Yaoundé

I am a woman. I am a daughter, a friend, a student, a sister, and a future wife. I’ve been told I’m clumsy. I can be a bit ditsy. I’m intelligent. I’m caring. I’m nice, sometimes, a little too nice. I am many things. For you to know me better I am going to share things about who I am, who’s I am, and what I am. I am Raissa Tchetcho Kemajou Armelle, a Cameroonian native but rose in Maryland. My friends usually just call me Rice (yes, like the actual food). Cameroon is a small, beautiful…

meet up their sales target, Nancy sputtered. Nancy in disbelief hastily poured through the documents Tanya Williams, Human Resources (HR) VP gave to her read. Both Tanya and Nancy sat in a corner of the see through coffee shop “Hot Café Latte” in Yaounde, Capital city of Cameroon sipping their favourite brand of coffee ‘cappuccino’ as they pondered on how to influence management’s decision with respect to shutting down it branches in Africa. These branches are popularly known for their…

Gay love has been an issue for the longest now and it’s beginning to get out of hand. But that’s not the only thing that’s getting out of hand, what also is getting out of hand is societies view on those who are transgender. Which brought to my attention that some people are so reluctant to change that they resort violence and brute force in order to shape things into their image whenever something that they say is wrong starts to occur. They are only interested and care about what they want to…

The psychological damage of being young and getting married can result in depression, posttraumatic stress, and they have a hard time making their own decisions. At the young age of fifteen Lamana from Yaounde, Cameroon was forced into a marriage where she would be physically abused and forced to having sex. Lamana feel into a deep depression were she thought the only way out, the only way for to feel happiness again was for her to take her life because…

Dutty Boukman was a living, breathing man who would one day become the stuff of legends. He was a man who faced many hardships in life and overcame them all through intelligence, eloquence and perseverance. He was a leader, a libertarian, and sheer mountain of a man who would spark a revolution on a single night and with a single epic prayer. Although he would not live to see his dream of liberty, freedom and independence for the colored citizens of Saint Domingue come to fruition, he would…

will examine the moral components of piracy, which will be explored in the second half of the literary review. Both will draw from professional sources as a basis in arguing for software piracy. Empirical Evidence In 2014, a study was conducted in Yaoundé, Cameroon, by the African Governance and Development Institute. The study was led by Dr. Simplice Asongu (2014) and was published in the peer-review journal Emerald Insight. In it, Dr, Asongu compared rates of piracy with economic metrics such…

countries such as Nigeria and Congo. Cameroon is the place I called home until the age of the age of twelve, which was when I left for the United States. Two weeks prior to our departure, my mother and I went on a trip to the capital city called Yaoundé to renew my passport. Back then I had no Idea that those were one of my last moments in my country. My mother informed me that we would spend the holidays in the U.S, I couldn’t have imagined that she said holiday just to make sure that I…

“Being gay is natural. Hating gay is a lifestyle choice” - John Fugelsang. The question of LGBT rights come into play with this quote. What kind of human rights violations are LGBT people exposed to? When thinking about the answer to the question, there are a lot of themes to take into consideration. For example, LGBT rights affect government, environment, social relations, and ethics. Determining what themes human rights violations affect allows us to see how some countries have better human…

From Haitians history, it was taught by our elders that our ancestors came from Africa. This has been in my thoughts for a long period of time now. It can be said that this paper was an opportunity for me to expand my knowledge on this belief. Therefore, I decided that I would pick any African country. I happened to run into an African girl in York Cafeteria. I knew she might be African because I’m familiar with African accents. Hers sounded very similar. I decided to approach her, and…

Watching this video remaindered me of seeing this group performed at a cultural event or festival in Minnesota, two years back. The sounds or music coming from animations, drums, instruments, parents and children performing this dance make me remember the goes boo I had when I watched them dance. I could not image the performance by these kids born in Minnesota, U.S dancing and following the rhythms of the traditional dance music from where their parents come from so well as if they were born…