Lucie Mbogni Nankeng is a researcher in history (University of Dschang /Cameroon) and author of a doctoral thesis on "Diplomatic practices between the Bamileke chieftaincies and the Bamoum kingdom of Cameroon: XIII-XX th century", with a particular focus on the arts and their use within and between the chieftaincies. In the continuity of this work, her current research questions the endogenous diplomatic mechanisms in Cameroon, their use of art and their contribution to the construction of peace between the communities. She is also a member of the international research team on the provenance of the art objects from the Max Von Stetten collection (1893-1896) from Cameroon housed in the Museum of the Five Continents (Fünf Kontinente Museum) in Munich (Germany)
and is committed, through a cultural association name lessa’a, to reconnecting African societies with their expropriated historical and cultural heritage. She accompanies the work of artists involved in a transitional perspective between the past and the contemporary, and of intergenerational transmission, articulating several social and cultural dimensions. She is the author of the article entitled "Stratégies de gestion des conflits et de maintien de la paix en milieu rural du Grassfield camerounais: une lecture socioanthropologique et historique de la diplomatie locale"; published in the book Cameroun: le Monde Rural en Mutation, XIXe -XXe siècle (2021); collection terrains africains; published by Premières Lignes and co-author of the book: Arts et rituels des peuples grassfields, fang-beti et Ngambé-Tikar: pour une analyse socio anthropologique et historique des encyclopédies chancelantes, in Progress.