Issues in Women's Land Rights in Cameroon

Acknowledgements

vii Acknowledgements Working on a book of this nature with authors from different professional backgrounds and locations can be very demanding. These same factors almost thwarted the book but for the constant encouragement and support from many people who have helped to make this book possible. We are indebted to the Canadian based International Development Research Centre (IDRC) that provided our entire funding and Ms Ramata Thioune of IDRC West Africa Office in Darker who keep reminding me of her desire to read the book. I want to appreciate the collaboration of Florence Awasom, Harmony Bobga, Michael Yanou, Patience Sone and Vera Ngassa for braving all the odds to turn in their final papers within the deadlines. Many thanks go to Professors Emmanuel Nebasina Ngwa and Galega Samagena who respectively accepted to write the introduction and forward to the book and delivered the job in record time. Finally, I want to extend special thanks to my colleagues Irene SamaLang and Lawrence Fombe of the IDRC-UB Land Rights research team for their contributions and support; the reviewers who worked closely with us to review the papers and the proofreader, Anastasia Smith, of the University of North Carolina Greensboro. viii ...