 26, 2023

August 2023: Musings on What Home Means…

I’m back in Cameroon again. If you know me, you know I move around a lot. It’s both something I appreciate and something I wish I […]
August 31, 2023

A Conversation with Nayah Ndefru

A few months back, I had a conversation with Nayah Ndefru on her Podcast “Breaking the Code” where she gathers her networking to discuss breaking the […]
March 31, 2021

In Which I Argue that the Cameroonian Government is the Greatest Missionary of All Time…

If you were asked who the greatest missionary in all of history is, who would you name? Who would you say has called most people to […]
September 30, 2020

Home is [Not] for Everyone…

I used to feel it was my mission to explain to people that ‘falling bush’ was not the answer to all problems. Given how much the […]
January 29, 2020

Being Intentional in the Journey

Happy New Year folks! Towards the end of the year, I attended a vision board workshop at church with a good friend and Christian sister called […]
January 28, 2019

“How is Home?” You Ask

Since returning home early last month, nearly all my conversations begin with the same recurrent question; how is Cameroon/home? Roughly eight weeks later, I still haven’t found […]
December 17, 2018

The Police Are Not Your Friend, Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere.

How would you identify a good country? This question or something similar to it has come up in several conversations with friends recently. In the wake […]
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, […]
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 […]
February 14, 2018

Change of Reaction- Flash Fiction by Monique Kwachou

 Happy Valentine’s Day to all followers of my Musings! And *coughs* wishing you a great start to the introspective Lenten period.  This month, I’m doing a […]
January 18, 2018

Musings on 17th January

The 17th of January will forever hold meaning for me. For one, it’s the birthday of a close friend and founding member of Better Breed Cameroon- […]