Ebuka Elias Igwebuike
Biographic Data
| ID | 311684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ebuka Elias Igwebuike |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ebuka Elias |
| FAMILY NAME | Igwebuike |
| SIGNATURE | IGWEBUIKE E E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3764-1333 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Delegitimising Nonviolent Resistance via Newspaper Headlines
Sit-at-home', an annual protest employed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to draw attention to their planned secession agenda and alleged marginalisation, has attracted widespread media attention and triggered continuous ongoing public discussions. The resistance campaigns that paralyse socio-economic activities in the south-eastern region of Nigeria constitutes ideological representations in the media. This paper examines delegitimation…
Going superstitious and blaming the invisible “other”
In this study, we explore how superstitions and blame are weaved in the linguistic constructions and representations of village people, the infamous mystic villains. Using Cultural Discourse Analysis (CuDA), we examine selected social media tweets and posts in which netizens deployed a mix of linguistic humour, traditional African belief system, and quasi-religious sensibilities to project irrational belief in supernatural influences of village p…
Self-promotion, ideology and power in the social media posts of Nigerian Female Political Leaders
This article examines how Nigerian female political leaders (NFPLs) exploit self-presentation strategies to formulate and promote social justice. Using insights from critical discourse analysis and Jones and Pittman’s (1982) self-presentation strategies, and with a data set from the verified Facebook and Twitter accounts of two female ministers and three female senators, the study investigates how NFPLs systematically utilize discursive strategie…
Verbal horror and slaughterhouse imagery in media representation of herdsmen violence
Nigerian media reports on herdsmen’s violence present dehumanised images of a slaughterhouse in which farmers are represented as animals being slaughtered by herders. Using a critical discourse analysis and appraisal framework, with a focus on the systems of attitude and graduation , this paper critically examines media representation of herdsmen’s violence as “butchering” in the form of carnism. Analysis reveals that carnist representation is re…
Legitimating falsehood in social media
Digital peddling of fake news is influential to persuasive political participation, with veritable social media platforms. Social media, with their instantaneous and widespread usage, have been exploited by ‘anonymous’ political influencers who fabricate and inundate internet community with unverified and false information. Using van Leeuwen’s Discourse Legitimation approach and insights from Discourse Analysis, this study analyses 120 purposivel…
Deployment of Rhetorical and Literary Tropes in Ewa-ọma Festival Performances of Nkporo, South-East Nigeria
African traditional drama has been researched from several perspectives. But there are hardly studies fully focusing on the deployment of language to achieve performance goals in particular performances. This failure may have roots in the widely held assumption that verbal language (dialogue) is not a serious element of African traditional drama. Studying language in particular performances will show that there are instances of full and effective…
From Covid-19 to Covid-666
In response to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, different religious-immune conspiracy theories emerged to explain the increasing scary situation in Nigeria. Emerging multifarious narratives of the contagion, which are embedded in peculiar Nigerian socio-religiosity and religious economy, reconstructed the discourses into two complexities: corona disease is an invention of the devil and other dark evil forces, and corona disease is a …
Self-legitimation and other-delegitimation in the internet radio speeches of the supreme leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
This study examines self-legitimation and other-delegitimation in the online radio broadcasts of Nnamdi Kanu, the Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Using Theo van Leeuwen’s (2008) legitimation approach, the paper analyses four speeches he delivered in Israel following his ‘reappearance’ in 2018. The analysis reveals that Kanu uses three legitimation strategies, namely authorisation, moralisation and rationalisation to just…
The use of symbols in the praise-naming of chiefs in selected Igbo folk music
Praise names are repositories and means through which ideologies and socio-cultural identities are transmitted in Igbo culture. In ‘praise naming’, symbols with socio-cultural meanings are deployed to represent ideological realities of Igbo naming in communities. The symbols which are infused with the Igbo beliefs of philanthropy and display levels of stratification have not been subjected to adequate linguistic studies. This study, therefore, un…
Metaphorical constructions of herding in news reports on Fulani Herdsmen
Herding in Nigeria is associated often with invasions. This study investigates how herding and its associated invasions are metaphorically conceptualized in Nigerian newspapers as natural disasters, removal of dirt and hunting exercise. Based on instances of the use of figurative expressions in Nigerian national newspaper reports on the herdsmen-farmers dispute, the study reveals that herding is represented as invasions, and the invasions are exp…
