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

Monique's Musings

April 22, 2015

Rough-drafts: from reading to writing

It was in July of 2003 that I fell in love with novels. Contrary to my mother’s present-day boasts, I was not always the happy member […]
May 22, 2014

The Laudable Series Pt. 1: Bloggers

         When it comes to our own; our country, bodies, opportunities we often dwell on the negatives more than the positive but it is a known […]
March 11, 2014

Musings On Women’s Day

Happy Women’s month!  May we observe the month wisely. In my own little contribution towards the rightful honoring of this month I’m going to share my […]
February 27, 2014

An Open Letter to Cameroonians…

Dear fellow Cameroonian, How are you? I hope fine, though I doubt it. I doubt it because I hear you grumbling all the time. One of […]
December 15, 2013

Musings on Mandela

Mandela’s death has brought about so many recollections on his life, work and what he stood for. I don’t think anyone of my generation can attest […]
December 15, 2013

Coming Home

   There is a long standing joke that about Cameroonians who leave the country dusting literally dusting their hands off it and till when they die, […]
November 28, 2013

The Things We Allow

Have you ever heard the saying “The minute you settle for less that you deserve, you get less than you settled for?” Well I’ve been thinking […]
November 10, 2013

Constant Reminders for Feminism

Some people say: Feminism is no longer necessary, if at all it ever was.  They say we no longer need the concept and women are now […]
October 8, 2013

A Woman’s Might and Yet Her Plight

   I was helping a friend’s daughter with her homework the other day, and she all of nine years was defining the word apartheid. I had […]