Papers by Mitterand Okorie
Genealogy, Sep 10, 2023
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Journal of Postcolonial Writing
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The Unfinished Revolution in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, 2018
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The Journal of Pan-African Studies, 2016
Introduction Quite often, when the phenomena of protest or resistance is explored, it is within t... more Introduction Quite often, when the phenomena of protest or resistance is explored, it is within the context of armed struggle, non-violent protests, sit-outs, marches and demonstrations. Only rarely is protest or resistance studied within the context of how speech, language, and words are in themselves acts of resistance, or how certain forms of communication take on subversive dimensions, thereby transforming power-relations within a society. Yet in everyday life, individuals and groups through various euphemisms, slangs, voice and even silences indulge in acts of resistance to an intolerable order of things. These processes of meaning making through regulated communication has been recognised in Feminist studies (Gal 1991; 1995; Keenan 1974; Irvine 1979) but has seldom been studied in the broader context of resistance from a class perspective where the underprivileged attempt to usurp through language the social realities constructed by elites. This study therefore attempts to exp...
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Nationalism and Populism
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Boko Haram's Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria
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