DISCOURSE OF IDENTITY IN SELECTED FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI’S SONGS: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE
Abstract This paper investigates critically the discourse strategies adopted by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in the discursive construction of African identity in his selected songs. The data collection procedure adopted for this study was purposive sampling method. The three songs selected purposively as data for analysis are Lady (1972), Gentleman (1973), and Colo-Mentality (1977). The theoretical framework for analysis is undergirded by van Dijk’s critical discourse theory of Ideological Square. Our findings ...
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