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7 published articles matching "Critical Discourse Analysis"

Gender & Identity Studies

From Stereotype to Cliché: Class, Gender Views, and the Cultural Archive of Modern Afrobeats

Abdullahi Tunde Ishola — Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

Faosat Biola Olagunju - Al-Hikmah University Balqis Olabisi Popoola - Al-Hikmah University Abdullateef Babatunde Oseni - Al-Hikmah University

This study examines how popular social stereotype of female materialism is reinforced and legitimated in Afrobeats songs. It draws on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as its theoretical framework to investigate how Afro...

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African Literature

Constructing the 'Perfect Victim': Media Language, Headlines, and Hierarchies of Justice in Newspaper Rape Reports

Chisom Paula Ogamba — Babcock University, Illlisan Remo, Ogun, Nigeria · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

Blessing Chidinma Aaron - Babcock University aaronb@hs.babcock.edu.ng Olubunmi Idowu - Babcock University idowuo@babcock.edu.ng Goodseed Ochulor - Babcock University ochulorg@babcock.edu.ng

This study interrogates how Nigerian newspaper reportage linguistically constructs the “perfect victim” and produces a hierarchical representation of rape victims. While prior studies have examined rape narratives throug...

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Language & Linguistics

Pragmatic Contradiction, Precarious Citizenship and Structural Resistance: A Comparative Pragma-Linguistic Analysis of the Nigerian and Ghanaian Constitutions

Solomon Osuokam Ogbeh — University of Benin · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

Globally, the credibility of electoral processes is largely predicated on Constitutions promise democratic inclusion while simultaneously creating unequal experiences of citizenship through the language of authority, rig...

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Political Thought

Face-Saving Strategies and Context Collapse in Nigerian Socio-Political Social Media Discourse

Marcillina Chidinma Ibe — University of Nigeria Nsukka · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 16 June 2026

Oluchi Esther Ifeanyi Walter Ugwuagbor

Public discourse in Nigeria’s digital sphere has increasingly become a site of political contestation and identity struggle. As social media users engage in critique of governance, they often confront the dual challen...

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African Literature

Negotiating Female Agency in Olú Ọbáfẹmí’s Wheels: A Critical Discourse and Stylistic Approach

Abubakre Samiat Olúbùnmi — University of Ilorin, Ilorin. Nigeria · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

Oyekulehin Abubakre

This study employs feminist stylistics and critical discourse analysis to examine the construction of gender identities in Olú Ọbáfẹmí's Wheels (2000). It investigates how the female characters, Àbẹkẹ and Kẹmi, are repre...

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African Literature

Women’s Transformative Roles in Jesus’ Ministry and Ikwerre Society: A Feminist Theological Perspective

Church-Hill Amadi-Nche — Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Rivers State · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

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Feminist theology critiques biblical texts as historically androcentric, privileging men’s status while marginalizing women. However, such critiques often overlook the active and transformative roles that women played in...

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