a critical discourse analysis of some selected speeches

This book presents the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of the first parts of Professor Patrick Lumumba’s speeches ＂Africa Arise＂ which was delivered at Sapics Conference as Part of Africa Release the Potential on 5th June 2012 in Sun City, South Africa and ＂Whither Education in Africa＂ on April 29, 2022 during the 30th anniversary Commemorative Lecture of the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, which was held at the 1000 (seating capacity) Lecture Theatre, Site III of the institution in socio-political context. The book investigates how it lies on the basis of application of Fairclough version of CDA in the first part of the text. Moreover, it explicates the terms like social, cultural and political inequalities in the light of text and framework.