Traditional African values and the right to communicate

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Description:

This paper examines the nature and classes of the speech act in traditional African settings against the background of African traditional values and the right to speak. The writer attempts to portray certain aspects that could be viewed as planks to form bases for a classification of a folk system of communication in Africa, which he terms as African rhetorics. The author points out that the objective of the paper is to show how traditional African values are critical in our efforts to understand communication philosophies, ethics, processes, structures and genres in traditional African settings.

Date Issued:

1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Africa Media Review

Place:

Africa

Subject Topic:

Communication and culture

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5bk1815f