Abstract: This paper focuses on the Nekai festival as an expression of identity, unity and political stability in Babungo, a Western Grassfields Tikar fondom of Northwest Cameroon. It is a factor of social cohesion, and at the same time a moment to pay homage and allegiance to the leaders and other traditional institutions and power structures that command the traditional governance system of the fondom. The quest for political stability and identity of the traditional “state” through the Nekai festival provides an opportunity to revisit the rich cultural heritage with values of social cohesion deeply rooted in the customs and tradition of the Babungo people. Intense political and religious activities precede the holding of the Nekai festival. It also depicts a special celebration for the achievements of the polity. Interviews were conducted on the field; files were consulted in Buea National Archives while secondary sources were gleaned in libraries. From these sources, investigations reveal that, the Nekai festival is not only an opportunity to celebrate the values of social cohesion, unity, peace and political stability in the fondom, it also allows for an interesting discovery of the polity’s dual authority governance system incarnated by two personalities; the Fon with power and authority, and the Bah vested with power and control in the fondom. Although the Nekai festival was meant to valorise the rich customs and identity, it also brought to the fore a conflict of authority at the helm of the traditional “state” governance system.The paper has used an interdisciplinary perspective.