Women empowerment champion, Anne Nsang Nkwain dies!

The death of the former CRTV icon comes barely a month after that of her father, Senator Francis Nkwain

By Mbom Sixtus in Yaounde


Former CRTV icon, Anne Nsang Nkwain who shot to limelight with her advocacy programme on women emancipation: “Women and Development”, is no more!
News of Anne Nsang’s death, just barely a month after that of her father, Senator Francis Nkwain; was made public in the early hours of last Saturday. The former CRTV anchor lady who was in the country to bury her father reportedly died in the plane while on her way back to the US to continue her cancer treatment. Reports say she was discovered dead in Iceland when the plane made a stop-over. Her corpse was then taken to a mortuary in the Iceland.
Medical officials versed with cancer illness however told The Guardian Post that although Anne Nsang was diagnosed with the illness, she might have died abruptly after suffering a cardiac arrest. “Cancer does not cause sudden death,” a medical officer who begged to remain anonymous told this reporter.
Family sources say Anne Nsang, a mother of five, was diagnosed with stage four non-small cell lung cancer in March this year. Her son, Henry Nsang Jr. posted on the social media a few weeks before her death: “Determined to conquer this untimely revelation, Anne begun her battle against cancer, with no amunition but her faith in God and the love and support of her family and friends. A few months into her treatment, Mrs. Nsang has demonstrated tremendous courage; she has been a source of inspiration for everyone around her and countless women in the Cameroonian community who look up to her. Despite several radiation and chemotherapy sessions, there is still a long way to go before the battle is won. I implore you to join Anne in her fight against lung cancer…she is the strongest woman I know, but she is still human and needs our help…”
Anne Nsang who quit CRTV in early 2000 after 20 years became famous and won the hearts of especially the women folk thanks to her advocacy TV programme on women emancipation, Women and Development. Apart from anchoring the news on CRTV, Anne Nsang was the presenter of the famous The World This Week every Sunday. She was later appointed as the deputy director of the CRTV marketing and communication, CMC, before quitting the state corporation for the United Nations where she was appointed as Information Officer in Yaounde.
Described as one of the best female brains with a commanding voice which the CRTV ever had, Anne Nsang, family members say, was born in 1964. She was married to Nsang Henry, a senior translator at the presidency who hails from Ndu in Donga Mantung division. By press time, her funeral programme was not yet made available.