Discursive strategies and ideologies in selected newspaper reports on the Nigerian-Cameroonian Bakassi peninsula border conflict
News reporting on conflict situations mainly manipulates discursive and representational strategies in portraying people, actions and events either negatively or positively based on certain prejudiced ideologies. This article examines salient discursive strategies deployed by Nigerian and Cameroonian newspapers to represent socio-political ideologies in their reports on the Bakassi Peninsula border conflict. Data comprise 127 instances of discour…
Metaphor, Identity and Ideologies in Igbo Folk Music
Egwu Ekpili is a highly dynamic and symbolic Igbo folk music that responds to social and political tensions in Igbo land in particular, and Nigeria in general. It deploys conventional and conceptual metaphors to articulate salient Igbo identities and ideologies, as well as represent or critique political power structures and relations. Hitherto, studies on Igbo folk music have examined performance styles, compositions, and aesthetic and utilitari…
Owners vs. non-owners
This study investigated lexical labelling of people and their actions in terms of ownership and non-ownership of territories by the Nigerian and Cameroonian newspaper reports on the Bakassi Peninsula border conflict, with a view to uncovering ideologies underlying the representations. Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive model of Critical Discourse Analysis which relates discursive practices to social and psychological dimensions was used to analyse instan…
Self-legitimation and other-delegitimation in the internet radio speeches of the supreme leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
This study examines self-legitimation and other-delegitimation in the online radio broadcasts of Nnamdi Kanu, the Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Using Theo van Leeuwen’s (2008) legitimation approach, the paper analyses four speeches he delivered in Israel following his ‘reappearance’ in 2018. The analysis reveals that Kanu uses three legitimation strategies, namely authorisation, moralisation and rationalisation to just…
Discursive strategies and ideologies in selected newspaper reports on the Nigerian-Cameroonian Bakassi peninsula border conflict
News reporting on conflict situations mainly manipulates discursive and representational strategies in portraying people, actions and events either negatively or positively based on certain prejudiced ideologies. This article examines salient discursive strategies deployed by Nigerian and Cameroonian newspapers to represent socio-political ideologies in their reports on the Bakassi Peninsula border conflict. Data comprise 127 instances of discour…
Self-promotion, ideology and power in the social media posts of Nigerian Female Political Leaders
This article examines how Nigerian female political leaders (NFPLs) exploit self-presentation strategies to formulate and promote social justice. Using insights from critical discourse analysis and Jones and Pittman’s (1982) self-presentation strategies, and with a data set from the verified Facebook and Twitter accounts of two female ministers and three female senators, the study investigates how NFPLs systematically utilize discursive strategie…
Metaphorical constructions of herding in news reports on Fulani Herdsmen
Herding in Nigeria is associated often with invasions. This study investigates how herding and its associated invasions are metaphorically conceptualized in Nigerian newspapers as natural disasters, removal of dirt and hunting exercise. Based on instances of the use of figurative expressions in Nigerian national newspaper reports on the herdsmen-farmers dispute, the study reveals that herding is represented as invasions, and the invasions are exp…
Delegitimising Nonviolent Resistance via Newspaper Headlines
Sit-at-home', an annual protest employed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to draw attention to their planned secession agenda and alleged marginalisation, has attracted widespread media attention and triggered continuous ongoing public discussions. The resistance campaigns that paralyse socio-economic activities in the south-eastern region of Nigeria constitutes ideological representations in the media. This paper examines delegitimation…
Owners vs. non-owners
This study investigated lexical labelling of people and their actions in terms of ownership and non-ownership of territories by the Nigerian and Cameroonian newspaper reports on the Bakassi Peninsula border conflict, with a view to uncovering ideologies underlying the representations. Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive model of Critical Discourse Analysis which relates discursive practices to social and psychological dimensions was used to analyse instan…
Metaphor, Identity and Ideologies in Igbo Folk Music
Egwu Ekpili is a highly dynamic and symbolic Igbo folk music that responds to social and political tensions in Igbo land in particular, and Nigeria in general. It deploys conventional and conceptual metaphors to articulate salient Igbo identities and ideologies, as well as represent or critique political power structures and relations. Hitherto, studies on Igbo folk music have examined performance styles, compositions, and aesthetic and utilitari…
Discursive strategies and ideologies in selected newspaper reports on the Nigerian-Cameroonian Bakassi peninsula border conflict
