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

Monique's Musings

May 25, 2023

June Testimony: How God forced me out of my comfort zone and lessons from this season

It’s been a year since a major miracle.
April 27, 2023

Multiple journeys, multiple lessons- all at once everywhere…

Some notes from multiple journeys I’m on now, lessons I’m learning now.
July 31, 2022

Thriving as a Cameroonian Child almost always requires rebelling… Let’s talk about why & how

One would likely get dismissed for suggesting that African parents ‘spoil their kids’ as much if not more than their Western counterparts. I’ve said as much […]
May 31, 2022

An Antithesis of Popular “Inspirational” adages

One of my vivid childhood memories is of the day I learned the importance of knowing and understanding what you’re saying/singing. I was roughly ten years […]
April 30, 2022

An Interview with Myself on Depression: Episode 1

Mental health is gaining traction, more people are speaking up which is great. Getting therapy is becoming normalized (at least via Western media)- also great. But […]
January 10, 2022
Want to have a successful year? How are you defining success?
What if I told you, there's a way to guarantee you have a successful 2022? Well, I can; because a successful year all depends on how you define success. Here's a definition I recommend.
August 4, 2021

On Unlearning: A lesson from A Child

Two weeks ago I came across this short video of @BeleafinFatherhood’s daughter Anaya asking for love. In it you see a little black girl, with a […]
December 30, 2019

Wishing You a Decade of Dependency and Thriving Despite Deficiency

As a teenager, I wasn’t really ‘taught’ how to cook. I moved around a lot. And in every home, I would have tasks like dicing onions […]
October 28, 2018

29 Lessons I’ve Learned at 29: A Collection of Personal Epigrams Thus Far…

Earlier this month, I celebrated my 29th birthday. I have dubbed this year: My year of testimonies signifying my commitment to share more (particularly of lessons […]
October 11, 2018

…And that is the story of how I became a Christian.

Hello, I’m Monique and today, 11th October 2018,  makes me twenty-nine years old.  I added an About My Faith page to this blog at the start […]
December 30, 2017

So… What did 2017 teach you?

Earlier this year, I wrote on the development of the now year-long crisis which has plagued the Anglophone regions of Cameroon. I outlined the emergence of […]
June 18, 2015

Our Identity and Our shame

The Transracial Trend…  Please have a look at my picture in the about section of this page. Have a good look, read the bio.     […]