"Until the lions produce their own historians , the story will glorify only the hunter. " Chinua Achebe , Home and Exile .
Africans have long been victims of colonial presence , a presence that had indeniably tryed to aspire and extermiate as hard as possible what can be called "Africanism" in other terms the african culture and identity ... But still , many opressed colonized persons have faught phisically and mentaly to preserve this african identity . One example of the mental struggle lies in literature , effectively numerous writters expressed their revolt , rebellion and deep belief in a cause ; An initiative that can particularly be found in African Post colonial Works which are considered as evidence of the natural African Humanism and highlights of it life style.
" the term post colonialism refers broadly to the ways which race ethnicity culture and human identity itself are represented in the modern era after many colonized countries gained their independence .however some critics use the term to refer all culture and cultural products influenced by imperialism from the moment of coloization until today ."
Muhammad Azam, Lecturar ,F.G. Science Degree college , Wah Cantt. SHAHEEEN ACADEMY, ISLAMABAD .
Two precurssors of this Post Colonial Literature are Chinua ACHEBE and Ngugui Wa THIONGO , Both's novels Arrow of God and The River Between are wideworld best sellers and a good reflexion of what an african literature is about . The novels named here meet in one point in some elements that the writers made sure to mention , such as telling a story that is much realistic without any embellishement or substruction , telling what are the african