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

Title
Political myth-making, nationalist resistance and populist performance : examining Kwame Nkrumah's construction and promotion of the African dream / Mark Nartey.
Author
Nartey, Mark
Publication
  • Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
  • ©2023

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Description
ix, 188 pages; 24 cm.
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"--
Series Statement
Routledge research in language and communication
Uniform Title
Routledge research in language and communication.
Subject
  • Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972 > Influence
  • Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972
  • Communication in politics > Ghana
  • Critical discourse analysis > Ghana
  • Populism > Ghana
  • National liberation movements > Ghana > Philosophy
  • Pan-Africanism
  • Communication in politics
  • Critical discourse analysis
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Populism
  • National liberation movements
  • Philosophy
  • Ghana
  • Africa
Note
  • Based on author's PhD research at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
ReCAP 23-3584
ISBN
  • 9781032109169
  • 1032109165
LCCN
2022023942
OCLC
1336012681
Author
Nartey, Mark, author.
Title
Political myth-making, nationalist resistance and populist performance : examining Kwame Nkrumah's construction and promotion of the African dream / Mark Nartey.
Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2023
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Routledge research in language and communication
Routledge research in language and communication.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Nartey, Mark. Political myth-making, nationalist resistance and populist performance London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781003217671 (DLC) 2022023943
Research Call Number
ReCAP 23-3584
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