This collection explores the communicative dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, redressing the absence of perspectives from Africa and the Global South in pandemic discourses and highlighting the importance of considering the impact of local contexts in global crises.
This collection explores the communicative dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, redressing the absence of perspectives from Africa and the Global South in pandemic discourses and highlighting the importance of considering the impact of local contexts in global crises.
Nancy Henaku is Lecturer at the Department of English, University of Ghana, Ghana. G. Edzordzi Agbozo is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA. Mark Nartey is Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the Bristol Centre for Linguistics, University of the West of England, UK.
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Dedication Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction: Kairotic archiving of a pandemic Part 1: Religion and Phenomenology 1. Living in a post-Covid-19 society: Symbolic communication of face masking in Ghana - Wincharles Coker 2. Living the corporeal plague in Ghana: A phenomenological explanation of metaphors used by President Akufo-Addo - Fredrica M. Eduaful and Alfred L. Owusu-Ansah 3. "Countries have locked down, but heaven's gate is still open": Religious rhetoric in Ghana in an era of Covid-19 pandemic - Charles Prempeh 4. Crisis communication among religious organizations: An analysis of messages from the Church of Pentecost to members during the first phase of the Covid-19 outbreak in Ghana - Rebecca Baah-Ofori and Denise D. Duncan 5. 5. The deities must hear: Embodied rituals in Ghana's response to the Covid-19 pandemic - Philip K. Boafo Part 2: Discourse of Local and Transnational Institutions and Publics 6. "Protect the human and you are now killing the human. Why?!": A materialist-rhetorical reading of Black racial precarity under Covid-19 - Nancy Henaku 7. Deploying discourse as a two-pronged instrument: A critical linguistic analysis of John Mahama's (alternative) political rhetoric on Covid-19 - Mark Nartey 8. Presidential discourse and language deficit in Ghana's enhanced response to the Coronavirus pandemic - Nancy Achiaa Frimpong 9. Using community radio to communicate Covid-19 among marginalized communities: A case study of Radio Peace in Ghana - Emmanuel Essel, Eliza Govender and Sarah Gibson 10. Access to sign language interpretation during Covid-19 - Mary Edward, Marco S. Nyarko and Esther Akrasi-Sarpon 11. "What dey happen for Ghana?": Reflections of mediated transnationality during the global pandemic - Nii Kotei Nikoi Part 3: Digital Technology, Humor and Multimodality 12. The representation of Covid-19 in Akosua cartoons in the Daily Guide's Akosua Cartoons: A multimodal discourse analysis - Kweku Rockson 13. Communicating in the new normal: An examination of discourses surrounding Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana - Donné S. Novieto, Stella A.M. Yegblemenawo and Doreen E.E. Yegblemenawo 1 14. "Kwabena-19" and "Sohyia Deskansere": An analysis of humour on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana - Victoria Ofori, Christiana Hammond, Nicholas Obeng Agyekum, Esther Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten 15. A content analysis of government agencies' communication on Covid-19 in Ghana - Diana Sebbie, Jade Ampomah Baah and Daniel Ampofo Adjei Afterword Health as determined by social determinants: Insights from the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana - Andrews Nartey Index
Dedication Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction: Kairotic archiving of a pandemic Part 1: Religion and Phenomenology 1. Living in a post-Covid-19 society: Symbolic communication of face masking in Ghana - Wincharles Coker 2. Living the corporeal plague in Ghana: A phenomenological explanation of metaphors used by President Akufo-Addo - Fredrica M. Eduaful and Alfred L. Owusu-Ansah 3. "Countries have locked down, but heaven's gate is still open": Religious rhetoric in Ghana in an era of Covid-19 pandemic - Charles Prempeh 4. Crisis communication among religious organizations: An analysis of messages from the Church of Pentecost to members during the first phase of the Covid-19 outbreak in Ghana - Rebecca Baah-Ofori and Denise D. Duncan 5. 5. The deities must hear: Embodied rituals in Ghana's response to the Covid-19 pandemic - Philip K. Boafo Part 2: Discourse of Local and Transnational Institutions and Publics 6. "Protect the human and you are now killing the human. Why?!": A materialist-rhetorical reading of Black racial precarity under Covid-19 - Nancy Henaku 7. Deploying discourse as a two-pronged instrument: A critical linguistic analysis of John Mahama's (alternative) political rhetoric on Covid-19 - Mark Nartey 8. Presidential discourse and language deficit in Ghana's enhanced response to the Coronavirus pandemic - Nancy Achiaa Frimpong 9. Using community radio to communicate Covid-19 among marginalized communities: A case study of Radio Peace in Ghana - Emmanuel Essel, Eliza Govender and Sarah Gibson 10. Access to sign language interpretation during Covid-19 - Mary Edward, Marco S. Nyarko and Esther Akrasi-Sarpon 11. "What dey happen for Ghana?": Reflections of mediated transnationality during the global pandemic - Nii Kotei Nikoi Part 3: Digital Technology, Humor and Multimodality 12. The representation of Covid-19 in Akosua cartoons in the Daily Guide's Akosua Cartoons: A multimodal discourse analysis - Kweku Rockson 13. Communicating in the new normal: An examination of discourses surrounding Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana - Donné S. Novieto, Stella A.M. Yegblemenawo and Doreen E.E. Yegblemenawo 1 14. "Kwabena-19" and "Sohyia Deskansere": An analysis of humour on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana - Victoria Ofori, Christiana Hammond, Nicholas Obeng Agyekum, Esther Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten 15. A content analysis of government agencies' communication on Covid-19 in Ghana - Diana Sebbie, Jade Ampomah Baah and Daniel Ampofo Adjei Afterword Health as determined by social determinants: Insights from the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana - Andrews Nartey Index
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