Folashade Soule

Senior Research Asso @UniofOxford - IR of Africa| @SciencesPo alum| Reviews editor @AfrAfJournal| Policyfacing academic

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Cet essai revient sur la construction socio/politique du "Sud" dans l'espace mondial et interroge dans quelle mesure l’esprit de Bandung est toujours présent (où non) dans la diplomatie des sommets des "Suds" dans un contexte de bouleversement de l’ordre international

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#Publication Pour le numéro spécial de la revue Présence Africaine sur les 60 ans de la conférence de #Bandung, j'ai accepté de replonger dans mes sujets de recherche initiaux et de rédiger un essai sur l'évolution des Suds dans la diplomatie des sommets
https://t.co/fF8JxdUiqD

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While China has become Africa's leading trade partner, the dominance of the dollar further increases trade costs. To reduce these costs, one of Africa's largest banking group, is negotiating a direct settlement system in yuan with the Bank of China
https://t.co/LoadWbgnk1

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@BesenyoJ Thank you !

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After more than 2 yrs in the making, I am excited to share my forum article titled "What do Academics Bring to the Policy Table? Reflecting on the Africa–China Negotiators Workshop Series" just published in International Studies Perspectives
#SinoAfrica
https://t.co/aIiPMokOjm

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3/3 This article is part of a special forum on 'Bridging the Gap between Academics and Policymakers in Africa' edited by Emmanuel Balogun and @hjswedlund with articles from Thomas Tieku, @dapo_oyewole1 Oyewole , Jok Madut Jok and myself.

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2/3
The aim of the article is to provide a window into my experience as a policy-facing academic with infrastructure negotiations by highlighting a series of workshops between Chinese and African negotiators that I led from 2019

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@adam_sandor @ChathamHouse I won't comment about tje algorithm here but what matters is more about who is making/repeating this claim especially in a context where France is trying to extend its security cooperation beyond francophone Africa with more or less success.

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#Reading
Very important article just published in African Affairs on "Bringing Pan-africanism back in as an analytical category" examining Pan-Africanism through the claims, practices, and political reasoning of actors who invoke it across different sites https://t.co/j83yFgnv4N

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and how, despite the persistence of various dependencies, the pluralization of choice allows for the exercise of agency. 3/n
https://t.co/71rdEbUz96

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Kicking off the new year with my new research article (open access) published in Global Studies Quarterly (Oxford University Press) on Navigating the Multiplexity of Africa’s digital partnerships amid global rivalry. 1/n
https://t.co/71rdEbUz96

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By using multiplexity (instead of multipolarity) as a conceptual framework, this article aims to describe and analyze the dynamic ways in which African governments organize their digital partnerships in a context of global power rivalry (US-China and beyond) 2/n

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@___meerkat Hi Meera. You can find the post here:

https://t.co/pCOoQqsIup

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3⃣Afropolitan Projects: Redefining Blackness, Sexualities, and Culture from Houston to Accra, by Anima Adjepong (review by Ishak Muhammad)

https://t.co/yxubLj0Nh2

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#BookReviews
Check out the 3 recent book reviews published in African Affairs journal @AfrAfJournal

1⃣Typologies of Humor in African Literatures, Adwoa A. Opoku-Agyemang (review by Alice Korkor Ebeheakey)

https://t.co/Wck2Tcho9g

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2⃣Between HIV Prevention and LGBTI Rights: The Political Economy of Queer Activism In Ghana, by Ellie Gore (review by Samuel Edem Assisi)
https://t.co/ciLpfxeOWI

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Join us next week at LECIAD, University of Ghana @leciadug , to discuss the Future of Multilateralism as part of the @UN 80 years anniversary celebration. In partnership with #UNGhana and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ghana🇬🇭

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Sharing my latest article titled "The Study of Agency in Africa–China Relations: The Case for Typologies" published in PS: Political Science and Politics @ps_polisci as part of a symposium on Rethinking China–Africa Engagements in the Age of Discontent.

https://t.co/Q87Az2Yh1m

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With the support of @BUP_Journals, we are embarking on a new journey launching a new journal, Pluriversal International Relations (PIR) with Professor Chih-yu Shih at the helm and a big dream team of editors. Please help us spread the word and share our inaugural call for papers!