“By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ghana
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human interactions deeply affected the sense of humour of individuals. Using a social media research approach, this article analyses social media data in order to understand how social media users related with COVID-19. We sought to address the various events...
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human interactions deeply affected the sense of humour of individuals. Using a social media research approach, this article analyses social media data in order to understand how social media users related with COVID-19. We sought to address the various events that generated humour among Ghanaians during the pandemic. The study reveals that the various instances of humour revolved around nose and/or face masks, terminologies and various social media posts. People neutralised their tensions and raised their humour with posts that flooded social media. This stemmed from the idea that people were mainly surprised at what they saw, watched or heard as they sought to release stress. We conclude that, owing partially to the creation of humour, the fear and tension associated with COVID-19 decreased with time among Ghanaians.
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| spelling | doaj-art-f532dc3e89d3417f848b5f6aa6e7172b2025-08-03T20:50:52ZengUniversity of Hradec KrálovéModern Africa2336-32742570-75582022-01-019210.26806/modafr.v9i2.387“By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in GhanaCharles Ofosu Marfo0Samuel Adu-Gyamfi1Confidence Gbolo Sanka2Benjamin Dompreh Darkwa3Lucky Tomdi4Department of Language and Communication Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah UNiversity of Science and Technology, Kumasi-GhanaKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of English, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-GhanaDepartment of History and Classics, University of Alberta, CanadaDepartment of History, University of New Brunswick, Canada The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human interactions deeply affected the sense of humour of individuals. Using a social media research approach, this article analyses social media data in order to understand how social media users related with COVID-19. We sought to address the various events that generated humour among Ghanaians during the pandemic. The study reveals that the various instances of humour revolved around nose and/or face masks, terminologies and various social media posts. People neutralised their tensions and raised their humour with posts that flooded social media. This stemmed from the idea that people were mainly surprised at what they saw, watched or heard as they sought to release stress. We conclude that, owing partially to the creation of humour, the fear and tension associated with COVID-19 decreased with time among Ghanaians. https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/205GhanaCOVID-19 PandemicNose Maskhumour‘By June’ |
| spellingShingle | Charles Ofosu Marfo Samuel Adu-Gyamfi Confidence Gbolo Sanka Benjamin Dompreh Darkwa Lucky Tomdi “By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ghana Modern Africa Ghana COVID-19 Pandemic Nose Mask humour ‘By June’ |
| title | “By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ghana |
| title_full | “By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | “By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | “By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ghana |
| title_short | “By June, Everyone Would Have Died”: Historicising Humour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ghana |
| title_sort | by june everyone would have died historicising humour during the covid 19 pandemic in ghana |
| topic | Ghana COVID-19 Pandemic Nose Mask humour ‘By June’ |
| url | https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/205 |
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