The Discourse of Nkrumaism: A Corpus-informed Study

Mark NARTEY

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-4771-3_8

The Discourse of Nkrumaism: A Corpus-informed Study

Mark NARTEY^*

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This study examines the encoded ideologies in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s independence leader and a pioneering Pan-Africanist, bringing to the fore the role of (post-) independence leaders in political de-colonization processes. Using a specialized corpus of Nkrumah’s speeches and utilizing methods of analysis within corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis (CDA), the study reveals six main themes logically woven into a coherent discursive formation of Nkrumaism: African unity, African liberation, (neo-)colonialism and imperialism, Pan-Africanism, African personality and socialism. The study concludes with a discussion on the implications it has for corpus-assisted CDA, the theories of (critical) political discourse analysis and African history.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Corpus-based Approaches to Grammar, Media and Health Discourses: Systemic Functional and Other Perspectives
Editors	Bingjun YANG, Wen LI
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	177–196
Number of pages	20
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811547713
ISBN (Print)	9789811547706, 9789811547713, 9789811547706, 9789811547713, 9789811547737
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4771-3_8
Publication status	Published - 24 Jun 2020
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series
ISSN (Print)	2198-9869
ISSN (Electronic)	2198-9877

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Corpus-based Approaches to Grammar, Media and Health Discourses: Systemic Functional and Other Perspectives. ed. / Bingjun YANG; Wen LI. 1. ed. Springer Singapore, 2020. p. 177–196 (The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series).

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