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Deconstructing Colonialism: African Identity in Achebe's Trilogy

Deconstructing Colonialism: African Identity in Achebe's Trilogy

Shama, Mahbuba Sarker

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ISBN10: 6209322212
ISBN13: 9786209322211
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published: Nov 30 2025
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book investigates the historical, political, and psychological dimensions of European colonialism in Africa and the subsequent emergence of postcolonial discourse through the critical and creative writings of Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Chinua Achebe, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Drawing on the theoretical insights of postcolonial scholars such as Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak, the book explores how colonialism functioned as a system of conquest, control, and cultural domination that reshaped African identity, language, and consciousness. The book examines how colonial ideologies-justified through pseudo-scientific racism, economic exploitation, and religious conversion-imposed European hegemony upon African societies, leading to both material and psychological subjugation. By foregrounding African voices and perspectives, the book seeks to challenge Eurocentric narratives, restore agency to the colonized, and reveal how literature becomes a site of resistance, reclamation, and redefinition of African identity in the postcolonial world.

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