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 're...
| Published in: | Critical Discourse Studies Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 575 - 593 |
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