Political cartoons in a model African state: A case study of Botswana newspapers
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2021
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IGI Global
Abstract
Cartoonists’ stock-in-trade has been to lampoon the excesses and moral foibles
of political power holders. Cartoonists have been most unkind to misrule, abuse
of power, and authoritarianism. The overarching aim of this study was to find out
if cartoonists would be gentle and kind to Botswana political figures seeing that
they preside over a state which had been held up as beacon of hope and a model
of good governance. Cartoonists employed Eko’s transilience to animalize African
leaders for satirical purposes deterritorialization to remove them from familiar
territories for ethical criticisms. This chapter examines the themes and direction
of the cartoons, the study’s findings indicate that Botswana newspaper cartoonists
largely engage in deterritorialization more than transilience. However, the global
trend of irreverence and negative portrayal of politicians persists.
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politicians, cartoons, African, deterritorialization, transilience, Botswana
Citation
Akpabio, E. (2021). Political cartoons in a model African state: A case study of Botswana newspapers. In S.A. Aririguzoh (Ed.) Global perspectives on the impact of mass media on electoral processes (pp 97-112). Hershey, Pennsylvania, PA: IGI Global Publishers.