Post Colonialism Theory

The influence people, and even countries, have on each other can be everlasting even if the bond is not. Throughout the history of our world, the changes that result when power is redistributed among ruling entities have been studied through literature. When power is redistributed among entities, the label given to this process is “post-colonialism.” Although there are a variety of definitions, Innes writes, “For historians, the hyphenated word refers specifically to the period after a country, state or people cease to be governed by a colonial power such as Britain or France, and take administrative power into their own hands” (Innes 1). It is during this time that the post-colonial theory observes many issues such as culture, power, economics, politics and religion and how these issues may relate to colonial leadership.
These actions give raise to the main questions behind the post-colonialism theory which is: who are the colonizers and who are the colonized? Once enabled to answer these questions, one may find the colonized asking: who are we? As we observe the world around us, the answers to these questions allows us to see how many different countries have influenced each other. By doing so, the postcolonial theory, not only focuses on the point of view of the colonized, but also how colonialism has effected certain ways of thinking. When things do not go as planned, another country jumps in and tries to control the situation by colonizing the people native to that land. This is the kind of thinking that is repetitive throughout our world