Refers to the Period of Time After a Group of People Have Been ______

Post Colonialism

Definition:

 Refers to the period of time after a group of people have been ______

 May change ______, ______, ______, or ______

 In the past it has been linked with ______

 Often includes history of ______or ______Post Colonialism Theory

 Looks at issues of ______, politics, religion and ______and how these elements work in relation to ______

 “Colonialism breaks things. It shatters an imagined wholeness….Colonization imposes evil, fear, and ignorance on the innocent native landscape.” – Houston A. Baker, Jr.

 The theory questions the ______of a colony Post Colonial Studies

 The study of ______between European nations and the societies they have colonized Colonialism

 Colonialism is the ______or ______of a colony into a territory by people from a different territory

 Involves ______force

 Helps a country to gain ______

 Involves abuse of ______people

 Tried to gain power through ______Complications of Postcolonial Writers

 The recently ______countries sometimes will write in their own new ______that they created  There may be trouble ______this new language into English

 Readers, who have not experienced ______first hand, may have trouble understanding the ______because they are often influenced by the colonization

Postcolonial Writers

 All authors who write about ______have to either be colonized people themselves or be from colonial powers Chinua Achebe

 Born in Ogidi, ______on November 16, 1930

 Son of a teacher in a ______school

 Parents were devout evangelical ______

 1944 attended a ______college in Umuohia

 Later attended the university college of ______

 Studied ______, ______, and ______

 1953 graduated with a ______degree

 Joined the Nigerian ______Company ______in 1954

 Worked a ______time as a ______

 1960s ______of a external services in charge of the voice of Nigeria

 On September 10, 1961 He ______Christie Chinwe Okoli

 During ______Civil War Achebe was in the Biafran government service, he taught at US Nigerian ______

 His writing reflects his ______with Nigeria changing after their independence