Imprints of Post-Colonialism in Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche's Purple Hibiscus.

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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