LALA FOFANA
Performance Lifestyle Practitioner
With a BA in Cultural Anthropology from CUNY, focusing on sociocultural deviance and critical race theory, Lala Fofana began working with NBA Africa Academy as a Performance Lifestyle Practitioner in 2021.
Over the past decade, she has lived in Lyon, Boston, and New York City, where she engaged in field research on the themes of social alienation, symbolic interactions, gendered violence, and intersectionality.
Her pedagogical approach is both interdisciplinary and ethnographic, to allow for greater nuance in understanding students' social backgrounds and academic needs, while facilitating cross-cultural interactions in diverse communities.
In addition to conducting qualitative research, she has worked in the field of social entrepreneurship at Social Change factory and the Consortium Jeunesse Sénégal, two Senegalese organizations that aim to facilitate youth education, active citizenship, and socio-economic inclusion.