Daniel Azinaha, M.A.
Vita
- Currently | PhD Student at the University of Maroua
- June 2025 | International Symposium on Climate Change and Flooding in the Lake Chad Basin : Understanding the issues to manage them effectively. Azinaha Daniel : The positive effects of flooding on farming communities in the Logone Valley : the cases of Pouss, Maga, Pidtokaye and Ngoulmoung in Cameroon’s Far North Region.
- February 2025 | Translation and reading of the podcast Mourning the Dead into the Mousgoum laguage. Episode 3 : The untold story of a child from Batib : Undoing German colonialism. Author of the text : Mikael Assilkinga; Concept and executive production : Sophie Schasiepen, Univeristy of the Western Cape.
- November 2024 | International Symposium : Local Governance of Migration and Food Crises in Africa . Azinaha Daniel : Conditions de vie et intention de retour des réfugiés tchadiens : le cas de Mourla, dans l'arrondissement de Maga, région de l'Extrême-Nord, Cameroun, (Jeune Équipe associée à l'Institut Français de Recherche pour le Développement – IRD).
- 2015–2017 | Master’s Degree in Geography of Territorial Development at the University of Maroua. Topic : The effects of flooding on rice cultivation in the Maga Plain, Far North, Cameroon.
- 2011–2014 | Bachelor in Human Geography at the University of Ngaoundere
Daniel Azinaha is a PhD student in Cultural Geography at the University of Maroua in Cameroon. His research lies at the intersection of cultural cartography, applied climatology, and historical memory. He specializes in the mapping of memory and remembrance related to German colonization (1884–1916) in the Massa and Mousgoum territories of northern Cameroon.
His work investigates how colonial history is inscribed in landscapes and local narratives, using cartographic methods and ethnographic fieldwork to document various forms of remembrance. In addition to historical geography, he engages with applied climatology–particularly its implications for local agricultural practices in the Far North region of Cameroon. His research integrates geospatial technologies, oral history, and participatory mapping to better understand the relationship between environment, memory, and identity. A key aspect of his research is the use of oral history, which plays a central role in both data collection and interpretation. It serves as a methodological tool that allows him to adopt a critical stance toward Eurocentric historical narratives, and to foreground indigenous perspectives and lived experiences.
Daniel's work contributes to broader discussions on postcolonial heritage, local knowledge systems, and the decolonization of geographic knowledge in Cameroon.