Words like weapons
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Abstract
Violent discourse detonates violence. A song that proclaims firing could lead to genocide. In this article, Susan Benesch highlights the power of the word of oppressors and oppressed as subtle weapons in violating rights. Malema's example when he sang Dubulu iBhunu, a historical hymn against apartheid in Africa, guides this narrative in which many linguistic battlefields converge.
Keywords:
speech, violence, words, audiences, language power.,
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Benesch, S. (2018). Words like weapons. #PerDebate, 1. https://doi.org/10.18272/pd.v1i0.1199