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Hey /lit/, recc me some good ass post-colonial literature

>> No.10919312
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>>10919093
I've read books by Mohammed Khair-Eddine, a Berber author, he writes in French, he's no Hugo or Balzac, but he offers an interesting insight on the extremely mysterious culture of the actual Berbers instead of the Arabised populace, he focuses on the changes brought about by the French occupation using many characters in his books, who have conflicting opinions about the influence of western technology on the indigenous people, with reoccurring discussions about folklore, culture etc...
Personally it was a good breather from the obsessive focus of sub-Saharan Africans brought about by Muttland, but also, a good reminder that not all cultures have the same concept of colonial woes and that some individuals appreciate the technology brought to Africa by the occupiers.

>> No.10919360

>>10919093
There’s a great book called Animal’s People by some author whose name I’ve since forgotten, exploring the impact of colonialism through the Union Carbide tragedy in India.

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>>10919376
>zizek quote
dropped

>> No.10919393

Sorry, anon, but I have to inform you I've been told by trustworthy, useful opponents of /pol/ that the there is no such thing as "West", "Western culture", "Western civilization", or "first world", and as such I'll have you also know post-colonial studies dedicate themselves in investigating the ahistorical, and the politically and geographically non-existent.

>> No.10919497

The Lonely Londoners, reminded me of Dubliners with some stream of consciousness and dialect writing.

>> No.10919800

>>10919312
Thanks man

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Not even memeing

>> No.10919810

>>10919093

VS Naipaul and Salman Rushdie

>> No.10919813

>>10919497
>This
It's honestly a great book
I also recommend Death and the King's Horseman
It's postcolonial but it's written about an event that happened during colonial times

>> No.10920469

white tiger

>> No.10920481

>>10919093
Non american here, what the fuck is post-colonial literature?

>> No.10920545

>>10920481
Novels and theory based on the history of colonized countries after their population received a certain degree of emancipation (see African Americans, Indians etc.)

>> No.10920575

>>10919393
wtf, I'm a redpilled Lord Kek-worshipping neo-Nazi anime-watching 'vidya' game playing anti-semite now!

>> No.10920586

>>10920481
Most countries that had large empires would know about post-colonial literature, the colonized people would usually pick up the occupier's language and begin to compose works that help the ex-occupier understand better the people they once occupied.
Only in truth, most of them are fairly interesting and do not pack that usual hatred born in occupied territory, I guess authors of these books fraternize with the occupier while learning the language, or there could be some other factor, I don't know.

>> No.10920637

Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison