A Companion to African Rhetoric

Segun Ige; Gilbert Motsaathebe; Omedi Ochieng

doi:10.5771/9781793647665

Summary

A Companion to African Rhetoric, edited by Segun Ige, Gilbert Motsaathebe, and Omedi Ochieng, presents the reader with different perspectives on African rhetoric mostly from Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa and the Diaspora. The African, Afro-Caribbean, and African American rhetorician contributors conceptualize African rhetoric, examine African political rhetoric, analyze African rhetoric in literature, and address the connection between rhetoric and religion in Africa. They argue for a holistic view of rhetoric on the continent.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4765-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4766-5
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 342
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Preface and Acknowledgments No access
4. 1. Overview of Chapters No access
  2. Notes No access
  3. References No access
1. 1. Olaudah Equiano and the Articulation of Time/History No access
  2. Olaudah Equiano and the Articulation of Space/Geography No access
  3. Olaudah Equiano and the Articulation of Agency/Utopia No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. References No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The Problem of Methodology and the Decolonial Option No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. References No access
3. 1. The Problem of Africa No access
  2. African Rhetoric, Oral Traditions, and Ubuntu No access
  3. The Efficacy of African Rhetoric No access
  4. African Oral Traditions, Rhetoric, and Gender No access
  5. Oral Traditions, Didacticism, and Governance: A Case of Animal Characters No access
  6. Animal Characters in African Oral Traditions No access
  7. African Oral Traditions, Environmental Protection, and Healthcare No access
  8. Discussion No access
  9. The Way Forward No access
  10. Conclusion No access
  11. References No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Two Scenarios No access
  3. Rhetoric, Citizen, and the Foundation of Good Governance No access
  4. Moral Standpoints and Ethical Goodness No access
  5. African Discourse of Public Ethos and the Psychodynamic of Political Practice No access
  6. Toward Achieving Authentic Ubuntu in African Development Politics through Rhetorical Practice No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. References No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Background No access
  3. Architectonics and Tagmemes: Rhetoric as a Productive Art No access
  4. “WE, the African Heads of States”: Decolonization and African Unity No access
  5. Agenda 2063: Toward a New Africa No access
  6. Letter from the Future: Inversion of a Dream No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Language and Political Discourse No access
  3. Theoretical Framework No access
  4. Methodology No access
  5. Discussion of Findings No access
  6. Similarities of Persuasion Methods in the SWAPO and DTA Manifestos No access
  7. Differences in Persuasion Methods in the SWAPO and DTA Manifestos No access
  8. Conclusion and Recommendations No access
  9. References No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Methodology No access
  3. Context: The Buhari Presidency and the Biafra Rhetorical Situation No access
  4. Theoretical Framework No access
  5. The Place of Rhetoric in the Contemporary African Presidency No access
  6. Analysis of Buhari’s Biafra Rhetoric No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. “Face” Application to Africa No access
  3. Collective Face Supersedes Individual Face in Africa No access
  4. Motivated and Unmotivated Face No access
  5. Power and Solidarity—A Continuum No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. References No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Africa’s Linguistic Endowment No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. References No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Methodology No access
  3. Linking “Rhetorics of Africa” and “African Rhetorics” No access
  4. Contexts, Methods, and Methodology No access
  5. Major Themes and Patterns No access
  6. Critical Issues and Possibilities for Future Research No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
4. 1. The understanding and implementation of Nommo No access
  2. African Authors No access
  3. References No access
5. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Characteristics of Yoruba Chants and Chanting No access
  3. Chant and Chanting as Rhetorical Devices No access
  4. Classifications No access
  5. Discussion No access
  6. Analysis of Rhetorical Devices in Yoruba Chants and Chanting No access
  7. Denotative and Connotative Meaning Attached to Rhetorical Devices No access
  8. Textual Meaning No access
  9. Assessment of Tragic Words to a Jolly Melody or Jolly Words to Tragic Melody No access
  10. Samples and Application of the Performance Rhetoric No access
  11. Conclusion No access
  12. References No access
6. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Platform No access
  3. Genre No access
  4. Calypso Rhetoric No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. References No access
7. 1. Introduction: No access
  2. The Origins of Orature in Rap No access
  3. Modern Griots No access
  4. Trickster Folk Heroes No access
  5. Toasts and Boasts No access
  6. Hip-Hop Vernacular and the African Diaspora No access
  7. A Brief History of the Badman Ballad in African American Orature No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. References No access
8. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Contextualizing Praise Poetry No access
  3. The Configuration of Praise Poetry No access
  4. The Influence of Oral Traditions on Modern Praise Poetry No access
  5. The Relevance of Praise Poetry in the Contemporary Settings No access
  6. The Dynamism of Praise Poetry No access
  7. The Impact of Contemporary Praise Poetry No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. References No access
9. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Context of the Study No access
  3. Who Is Mzwakhe Mbuli? No access
  4. Genealogy of Mbuli’s Work No access
  5. Content, Style, and Form No access
  6. Rhetorical Devices/Stylistic Features in Mbuli’s Work No access
  7. The Use of Music No access
  8. Mbuli’s Work and Periodization No access
  9. Mbuli’s Work Postindependence No access
  10. Criticism of Mbuli’s Work No access
  11. Conclusion No access
  12. References No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Trends in Rhetoric and Religion in Africa: Language and Incantation Experiences No access
  3. Epistemological Considerations of Religious Rhetoric in Africa No access
  4. Rhetoric and Religion in Africa: An Expression of Language No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
Index No access Pages 315 - 334
About the Contributors No access Pages 335 - 342