Danebaï Lamana Antoinette

Antoinette Danebaï Lamana is CCNY Pre-Postdoctoral Research Fellow at HUMA. She is completing a PhD in rural sociology through a joint program between the University of Douala and the University of Lille. Her research explores rural conflicts in Cameroon and Senegal with a focus on uncovering the intricate and unique trajectories of peasant communities. Antoinette pays particular attention to the dynamics of social cadets—youth and women—by examining their forms of agency and resistance. Antoinette holds an MA Economic and Social History at the University of Ngaoundere in Cameroon, an MA in Rural Sociology and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon. She obtained her Bsc in Sociology, Anthropology, and psychology from the University of Ngaoundere in Cameroon.

Since 2019 Antoinette has been engaged in several prominent research networks across Africa – Asia and Latin America, contributing to collaborative efforts that address critical socio-political issues in agrarian contexts as an active member of CASAS (Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South).

Africa AI Ethics: Carnegie Corporation of New York + HUMA