University of Ibadan Hosts Three-Day African Pragmatics Conference
The African Pragmatics Association (APrA) has launched its third continent-wide conference under the theme “Pragmatics and Global Security.
Chris Oyeoku Okafor 
Esteemed scholars from diverse backgrounds have converged at the historic University of Ibadan, Nigeria, to deliberate on the intersection of pragmatics and global security. This significant event underscores the pivotal role of contextually-grounded language use in achieving peace and security across Africa. The conference, held both physically and virtually at the Otunba Subomi Balogun Conference Centre, aims to foster collaboration among academics, students, and policymakers worldwide.
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Key Themes and Disciplines
The conference features a rich tapestry of sub-themes, each shedding light on critical aspects of pragmatics in the context of global security:
- Pragmatics and Resource/Identity-Based Conflicts
- Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and Pragmatics
- Discourse of Human Trafficking and Forced Labor
- Urban Centers, Organized Crime, and Street Language
- Discourse of Food Security
- Conflict, Humanitarian Crises, and Pragmatics
- Media, Peacebuilding, and Pragmatics
- Literature, Security, and Pragmatics
- Social Media, Peacebuilding, and Pragmatics
- Misinformation, Disinformation, Peacebuilding, and Pragmatics
- Protest Culture, Peacebuilding, and Pragmatics
- Sexual Minorities, Peacebuilding, and Pragmatics
- Electoral Conflicts and Pragmatics
- Phonology, Peacebuilding, and Security
- Religion, Peacebuilding, and Pragmatics
- Civil Society, Peacebuilding, and Pragmatics
- Public Health, Security, and Pragmatics
- Humor, Security, and Pragmatics
- Discourse of Transitional Justice
- Discourse, Memory, and Post-Memory of Conflicts
- Pragmatics, Conflicts, and Early Warning Sign Systems
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Distinguished Speakers
- Keynote Speaker: Professor Benson Ojwang (Department of Languages and Literature, Kamosi Friends University, Kenya)
- Plenary Speakers:
- Professor Aderemi Raji-Oyelade (Department of English, University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
- Professor Esther Ugwu (Department of English, University of Benin,
Nigeria)
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