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

Monique's Musings

January 27, 2024

2024 My Year Of No? (Dec 2023 Blog)

It has become a tradition of mine to have a theme for the year; a word or phrase that speaks of my intention for the new […]
December 26, 2023

Oct 2023: More Birthday Reflections

It’s another October and my birthday has come to pass. I recall when I was turning 30, I wrote a blog post about how I am […]
December 26, 2023

Nov 2023: Looking Back at the Year of Self-Love

At the start of this year, I vowed to make this my year of self-love. I have struggled with self-esteem issues all my life and this […]
December 26, 2023
Sept 2023: Healing My Writing Soul
A recently unlocked memory is of the day my O’ Level GCE results were read. The year was 2006, I had convinced my mom to let […]
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 […]
June 30, 2023

A conversation with Fungai Machirori

Last year I shared a great deal about my mental health struggles openly via my blog and this caught the interest of a ‘Digital Native’ and […]
May 25, 2023

Musings on Motherhood, Or rather Opting out of it…

Have you ever considered that the reason one may want to have kids is unhealthy? This month’s musings are on my own coming to terms with […]
April 27, 2023

How do you Identify?

A vlog inspired by a self-reflection exercise… Join me?
March 31, 2023

Lessons on Leadership…

In January 2013 I filed the application for the establishment of Better Breed Cameroon. I was a young woman with big dreams and a lot of […]
January 30, 2023

A Year of Self-Love?

One of my favourite quotes is by Zora Neale Hurston and it goes: There are years that ask questions and there are years that answer. I […]
December 31, 2022

Belated Birthday Reflections…

I’m writing this in arrears. It took a while to get the words. I still don’t know if I have the right ones. And because I’m […]
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 […]