Rachel Mariembe

Dr Rachel Mariembe holds a PhD in Heritage Science.

Head of Department of Heritage and Museum Studies at the Institute of Fine Art of the University of Douala in Nkongsamba, she is the Coordinator of the Heritage Sciences Laboratory of the UFD Arts and Heritage Sciences of the Doctoral School of Social and Human Sciences of the University of Douala.

She has participated in the creation of seven Community Museums in Cameroon as well as the exhibition "Sur la Route des Chefferie du Cameroun: Du visible à l'invisible" at the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac in France. She is very active in provenance and partnership research, and Sensitization of Local Decentralised Authorities on the importance of promoting cultural heritage. She helped draw up the application for the Nguon Festival to be included on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. She also led the application for the city of Nkongsamba to be included in UNESCO's Creative Cities Network, which resulted in the city being admitted to the network in October 2023.

Her main areas of research are the documentation of cultural assets, the promotion of places of remembrance, the involvement of communities in the process of enhancing cultural heritage, community conservation, the development of tourism in territories through tangible and intangible cultural elements, provenance research, the implementation of collaborative frameworks in provenance research, and the raising of awareness among Decentralised Local Authorities of the importance of enhancing cultural heritage.