Sarah Liengu Etonge (born in

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) is a

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. She has won the annual

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seven times in her native

, in the

. Her most recent victory came in 2005, with a time of 5:38:06.Current events-2004 Presidential Election
/ref> On March 12, 2005, Etonge was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in mountaineering by Professor Emeritus Lydia Luma of the Cameroon Education Corporation. In 2006, the city of Buea revealed a statue in her honor. It was only the second municipal statue constructed in Buea ever, and the first since that for

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Sarah Etonge interviewed
on

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).
Volcanic Sprint
a 2007 documentary film featuring Sarah Etonge b
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