Biography
Kanga was born on March 12,1932 in Banka,West Region,French Cameroon. [1] He was Bamileke. [1] He pursued his higher education in France,receiving a doctorate of law from the Faculty of Law in Paris. [1] As a student,he served as the President of the Association of Cameroonian Students in Paris. [1]
Kanga served in several positions in the Cameroonian government between his return to Cameroon in 1957 and Cameroonian independence in 1960. [2] [3] On January 25,1960,he was appointed Cameroon's first Minister of Education under Ahmadou Ahidjo at the age of 29. [1] [2] Between 1960 and 1961,Kanga also presided over the Ministry of Justice. [2] He was appointed Minister of the National Economy in 1961. [1] Kanga was appointed Minister of Finance in 1964 during a cabinet reshuffle,and then Minister of Information and Tourism in 1966 amidst a second cabinet reshuffle. [1] On November 22,1966,he was dismissed from this position. [1] [4]
Kanga was elected deputy in the National Assembly for the Bamileke-majority Cameroonian Union for Douala in 1960. [1] He served as a deputy until 1964. In 1966,Kanga and other members of the Cameroonian Union,including Ernest Ouandié,were arrested. [5] Kanga was tortured at the Military Brigade in Yaounde and convicted of spreading false news by the Yaounde Military Tribunal. [5] He was released four years later.
Kanga died on June 17,1991. [1]
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