Dr. Yolande Bouka
yolandebouka.bsky.social
Dr. Yolande Bouka
@yolandebouka.bsky.social
Asst Prof Africa | Gender and Feminist Theory | Critical & Decolonial IR | Race and IR |
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"the UN General Assembly recognized the 1982 Israeli-sponsored massacre of Palestinian refugees in Sabra and Shatila in Lebanon as an act of genocide. This history is part of the backdrop for South Africa’s legal intervention."

www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
The Charge of Genocide - Dissent Magazine
South Africa’s willingness to file a case with the International Court of Justice is a sign that the old tactics used to police discourse about genocide have lost much of their power.
www.dissentmagazine.org
January 20, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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The paradox of USAID claiming to have helped to end apartheid in South Africa while the US state department kept Nelson Mandela on their terror watchlist until 2007.
February 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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January 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
January 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
So excited to have Dr. Zainab Olaitan join my team!
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January 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Interested in pursuing an MA or PhD in Political Studies? There are 9 DAYS LEFT to apply to our graduate programs at Queen's POLS!
For info on applying to our grad programs, visit www.queensu.ca/politics/gra...
To learn about our research and what we do, visit
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January 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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“African nationals spend €56.3 million in visa application fees. The EU generated €130 million from Schengen visa rejections in 2023, an increase from the €105 million generated in 2022. Africans and Asians represent 90% of the total revenue generated from rejected visas”
January 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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That Daniel Penny and Daniel Perry and Kyle Rittenhouse and George Zimmerman are all walking around free in the most carceral nation in the world is something that demands a reckoning.
December 9, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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Jordan Neeley was a person, whatever the fuck the law and those pinche jurors say
December 9, 2024 at 7:08 PM
C-232: Reflecting on the Celebration of Arab Heritage in the Face of Canada’s Stance on Palestine
by Senator Yuen Pau Woo
senatoryuenpauwoo.ca/en/parliamen...
C-232: Reflecting on the Celebration of Arab Heritage in the Face of Canada’s Stance on Palestine | Senator Yuen Pau Woo
senatoryuenpauwoo.ca
November 29, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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If you are looking for something to listen to open.spotify.com/episode/5iC2... 👇🏿
November 28, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Listening to Françoise Moudouthe and Edwige Dro discussing how Eyala was born out of frustration and the need for conversation among Francophone feminists. Since its creation, Eyala has been a space of reflection and action about embodying feminisms.
November 28, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Papers authored by Black, Hispanic or Asian economists receive 5.1% to 9.6% fewer citations than those by White scholars.

The citation gap is largely driven by homophily in citation patterns and racial clusters in networks (i.e., cite authors from own racial group).

www.nber.org/papers/w33150
November 26, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Come work with me!
I am recruiting a PhD student who wants to work at the intersection of Afrofeminist Thought and International Relations.
www.queensu.ca/research/res...
Yolande Bouka
#QueensuResearch | Queen's researcher Yolande Bouka, Canada Research Chair in Afrofeminist Thought and Political Transformation
www.queensu.ca
November 26, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Come work with me!
I am recruiting a PhD student who wants to work at the intersection of Afrofeminist Thought and International Relations.
www.queensu.ca/research/res...
Yolande Bouka
#QueensuResearch | Queen's researcher Yolande Bouka, Canada Research Chair in Afrofeminist Thought and Political Transformation
www.queensu.ca
November 26, 2024 at 6:45 PM
October 17, 2023 at 7:38 PM
If you do not think there is something amiss with Kenya's participation in the planned intervention in Haiti, there is a problem. Silencing which guns? Who is wielding the master's tools to dismantle whose house?
October 6, 2023 at 5:35 PM