Mac Alunge[edit]

Alunge Nnangsope Macaulay Nzie (popularly known as Mac Alunge), born November 4th 1991, is a Nationally Recognized Inspirational Speaker, Business Coach, Author and Award-Winning Inspirational Spoken Word Artist. He is the Creator of ‘Inspire Me’ and the Founder & Leader of Strawacademy Africa, the Inspirational & Entrepreneurial hybrid (non-profit +profit) Organization. He has spoken in literally hundreds of seminars, summits and conferences within Africa and has successfully launched Strawacademy Organization, inspiring and directing the creation about 16 startup ventures (profit and non-profit), 7 of which are direct affiliates of Strawacademy. After starting his career in Spoken Word Art in July of 2015, he has written close to 40 Inspirational Spoken Word pieces (Slams) in English (7 translated into French) and has performed live before multiple local and national audiences. Being a true master of the art, his audiences appreciate the depth of his writings, his originality and uniqueness of style, the captivating lines, irrevocable flow and plausible rhyme scheme. He has won several national awards and many term him the best Spoken Word Artist they’ve ever heard ever. Despite the highly insightful, poetic and provocative nature of his write-ups, what bewilders his audiences the most during his live performances is his incredible ability to memorize large chunks of data and deliver them flawlessly and accurately with lots of passion, energy and aggression. Audiences can’t get enough of this inspirational fire; the veracious sweat and groan in the art, the drive, the sustained zest and power he puts into his performances, leave audiences eternally wanting. He is specialized in writings that address Personal-Development, Self-Discovery, Entrepreneurship, Inspiration, Nation Building, Motivation and Spirituality; though recently; he is venturing into other topics like Love, Health and Nature Conservation. Mac uses his writings as a platform to tell the world about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ whom he always refers to as ‘The Why and How behind His Works’. Mac was first inspired by Jon Jorgenson, the American Christian Spoken Word Artist, and fell in love particularly with his amazing piece entitled ‘The Wall’. He watched, memorized and performed this piece in several local Christian settings before writing his own pieces. The first Spoken Word piece he ever wrote entitled Destiny, inspired by Dr Myles Monroe’s ‘The Power and Principle of Destiny’ and Tina Campbell’s hit singly ‘Destiny’, made him an impressionable name in the hearts of his audience. After more than 200 performances, and self-publishing of over 12 audio and 4 video albums and sales of close to three thousand albums, he has gathered enough stage experience to explore any platform in the world. Mac still seeks major platforms and major record label deals to move from a national to global audience. With the impact made from slams like Destiny, Pain Gain, The Message, Fear Fear, Today, Last Night, Little Valerie, Risk it, I am future, Spotless Highness, Emjay and A Letter from Zion, Mac is locally referred to as the ‘Father of Inspiration’.

Mac minors in singing & songwriting, his genres include: RnB, hip-hop, soul and gospel; he has recorded 9 tracks and has raised the bar with songs like Zoe and Mirror; music so pure and original that it is the true example of Cameroonians expressing their belief in their identity in Christ, their hope for the future of their nation and the possibility for change. Given the public speaking abilities he possesses, he records Audio Books, Video/Audio Documentaries, TV Presentations and Radio Programs. He recently recorded the Audio Book for Mbinzenyuy Roderick’s book, ‘The Transformative Power of Thoughts’, and did a documentary entitled ‘7 Most Critically Endangered Animal Species in Cameroon’, for Project Green Video, an Inspire Me Video. He has produced a little over 100 videos of varied forms of ‘Inspire Me’ which have made significant appearances in local TV channels and audios for radio. Mac started out with a lot of vision and passion but little or no experience, but after volunteering with 9 different Organizations during his Undergraduate Studies and after, he has culminated 7 years on-ground experience. He went on to pursue his individual Initiatives close to the end of 2014. 2 failed companies, 1 failed business and multiple idea tries and failures later, he has grown through the process, is still growing and inspiring a great number of young people in his path.

Strawacademy cells and summits are platforms to minister to and mentor several younger entrepreneurs. They have been an undeniably effective platform for Mac to inspire and mentor on a one-to-one basis of young people within his community on a weekly basis. Apart from the monthly inspirational journal ‘Inspire Me Magazine’, that Mac self-publishes, Strawacademy is full of many original business principles and insight not academically assimilated or copied from any books, but acquired from pure inspiration, revelation and culminated experiential knowledge from Mac Alunge and a number of credible entrepreneurs at a national and global level. These are designed into courses, trainings, articles and just recently, books. From a magazine article to a few academic presentations and now a book + documentary and a movement. Mac Alunge authored the book entitled: ‘How to Start a Business with Little or No Capital’, part of his ‘Strawentrepreneurship Series’. He is currently working on other editions of the Series for 2019 releases: ‘How to Grow a Business with Little or No Capital’ & ‘How to Expand a Business with Little or No Capital’. Following the release of his Inspirational spoken word, he looks forward to releasing ‘Inspire Me Manual’, a package with Spoken Word Lyrics, detailed concept expatiation, coaching tips and practical personal development walk-throughs; what he terms: ‘The Strawinspiration Series’.

Written by Freddy Fosso