Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh Quotes

In the current dispensation that the University of Cape Coast is championing the entrepreneurship drive, students need to add value to themselves by gaining both hard and soft skills necessary to ensure their holistic moulding into responsible citizens.

I told myself if I was going to become a teacher, I would push till I reached the top. So, on my journey, I became the head of the Department of English, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, the Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies, and the first female Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University.

I believe we engage in most discourses the way we do because either we do not know the norms of language use or we have lost it as a people.

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.

I attended public schools yet I dared to challenge myself to do my utmost without considering where I was coming from and the private schools my mates attended.

Becoming a teacher was not my primary option for a profession growing up. However, I decided to work towards reaching the apex of the profession when I found herself at the Komenda College of Education.

I encourage the students to exude traits of commitment, diligence, respect, perseverance, curiosity, and responsibility to reach their desired peaks in life.

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

Language had been used in different contexts by persons I describe as legitimate power holders to often manipulate others through discourses, often for selfish gains.

I proposed an inclusive environment where everyone felt valued and respected by adhering to the social norms of language use.

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.

Students should be confident irrespective of their humble beginnings especially those who attended public schools.

The country's discourses are becoming increasingly toxic, and has therefore called for a conscious effort to readjust towards positive engagements.

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

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.