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Religion and Global Politics: Soft Power in Nigeria and Beyond
examines the deployment of religious soft power in African states
and the potential this has for transforming perceptions of the
continent. The contributors refocus the attention on religion away
from the 'misery' discourse of conflict and violence towards the
domain of international relations, diplomacy, and foreign policy in
Africa. Through this shift, the chapters analyze the ways in which
religion has impacted the external relations of African states.
Religion and Global Politics introduces the theme of religion to
the discourse of African international relations and politics to
provide a thorough examination of religion's influence on politics
in the daily lives of African people.
This book explores the role of national theatres, national cultural
centres, cultural policy, festivals, and the film industry as
creative and cultural performances hubs for exercising soft power
and cultural diplomacy. It shows how can existing cultural and
non-cultural infrastructures, sometimes referred to as the Orange
Economy, open opportunities for diplomacy and soft power; ways by
which cultural performance and creative practice can be re-centered
in post-colonial Africa and in post-global pandemic era; and
existing structures that cultural performers, diplomats,
administrators, cultural entrepreneurs, and managers can leverage
to re-enact cultural performance and creative practice on the
continent. This volume is positioned within postcolonial discourse
to amplify narratives, experiences and realities that are
anti-oppressive especially within critical discourse.
This book discusses the phenomenon of regional integration in
Africa and the ensuing discourse on the intercontinental free trade
agreement within the continent. Long before the move for the
facilitation of free trade in Africa, freedom of movement by
Africans within Africa backed up by the AU Protocol on free
movement of persons has been in existence and in one way or the
other both moves are closely related. The book explores the
existing relationships between the ECOWAS Protocol on free
movement, goods and services and AfCFTA on one hand and the impact
of the implementation and non-implementation of these policies on
West Africa on the other hand.
This book is about Big Brother Naija (BBN), which is a Nigerian
version of the Big Brother franchise featured in more than 50
countries of the world with its major concept drawn from George
Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eigther-Four. It is organised and starred
by Nigerians but viewed in many parts of the world. The book
critically engages this relatively new phenomenon in Nigeria which
apparently lacks scholarly attention. It proffers insights into the
show's significance and implications for the nation with relation
to mental health, morality, cultural diplomacy, diasporic
relations, economic diplomacy, law and human relations and power
dynamics.
This book explores the role of national theatres, national cultural
centres, cultural policy, festivals, and the film industry as
creative and cultural performances hubs for exercising soft power
and cultural diplomacy. It shows how can existing cultural and
non-cultural infrastructures, sometimes referred to as the Orange
Economy, open opportunities for diplomacy and soft power; ways by
which cultural performance and creative practice can be re-centered
in post-colonial Africa and in post-global pandemic era; and
existing structures that cultural performers, diplomats,
administrators, cultural entrepreneurs, and managers can leverage
to re-enact cultural performance and creative practice on the
continent. This volume is positioned within postcolonial discourse
to amplify narratives, experiences and realities that are
anti-oppressive especially within critical discourse.
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