sentences:  In Yaoundé there are around 350 third degree chiefs, 7 second degree chiefs, and one first degree chief.In 1999 Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda was the first female to be throned paramount chief of the Ewondo and Bene people- the official title of Yaoundé's first degree chief.She served as the chief of the Ewondo and Bene people of Yaoundé for fifteen years (1999-2014).