Political myth-making, nationalist resistance and populist performance : examining Kwame Nkrumah's construction and promotion of the African dream / Mark Nartey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nartey, Mark, author.

Series:

Routledge research in language and communication.

Routledge research in language and communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972--Influence.

Nkrumah, Kwame.

Communication in politics--Ghana.

Communication in politics.

Critical discourse analysis--Ghana.

Critical discourse analysis.

Populism--Ghana.

Populism.

National liberation movements--Ghana--Philosophy.

National liberation movements.

Pan-Africanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 188 pages).

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023

Summary:

"Using the socio-political discourse of Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering Pan-Africanist and Ghana's independence leader, Nartey investigates the notion of political myth-making in a context underexplored in the literature. He examines Nkrumah's construction of a myth described in the book as the Unite or Perish myth (i.e. the idea of a 'United States of Africa' being a prerequisite for the survival of Africa in the post-independence period), exploring the rhetorical resources he deployed, categorizing and analyzing key tropes and metaphors, and setting out the myth's basic components"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Discourse and mythology

Analytical and methodological procedures

The unite or perish myth as a discourse of nationalist resistance

Metaphor and the unite or perish myth

The unite or perish myth as populist performance.

Notes:

Based on author's PhD research at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003217671

1003217672

9781000783964

1000783960

OCLC:

1346618102