News reporting on conflict situations mainly manipulates discursive and representational strategies in portraying people, actions and events either negatively or positively based on certain prejudiced ideologies. This article examines salient discursive strategies deployed by Nigerian and Cameroonian newspapers to represent socio-political ideologies in their reports on the Bakassi Peninsula border conflict. Data comprise 127 instances of discour…
The use of symbols in the praise-naming of chiefs in selected Igbo folk music
Praise names are repositories and means through which ideologies and socio-cultural identities are transmitted in Igbo culture. In ‘praise naming’, symbols with socio-cultural meanings are deployed to represent ideological realities of Igbo naming in communities. The symbols which are infused with the Igbo beliefs of philanthropy and display levels of stratification have not been subjected to adequate linguistic studies. This study, therefore, un…
Metaphorical constructions of herding in news reports on Fulani Herdsmen
Herding in Nigeria is associated often with invasions. This study investigates how herding and its associated invasions are metaphorically conceptualized in Nigerian newspapers as natural disasters, removal of dirt and hunting exercise. Based on instances of the use of figurative expressions in Nigerian national newspaper reports on the herdsmen-farmers dispute, the study reveals that herding is represented as invasions, and the invasions are exp…
Legitimating falsehood in social media
Digital peddling of fake news is influential to persuasive political participation, with veritable social media platforms. Social media, with their instantaneous and widespread usage, have been exploited by ‘anonymous’ political influencers who fabricate and inundate internet community with unverified and false information. Using van Leeuwen’s Discourse Legitimation approach and insights from Discourse Analysis, this study analyses 120 purposivel…
Deployment of Rhetorical and Literary Tropes in Ewa-ọma Festival Performances of Nkporo, South-East Nigeria
African traditional drama has been researched from several perspectives. But there are hardly studies fully focusing on the deployment of language to achieve performance goals in particular performances. This failure may have roots in the widely held assumption that verbal language (dialogue) is not a serious element of African traditional drama. Studying language in particular performances will show that there are instances of full and effective…
From Covid-19 to Covid-666
In response to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, different religious-immune conspiracy theories emerged to explain the increasing scary situation in Nigeria. Emerging multifarious narratives of the contagion, which are embedded in peculiar Nigerian socio-religiosity and religious economy, reconstructed the discourses into two complexities: corona disease is an invention of the devil and other dark evil forces, and corona disease is a …
Self-legitimation and other-delegitimation in the internet radio speeches of the supreme leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra
This study examines self-legitimation and other-delegitimation in the online radio broadcasts of Nnamdi Kanu, the Supreme Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Using Theo van Leeuwen’s (2008) legitimation approach, the paper analyses four speeches he delivered in Israel following his ‘reappearance’ in 2018. The analysis reveals that Kanu uses three legitimation strategies, namely authorisation, moralisation and rationalisation to just…
Verbal horror and slaughterhouse imagery in media representation of herdsmen violence
Nigerian media reports on herdsmen’s violence present dehumanised images of a slaughterhouse in which farmers are represented as animals being slaughtered by herders. Using a critical discourse analysis and appraisal framework, with a focus on the systems of attitude and graduation , this paper critically examines media representation of herdsmen’s violence as “butchering” in the form of carnism. Analysis reveals that carnist representation is re…
Going superstitious and blaming the invisible “other”
In this study, we explore how superstitions and blame are weaved in the linguistic constructions and representations of village people, the infamous mystic villains. Using Cultural Discourse Analysis (CuDA), we examine selected social media tweets and posts in which netizens deployed a mix of linguistic humour, traditional African belief system, and quasi-religious sensibilities to project irrational belief in supernatural influences of village p…
Self-promotion, ideology and power in the social media posts of Nigerian Female Political Leaders
This article examines how Nigerian female political leaders (NFPLs) exploit self-presentation strategies to formulate and promote social justice. Using insights from critical discourse analysis and Jones and Pittman’s (1982) self-presentation strategies, and with a data set from the verified Facebook and Twitter accounts of two female ministers and three female senators, the study investigates how NFPLs systematically utilize discursive strategie…
Delegitimising Nonviolent Resistance via Newspaper Headlines
Sit-at-home', an annual protest employed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to draw attention to their planned secession agenda and alleged marginalisation, has attracted widespread media attention and triggered continuous ongoing public discussions. The resistance campaigns that paralyse socio-economic activities in the south-eastern region of Nigeria constitutes ideological representations in the media. This paper examines delegitimation…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Ideology (7 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Psychology (5 works)