Category: Blog
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Feminist Awakening
Originally posted in To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbé blog. June 30, 2015 It’s been five weeks, five weeks that have gone by with such rapidity that I cannot begin to comprehend. In five weeks I have matured as a person, a maturity that has come from being surrounded by successful women, who are making tremendous progress […]
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Job… I Need Job
It’s been almost three months since I graduated. I still don’t have a job. Slowly but surely, the time is creeping up on me and I’m watching the months add up. At home I’ve become the cook, the cleaner, the washer, the baker, the one with absolutely nothing to do. At first I loved it. […]
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How To Be An African: 27 Do-Nots
Here’s what I tried not to do as a child growing up in Cameroon. Do not – under any circumstance, talk back to your parents. Do not take anything from your parents or older relatives with your left hand. Do not be left-handed. That hand gets slapped every time you attempt to use it. […]
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Chasing Peace, Love, Happiness… And Everything In-Between
When we are young, we are secure in the comfort of our parents’ love and protection (for those of us lucky enough). Reality is living everyday as it is, saying what we feel and expressing whatever emotions we have in the moment. But then we grow up and we dream. We do everything to chase […]
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