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Linguistic Analysis and Discourse Studies Volume 23, Issue 2 (September 2023)pp. 24–47PDF of ‘The Japa Syndrome’: Framing Emigration Discourses of Selected Nigerian News Editorials on Brain Drain
‘The Japa Syndrome’: Framing Emigration Discourses of Selected Nigerian News Editorials on Brain Drain
Onyinyechi Blessing Udoumoh
urge among young Nigerians to emigrate has become a popular media sensation tagged ‘the japa syndrome’, a local metaphorical coinage that implies a viral obsession with fleeing the country