Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria

2023-02-28 Political Science

Author : Christopher Isike
Release : 2023-02-28
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria by : Christopher Isike

Download or read book Big Brother Naija and Popular Culture in Nigeria written by Christopher Isike. This book was released on 2023-02-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 di

Political Economy of Contemporary African Popular Culture

2024-04-01 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Kealeboga Aiseng
Release : 2024-04-01
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Political Economy of Contemporary African Popular Culture by : Kealeboga Aiseng

Download or read book Political Economy of Contemporary African Popular Culture written by Kealeboga Aiseng. This book was released on 2024-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on examples from across the continent, this volume examines socially significant aspects of contemporary African popular culture—including music cultures, fandoms, and community, mass, and digital media—to demonstrate how neoliberal politics and market forces shape the cultural landscape and vice versa. Contributors investigate the role that the media, politicians, and corporate interests play in shaping that landscape, highlight the crucial role of the African people in the production and circulation of popular culture more broadly, and, furthermore, demonstrate how popular culture can be used as a tool to resist oppressive regimes and challenge power structures in the African context. Scholars of political communication, cultural studies, and African studies will find this book particularly useful.

Sustainable Development, Digitalization, and the Green Economy in Africa Post-COVID-19

2023-08-21 Political Science

Author : Korbla P. Puplampu
Release : 2023-08-21
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Sustainable Development, Digitalization, and the Green Economy in Africa Post-COVID-19 by : Korbla P. Puplampu

Download or read book Sustainable Development, Digitalization, and the Green Economy in Africa Post-COVID-19 written by Korbla P. Puplampu. This book was released on 2023-08-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines sustainable development in the broader framework of Africa post COVID-19. Specifically, the book studies governance and digitalization from the perspective of natural environment management, climate change, the green economy, as well as agriculture and education. Digitalization supports the deepening of natural resource governance by assessing extractive practices, sovereign wealth funds and the emerging discourse on global warming and green economic policies. This analytical exercise will better inform economic and socio-political policies and institutions for African development. The book, against the backdrop of the United Nations Agenda 2030 and the African Union Agenda 2063, offers unique insights on digitalization, governance, the green economy, and natural resource regime in Africa post COVID-19.

Nigeria's Soft Power in Anglophone West Africa

2023-08-25 Political Science

Author : Fidel Abowei
Release : 2023-08-25
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Nigeria's Soft Power in Anglophone West Africa written by Fidel Abowei. This book was released on 2023-08-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates Nigeria’s soft power capabilities in West Africa, demonstrating the extent to which the power of attraction may serve the country’s foreign policy interests. With the increasing popularity of internationally acclaimed cultural outputs, including afrobeat, Nollywood, and charismatic Pentecostalism, and a foreign policy disposition that is altruistic and sparsely transactional, there is increasing interest in how these soft power attributes influence perceptions of Nigeria in Africa. Drawing on extensive original research in Ghana and Liberia, this book highlights the attractive and unattractive elements of Nigeria’s soft power potential. In so far as it makes the case for Nigeria’s soft power in West Africa, it also discusses the challenges encumbering the effective deployment of the full range of Nigeria’s soft power capabilities in the operationalization of its African policy. This book is a timely contribution to prevailing scholarly discussions about the nature and utility of soft power in Africa. It will be of interest to both Africanists and researchers of international relations, foreign policy, and political science more broadly.

The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History

2022 History

Author : Toyin Falola
Release : 2022
Genre : History
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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian History written by Toyin Falola. This book was released on 2022. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reads the narrative of the national politics alongside deeper histories of political and social organization, as well as in relation to competing influences on modern identity formation and inter-group relationships, such as ethnic and religious communities, economic partnerships, and immigrant and diasporic cultures

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