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Title:
(DE)CONSTRUCTION OF LANGUAGE OF ENVIRONMENTALISM AND RESILIENCE OF THE POOR IN COMMONWEALTH MOVIES: NO MERCY BY OBI OLISA (2016) AND THE LIQUID BLACK GOLD BY IKENNA EMMA (2013).

Authors:
Afutendem Lucas Nkwetta

Volume:4 Issue: 1

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Afutendem Lucas Nkwetta
University of Dschang, Research Centre in Space, Arts and Humanities (CEREAH) Research Group in English and Commonwealth Studies

MLA 8
Nkwetta, Afutendem Lucas. "(DE)CONSTRUCTION OF LANGUAGE OF ENVIRONMENTALISM AND RESILIENCE OF THE POOR IN COMMONWEALTH MOVIES: NO MERCY BY OBI OLISA (2016) AND THE LIQUID BLACK GOLD BY IKENNA EMMA (2013)." Int. J. Arts&Humanities, vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 10-31, journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=2. Accessed Jan. 2020.
APA(6)
Nkwetta, A. (2020, January). (DE)CONSTRUCTION OF LANGUAGE OF ENVIRONMENTALISM AND RESILIENCE OF THE POOR IN COMMONWEALTH MOVIES: NO MERCY BY OBI OLISA (2016) AND THE LIQUID BLACK GOLD BY IKENNA EMMA (2013). Int. J. Arts&Humanities, 4(1), 10-31. Retrieved from journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=2
Chicago
Nkwetta, Afutendem Lucas. "(DE)CONSTRUCTION OF LANGUAGE OF ENVIRONMENTALISM AND RESILIENCE OF THE POOR IN COMMONWEALTH MOVIES: NO MERCY BY OBI OLISA (2016) AND THE LIQUID BLACK GOLD BY IKENNA EMMA (2013)." Int. J. Arts&Humanities 4, no. 1 (January 2020), 10-31. Accessed January, 2020. journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=2.

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Keywords:
media, language, Commonwealth, soft power, deconstruction, environmentalism, resilience.

Abstract:
This paper examines and deconstructs the language of environmentalism and resilience of the poor in No Mercy by Obi Olisa (2016) and The Liquid Black Gold by Ikenna Emma; all produced in Nigeria, a member of the Commonwealth. It showcases the role the poor play in fighting to protect the environment and mitigate climate change. We examine English language use in issues related to environment; which are of paramount importance to Commonwealth states, communities and the world at large. We analyze the soft power strategies used in managing or coping with environmental challenges. How can the media be used to promote environmentalism of the poor in the Commonwealth? How can the grassroots be brought into environmental discourse and decision making process? What language is suitable for understanding the issues surrounding the environment? The hypotheses are that movies can effectively be integrated into the environmental discourses and in bringing rural poor to play active roles in raising of awareness on environment resilience. We used the Theory of Deconstruction by Jacques Derrida (1967), Semiotics and the Speech Act Theory; Deconstruction enabled us to critique the relationship between texts and meanings. Analyses and results show a mastery of the aptness of using movies in raising awareness and getting involvement in environmental related phenomena. The results suggest that transdisciplinary environmental education is prior and necessary for individuals to increase their awareness and to develop abilities to reflect on their environmental responsibilities.

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