Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh Quotes

It is important for them to be confident and not feel intimidated because of your backgrounds.

Perhaps that is why we have an ethno-linguistic crisis looming.

National discourses full of insults were a reflection of a negative national identity, wherever we use language as a people we are constructing an identity.

Universities do not train students to fit into specific jobs but produce well-rounded critical thinkers who can assume different positions.

The Human Library is a library of people where readers can borrow human beings serving as open books and have conversations with them tapping into their experiences.

Language had been used to emphasise the "us" versus "them" which painted others negatively and “ourselves positively”, a situation which was impacting negatively on national cohesion and development.

Discourse was socially prescribed, and that it was important for all to understand the context and the people, and be decorous in the use of language.

Delivering her inaugural lecture on the topic, Our identity as a people is closely linked to our discourses.

Those with legitimate power, including those with academic, legal, political and media authority, must understand that power was transient, fragile and must be used wisely.

That was necessary considering that the norms of respect and courtesies were crucial for impactful engagement for personal and collective national identity and growth as Ghanaians.

The professor of language said it had gone so bad that the Speaker himself had to use "unparliamentary" language to address unparliamentary comments.

You need to build social skills and learn to volunteer because as teachers, you will do more than teaching. Sometimes, you will have to do other things without pay.

The use of indecent language affected even Ghana’s Parliament, I cited a research by me and another which indicated that 73 unsavoury comments, including some offensive, abusive and insulting language were used in Parliament between 2005 and 2018.

I also expressed worry that Ghanaians had negative perceptions about our language, it was obvious that as a country we were headed towards an ethno-linguistic identity crisis.

Universities give universal training for you to fit into different roles except for specific professions like medicine. You are being trained to fit into different positions and roles that may present themselves to you after school.