The Emphasis on Discourse and Language in Nigerian Politics

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The emphasis on discourse in language, to me, fits broadly with this phenomenon called ale capture that i've been thinking about. Does it also explain the emphasis on discourse and language? I think it does. There was another piece that i wrote on ali capture. In that one, i thought about te distinction between elites and the rest of their group,. whatever their group might be. And i thought, one thing that's typically true of elits of a group is that they have simpler social problems than the rest of that group.

Featuring Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on his essay "Being-in-the-Room Privilege: Elite Capture and Epistemic Deference," an interview first posted in December 2020. This pairs well with last week's Jared Clemons interview on In This House We Believe antiracism. Since 2020, Táíwò has published a book expanding on these ideas: Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else). Read Táíwò's essay: thephilosopher1923.org/post/being-in-the-room-privilege-elite-capture-and-epistemic-deference Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Read our newsletter at thedigradio.com