Manipulative and Recruitment Strategies in Boko Haram Terrorist Statements

Ayo Osisanwo

doi:10.1177/00219096241228795

Manipulative and Recruitment Strategies in Boko Haram Terrorist Statements

Ayo Osisanwo^*

^*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Institute of English Studies

Universität von Ibadan

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Abstract

This paper investigates the discursive strategies deployed by Boko Haram terrorists (BHTs) to manipulate targets to accept their ideologies. Drawing insights from the discursive strategies by Reisigl and Wodak in critical discourse analysis, 10 BH statements released between 2009 and 2021 were qualitatively and quantitatively analysed. This paper examines the discursive tools BHTs typically deploy to authenticate their activities and manipulate their target to win and invite them to their side. Examining BHT accounts using this approach is capable of building opposing accounts capable of reducing terrorism in Nigeria, and by implication, in Africa and the world over.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	Journal of Asian and African Studies
Jahrgang	60
Ausgabenummer	5
Seiten (von - bis)	3303-3318
Seitenumfang	16
ISSN	0021-9096
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096241228795
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 08.2025

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