@article{Felix_2026, title={Representations Of Nigeria And Its Local Collaborators As Enemies Of Biafra's Secession In Nnamdi Kanu’s Agitation}, volume={8}, url={https://www.njomacs.com/paper/representations-of-nigeria-and-its-local-collaborators-as-enemies-of-biafra-s-secession-in-nnamdi-kanu-s-agitation}, abstractNote={Nnamdi Kanu’s speeches are full of representations of those for and against Biafra’s secession. Studies on 
Biafra’s secession concentrated on the representation of Nnamdi Kanu, Biafrans, international observers 
with little attention paid to how he uses language to represent Nigeria and those he perceived as its local 
collaborators as social actors. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the representation of Nigeria 
and local collaborators as social actors in his live broadcasts. Theo van Leeuwen’s Representation of Social 
Actors, served as the framework while the descriptive design was adopted. Nnamdi Kanu’s broadcasts in 
2020-2021, a period marked by consistent and increased agitation for Biafra’s secession were purposively 
selected. Five broadcasts were downloaded and transcribed verbatim into English text and were subjected 
to discourse analysis. Six social actors were identified namely: Nigeria, the Nigerian Government, the 
Yoruba nation, some governors within Igbo land, Fulani and Niger Delta which he tagged as local 
collaborators. The social actors and their social practices were excluded through suppression and 
backgrounding; or included via nomination, activation, collectivisation, association and disassociation.The 
study concludes that Nnamdi Kanu represents social actors fighting against Biafra’s secession negatively.}, number={2}, journal={Nasarawa Journal Of Multimedia And Communication Studies}, author={Felix A. Amale, Butari Nahum Upah & Larai A.A. Atinga}, year={2026}, month={Apr.}, pages={304–320}}