Larissa Kojoué
Larissa Kojoué is a Cameroonian scholar and women human rights advocate. She graduated from the University of Yaoundé 2-Soa, Cameroon in 2006, and from the Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux, France in 2013. A researcher, lecturer, feminist and social justice activist, Larissa Kojoué is passionate about human rights struggles and African literature. Her experience includes the realisation of several scientific and community research projects, the publication of a dozen articles on global health issues, citizenship and state-society relations. It also includes teaching political sociology at the University of Lyon Lumière and the University of Buea. In parallel to her academic work, she is also engaged in activist work: movement building, resource mobilization and coordination of community projects specifically targeting women and sexual minorities in West and Central Africa. Her current research project is entitled: 'Queering the Internet: political perspectives from contemporary West and Central Africa'.
Recent publications:
'Distortions and Dilemmas in the Performative System of International Development Aid', with Anne LeNaellou and Elisabeth Hofmann, Revue internationale des études du développement, 250-3, 133-160, 2022.
« Se Mobiliser contre le sida en Afrique. Sous la santé globale, les luttes associatives ». Broqua Christophe (Dir.) (Book Review), Cahiers d’Etudes africaines, n°247, 2022, 638-64
« La continuité autoritariste. Saisir les (non)transformations de l’Etat à partir des politiques de lutte contre le VIH/sida au Cameroun », Revue Internationale de politique de Développement, 12 (1), 2020.
« Distorsions et dilemmes du système performatif de l’aide internationale au développement », Avec Anne Le Naëlou et Elisabeth Hoffman, Revue internationale des études du développement, 241-1, 7-37, 2020.
« Un exclu peut-il être citoyen ? Mobilisations homosexuelles autour du VIH/sida et bio citoyenneté au Cameroun », Politique Africaine, 2019/1 (153).
Kojoué, Larissa (dir.), « Tu seras docteur.e. mon enfant. Expériences et postures de recherche des thésards africains », Editions l’Harmattan, Paris, 2017
“LGBT Rights in a Republic of Therapy. HIV/AIDS policies and the redefinition of citizenship in Cameroon”, Critical African Studies, 9:1, 91-105, 2017.