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1032500360 rar This book investigates Nigerias soft power capabilities in West Africa, demonstrating the extent to which the power of attraction may serve the countrys 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 Nigerias soft power potential. In so far as it makes the case for Nigerias soft power in West Africa, it also discusses the challenges encumbering the effective deployment of the full range of Nigerias soft power capabilities in the operationalization of its African policy. Read more