A Companion to African Rhetoric

Segun Ige is visiting assistant professor of English at Howard University. Gilbert Motsaathebe is a research professor at the North-West University. Omedi Ochiengis a teacher of rhetorical theory and criticism; the rhetoric of philosophy; political theory and practice; and aesthetic praxis at Denison University.

Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction by Segun Ige Part I: Conceptualizing African Rhetoric What is African Rhetoric? The Constitutive Imagination in Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings Omedi Ochieng Towards an Understanding of African Rhetoric: A Decolonial Approach Yunana Ahmed African Oral Tradition: A Twenty-First Century Perspective Rewai Makamani Classical Rhetorical Ethics: Implications for African Rhetoric Segun Ige Part II: African Political Rhetoric Real and Imagined: African Union's 100-Year Construction of Africa (1963-2063) Segun Ige A Tale of Two Namibian Political Parties: A Stylistic and Rhetorical Analysis of the 2014 Election Manifestos of SWAPO and DTA Political Parties Petrina Batholmeus and Jairos Kangira Alienation in Contemporary African Presidential Rhetoric: Muhammadu Buhari and Biafra Rhetorical Performance Aliyu Yakubu Abdulkadir Part III: African Rhetoric, Languages, and Literature An Afrocentric Approach to Understanding 'Face' and the Rhetoric of Collective Identity Busayo Ige Graphological Strategizing as Solution to Problems of Linguistic Heterogeneity: Translatability and Orality in Written Poetic Discourse of English Expression Mabel Osakwe African Rhetoric as an Emergent Subfield: A Review of Literature and Reflections on Critical Issues Nancy Henaku and Ruby Pappoe African Rhetoric and Literature: A Journey through Words and Writings Aaron Smith Yoruba Chants and Chanting as Rhetorical Devices Yomi Daramola, Femi Abiodun, and Olusegun Titus Calypso Poetics: The Rhetoric of Trinidad's Lingua Franca Kela Francis A History of African American Orature, the Badman Hero, and Gangster Rap Dennis Winston From a Grubby turf to a dome: Praise Poetry as a rhetorical stratagem in political domain Stanley Madonsela Rhetoric, Orality and Embryonic Trends in Africa and Beyond: Unpacking the Oratorical Genius of Mbuli Gilbert Motsaathebe Part IV: Rhetoric and Religion in Africa Epistemological Considerations of Religious Rhetoric in Africa: Language, Spirituality, and Incantation Discourse Rufus O. Adebayo Index About the Authors