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

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.

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.

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