Communicative Perspectives on COVID-19 in Ghana

Dedication

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction: Kairotic archiving of a pandemic

Part 1: Religion and Phenomenology

1. Living in a post-Covid-19 society: Symbolic communication of face masking in Ghana - Wincharles Coker

2. Living the corporeal plague in Ghana: A phenomenological explanation of metaphors used by President Akufo-Addo - Fredrica M. Eduaful and Alfred L. Owusu-Ansah

3. "Countries have locked down, but heaven's gate is still open": Religious rhetoric in Ghana in an era of Covid-19 pandemic - Charles Prempeh

4. Crisis communication among religious organizations: An analysis of messages from the Church of Pentecost to members during the first phase of the Covid-19 outbreak in Ghana - Rebecca Baah-Ofori and Denise D. Duncan

5. 5. The deities must hear: Embodied rituals in Ghana's response to the Covid-19 pandemic - Philip K. Boafo

Part 2: Discourse of Local and Transnational Institutions and Publics

6. "Protect the human and you are now killing the human. Why?!": A materialist-rhetorical reading of Black racial precarity under Covid-19 - Nancy Henaku

7. Deploying discourse as a two-pronged instrument: A critical linguistic analysis of John Mahama's (alternative) political rhetoric on Covid-19 - Mark Nartey

8. Presidential discourse and language deficit in Ghana's enhanced response to the Coronavirus pandemic - Nancy Achiaa Frimpong

9. Using community radio to communicate Covid-19 among marginalized communities: A case study of Radio Peace in Ghana - Emmanuel Essel, Eliza Govender and Sarah Gibson

10. Access to sign language interpretation during Covid-19 - Mary Edward, Marco S. Nyarko and Esther Akrasi-Sarpon

11. "What dey happen for Ghana?": Reflections of mediated transnationality during the global pandemic - Nii Kotei Nikoi

Part 3: Digital Technology, Humor and Multimodality

12. The representation of Covid-19 in Akosua cartoons in the Daily Guide's Akosua Cartoons: A multimodal discourse analysis - Kweku Rockson

13. Communicating in the new normal: An examination of discourses surrounding Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana - Donne S. Novieto, Stella A.M. Yegblemenawo and Doreen E.E. Yegblemenawo

1 14. "Kwabena-19" and "Sohyia Deskansere": An analysis of humour on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana - Victoria Ofori, Christiana Hammond, Nicholas Obeng Agyekum, Esther Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten

15. A content analysis of government agencies' communication on Covid-19 in Ghana - Diana Sebbie, Jade Ampomah Baah and Daniel Ampofo Adjei

Afterword Health as determined by social determinants: Insights from the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana - Andrews Nartey

Index