Fon Angwafo III of Mankon
Cameroonian traditional ruler (1925–2022)
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Fon Angwafo III of Mankon (1 May 1925 – 21 May 2022) was a Cameroonian traditional ruler.
Life
Fon Angwafo III was born in Mankon, on 1 May 1925.[1]
He attended the Aggrey Memorial College Arochuku, in eastern Nigeria, from 1945 to 1950. He later studied at the University College Ibadan, Nigeria, from which he graduated in 1953 with a Diploma in Agriculture. He became the twentieth Fon of Mankon in 1959.
Political life
Fon Angwafo III was a member of the Parliament of Cameroon from 1962 to 1988. He also served as the first vice chair of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement.[2]
He disappeared[3][4] on 21 May 2022, at the age of 97.[5]
His son Fru Asaah Angwafo IV succeeded him on 7 June 2022.
Works
- Royalty and Politics. The Story of My Life (2009)
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