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dc.contributor.authorTella, Oluwaseun
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-21T15:36:32Z
dc.date.available2021-05-21T15:36:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifierONIX_20210521_9781000402179_4
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48769
dc.description.abstractThis book investigates the ways in which soft power is used by African countries to help drive global influence. Selecting four of the countries most associated with soft power across the continent, this book delves into the currencies of soft power across the region: from South Africa’s progressive constitution and expanding multinational corporations, to Nigeria’s Nollywood film industry and Technical Aid Corps (TAC) scheme, Kenya’s sport diplomacy, fashion and tourism industries, and finally Egypt’s Pan-Arabism and its reputation as the cradle of civilisation. The book asks how soft power is wielded by these countries and what constraints and contradictions they encounter. Understandings of soft power have typically been driven by Western scholars, but throughout this book, Oluwaseun Tella aims to Africanise our understanding of soft power, drawing on prominent African philosophies, including Nigeria’s Omolúwàbí, South Africa’s Ubuntu, Kenya’s Harambee, and Egypt’s Pharaonism. This book will be of interest to researchers from across political science, international relations, cultural studies, foreign policy and African Studies.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Africa
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTB Regional studies
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherAfrican Studies
dc.subject.othercultural studies
dc.subject.otherforeign policy
dc.subject.otherinternational relations
dc.subject.otherpolitical science
dc.titleAfrica's Soft Power
dc.title.alternativePhilosophies, Political Values, Foreign Policies and Cultural Exports
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003176022
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb
oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9781000402179
oapen.relation.isbn9781003176022
oapen.relation.isbn9781032008363
oapen.relation.isbn9781032008356
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintRoutledge
oapen.pages226


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