By George N. Lekefac

In contemporary African political discourse, few conflicts carry the historical weight and geo-political complexity of the crisis in Cameroon's Anglophone regions-the entity self-identifying as Ambazonia. Against a backdrop of increasing violence, institutional neglect, and international silence, Dr. Januarius Asongu's Forced Unity arrives as a crucial, courageous, and rigorously academic intervention. It is not merely a chronicle of conflict; it is a forensic examination of state legitimacy and a powerful argument grounded in the fundamental principles of international law and self-determination. Dr. Asongu, renowned for his work in psychology and institutional development, leverages a multidisciplinary approach to dissect the historical anomaly that created the current Cameroonian state structure. The book's central thesis is bold and clearly articulated: the union between the formerly British Southern Cameroons and the Republic of Cameroun was never a genuinely negotiated, legally consecrated, or willingly sustained pact, but rather a process of "forced unity" that fundamentally violated the rights and identity of the Anglophone people.