In Search of an Independent Ambazonian Nation: Dimensions of Identity and Freedom

Harry Akoh is Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at Atlanta Metropolitan State College (University System of Georgia). He served as the guest editor for a special edition on Ambazonia published by John Hopkins University's Theory & Event Journal. In February 2023, Harry won the Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished College Administrator Award. Harry is a recipient of the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for outstanding and invaluable service to the community.

Introduction.- Exogenous Obstacles to Peace in Ambazonia.- Local Ambazonian Resistance to German Colonization.- Traditional Leadership in Ambazonia: The Rise of Achirimbi and Manga Williams in Colonial Politics.- Separation of Powers and Political Conflicts in Africa: The Case of Colonial Ambazonia and South Africa.- French Imperialism in Cameroon: Implications for the Ambazonian Independence Struggle, 1960-2020.- The Face Behind the Mask: But for France, French Cameroun will not be at War with Southern Cameroons.- 'Independence by Joining,' Memory, Memoranda and Narratives of Betrayal and Abandonment of British Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia).- Language, Identity, and Statehood in The Southern Cameroons.- The Construct of Otherness: North West/South West Relations, Implications for an Independent Southern Cameroons.- Maritime Waters of Ambazonia and the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention.- The Waters of Ambazonia: The Blue Economy, Jurisdiction, and Maritime Criminality.- Three Poems.