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Post Colonialism
Post-colonialist literature analyzes and responds to the cultural and political legacies of colonialism and imperialism through fiction and nonfiction.
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Over there is like here, neither better or worse. But I am from here, just as the date palm standing in the courtyard of our house has grown in our house and not in anyone else's.
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― Season of Migration to the North
― Season of Migration to the North
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Then you can say: those people had a bad conscience. But perhaps those people, in that time and context, really believed this to be the best choice for their country. Regardless of its limitations the colonial world offered more opportunities and protection than indigenous governance would have done. And the post-colonial experience has taught us that those people were right!
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