Alain Patrice Nganang (born 1970) is an American writer, poet and teacher of Cameroonian origin, a member of the Bamileke people.

[2] He was awarded a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University.

[3] During 2006–2007, he was the Randolph Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of German Studies at Vassar College.

[7] On December 7, 2017, Nganang was reported missing at the Douala airport where he was to catch a flight on Kenya Airways to Harare, Zimbabwe, the day after publishing an article on the site Jeune Afrique, criticising Paul Biya's government for its handling of protests by English-speaking Cameroonians.

Nganang was detained for three weeks as he was about to fly out of his country of birth[8] On December 27, 2017, a judge in Cameroon ordered his release.