Sango Louis Etongwe is a progeny of Masaka village in the Mbonge Clan of the Oroko ethnic group. He is one of the founding members of the Oroko Cultural Association USA and served as its pioneer Secretary.
He is recorded as the only person in the history of OCA-USA to have held three executive positions consecutively, serving as Secretary, Vice President, and President.
As Secretary of OCA-USA, he fought to rescue three Oroko girls who had been trafficked into the United States and used as house maids without attending school. The effort became an international headline and appeared on cable news and in Time Magazine. The girls were eventually freed and able to work and support their relatives back home.
During his tenure, he was a crusader for the Oroko World Conference idea, seeking to create a forum where Orokos in the diaspora and those in the Oroko homeland could meet and craft a way forward for the good of the Oroko ethnic group.
He invested his time and money to support the Oroko Cultural and Resource Center, which had been initiated during Tata Felix Awanjo’s tenure. Under his chairmanship, the Board of Directors crafted what became the organization’s constitution. He also fought to see OCA-USA incorporated as a 501(c) organization.