Dr. Henry Ndifor Abi Enonchong (22 March 1934 – 26 June 2008) was a Cameroonian

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. He was born in Besongabang, in the Manyu department of the

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. Enonchong is the direct descendant of Chief Abane, who is said to be the founder of the Besongabang chiefdom. Enonchong founded the Federal Cameroon Bar Association and its successor, the Cameroon Bar Association. He also wrote books and articles on Law, including The Cameroon Constitutional Law: Federalism in a Mixed Common Law and Civil Law System, published 1967 in Yaounde and The Cameroon Federal Capital, published in 1972 by Toronto University Press. In 1974 he founded Enonchong Memorial College, Besongabang, a secondary commercial college, aimed at the education of

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children. He is also responsible for initiating the Tonkorong-Manyu Upland Integrated Rice Project in Manyu Division, known as the "rice scheme". In 1997, he was unanimously elected President of the

Mamfe Mamfe or Mamfé is a city in and the capital of Manyu, a division of the Southwest Region in Cameroon. It is from the border of Nigeria, on the Manyu River. It has a population of 36,500 (2017 estimate). It is known as a centre for traditiona ...

Central Chiefs Conference. He died of

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