Metaphor and Kwame Nkrumah’s construction of the unite or perish myth: a discourse-mythological analysis

Nartey, Mark

doi:10.1080/10350330.2019.1568220

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Towards a decade of synergising corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis: A meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article

The incorporation of corpus linguistics (CL) methods within critical discourse analysis (CDA) has increasingly gathered momentum over the last decade. This paper surveys studies using this triangulated framework, drawing on a database of 121 studies... Read More about Towards a decade of synergising corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis: A meta-analysis.

Formulating emancipatory discourses and reconstructing resistance: A positive discourse analysis of Sukarno’s speech at the first Afro-Asian conference (2019)
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In this article, we analyze a seven-page speech delivered by Sukarno, first president of Indonesia, at the opening of the First Asia-Africa Conference where he advocated Afro-Asian unity/ solidarity as the panacea for colonialism, imperialism, and ne... Read More about Formulating emancipatory discourses and reconstructing resistance: A positive discourse analysis of Sukarno’s speech at the first Afro-Asian conference.

"We must unite now or perish!": Kwame Nkrumah's creation of a mythic discourse? (2019)
Journal Article

This paper presents a discourse-mythological analysis of the rhetoric of a pioneering Pan-African and Ghana's independence leader, Kwame Nkrumah, drawing on Ruth Wodak's discourse-historical approach to critical discourse analysis. The thesis of the... Read More about "We must unite now or perish!": Kwame Nkrumah's creation of a mythic discourse?.

Metaphor and Kwame Nkrumah’s construction of the unite or perish myth: a discourse-mythological analysis (2019)
Journal Article

This article presents a discourse-mythological analysis of how Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering Pan-African and Ghana’s independence leader, exploits metaphor to formulate and promote a univocal and an ideologically marked narrative that says Africa must... Read More about Metaphor and Kwame Nkrumah’s construction of the unite or perish myth: a discourse-mythological analysis.