ABSTRACT
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic led to restrictions on gatherings, lockdowns, social distancing measures and self-quarantine across the globe. People in Ghana used various communication channels to disseminate information about the pandemic, including satirical messages, music, comic strips and witty sayings. This study uses Lloyd Bitzer’s (1968) framework of rhetorical situation and Walzer Arthur’s (1987) explanation of a genuine rhetoric discourse to explore the cultural and literal mechanisms that Ghanaians adopted to relay information about and explain the COVID-19 pandemic.
