ArrivalIt’s been 32 hours. Hours split between waiting and flying three flights halfway across the globe. Finally, I’ve reached my country of…
Black People Don’t SwimFor two weeks I was in Kiribi, Cameroon which where the new deep sea port was built. Kiribi is also known for having…
The Trip to CameroonPre-Departure to the soil of the MotherlandAt 2:30 pm, left my parent’s house for the last time until May. I laughed because the next time I would be there, the two foot pile of snow in the driveway would be long gone and I would have…
Pre-Departure to CameroonMy name is Kaiya Murphy and I am a Junior at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. I am using Medium, in order to blog my journey during my study abroad in Cameroon. Here I will record my thoughts and feelings prior to my departure.
Money, Miracles, Women and the ‘Masses’-Cameroon.In August 2013, President Paul Biya of Cameroon demanded the termination of an estimated 100 Pentecostal churches in Cameroon. For days, it bogged my understanding that a president who knows too well that one of the fundamental reasons for the continuous peace and stability…
