LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 16:3 March 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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Imprints of Post Colonialism in Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s
Purple Hibiscus

E. Dhivya, Ph.D. Scholar
Dr. Sumathy K Swamy, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Abstract

The paper deals with the theme of post colonial life in Nigeria. It gives a clear set of theoretical approaches that focus directly on the effect and aftermath of Colonialism. It alters our understanding of history, political economy, cultural studies and literary evaluation in the country. Though colonization is essentially materialist, the colonizer also justifies the takeover in religious, spiritual and civil terms. It also brings out the agony of natives who suffers under the sudden changes that question their own ideas and ideologies of life in their own land. Memory acts as a bridge between colonialism and the establishment of cultural identity but they are in total chaos to understand their own self which is because of an impact of post colonised imprints in their mind.

Keywords: Post colonialism, identity crisis, feminism, suppression, colonised people.

Introduction

Africa remained for so many years undiscovered, before it was colonised by the Europeans. The colonisation of Africa has a long history which took place between the nineteenth century and twentieth century. The colonial period began at the end of the 1950’s and fully come to an end in the 1970’s. North Africa was colonised by the Greeks and the Phoenicians in the early historic period. After the seventh century Arab trade with sub-Saharan Africa led to the colonisation of East Africa. Early European expeditions concentrated mainly on occupying uninhabited islands such as Cape Verdes and Sao Tome Islands. This was practiced until the early nineteenth century and as days went by the settlers advanced their territory to the whole Africa.

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E. Dhivya, Ph.D. Scholar
Department of English
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
Coimbatore 641 004
Tamilnadu
India
dhivi.1777@gmail.com

Dr. Sumathy K Swamy, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of English
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
Coimatore 641 004
Tamilnadu
India

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