1) How do postcolonial themes manifest in the works of contemporary African authors, and what impact do these narratives have on our understanding of colonial history and its legacy?
Sakshi GhadigaonkarBegginer
Postcolonialism, as a major theory in the realm of modern literature, has helped in the growth of several narratives that focus on the colonial legacy and history of age-old exploitation of the colonized by colonizers. Themes like imperialism, cross cultural ambiguity, hybrid identity, split selves as well as the assessment of loyalty on parts of both the oppressor and the oppressed are represented through post colonial texts. An apt example of such a postcolonial piece of work is Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart where Achebe has portrayed the picture of the Igbo tribes in detail, describing both their positive as well as negative traits and also drawn a picture of the British exploitation over the African people.
Postcolonialism, as a major theory in the realm of modern literature, has helped in the growth of several narratives that focus on the colonial legacy and history of age-old exploitation of the colonized by colonizers. Themes like imperialism, cross cultural ambiguity, hybrid identity, split selves as well as the assessment of loyalty on parts of both the oppressor and the oppressed are represented through post colonial texts. An apt example of such a postcolonial piece of work is Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart where Achebe has portrayed the picture of the Igbo tribes in detail, describing both their positive as well as negative traits and also drawn a picture of the British exploitation over the African people.