Patriarchal tradition prevents Cameroonian princess from becoming chief

Without a chief for nearly a decade, villagers in southwestern Cameroon debated a shocking proposition: installing their late chief’s beloved daughter. Even elders wanted to make the princess chief, but tradition prevailed. IBOKO, Cameroon (GPI)–After the chief of Iboko, a tiny village tucked in the rainforests of southwestern Cameroon, died in 2005, his people went [...]