'Na Wa o for African Men': Pragmatic acting in Sir Shina Peters' Shinamania.

Music performs different functions besides entertainment. This paper explores the sensitising and advocating functions of music with particular focus on Sir Shina Peters' album Shinamania. I employ Jacob Mey's pragmeme, a pragmatic analytical tool, to identify the pragmatic acts that are performed i...

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Published in:Legon Journal of the Humanities Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 111 - 137
Main Author: Sunday, Adesina B.
Format: Article
Published: Pluto Journals 2020
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