Ethnic Voices in the Tweets on #IgboMustGo Protests in Nigeria

This study probes ethnic voices in the tweets on #IgboMustGo protest with a view to describing how discourse resources function in expressing power relations among ethnic groups identified in the selected tweets. Tweets on #IgboMustGo protest, generated from Lagospedia, constitute the data for the study. Guided by postcolonial critical discourse analysis, the study adopts 50 tweets as study population. However, 20 tweets were purposively selected, considering their graphic representation of ethnic voices. This study interprets the #IgboMustGo protest as a postcolonial construct. The study reveals that differing voices on the #IgboMustGo protest are projected in the Nigerian X space. While some of the tweets construct and deconstruct ethnic stereotypes, others project the Igbo secessionist agitation and hold the Nigerian government responsible for promoting ethnic stereotypes. The study holds that ethnic-based digital activism helps to manage ethnic inclusivity and diversity in a bid to achieve social cohesion in Nigeria.