India and other formerly colonized countries such as Nigeria‚ Jamaica‚ Pakistan‚ and Singapore has distinctive features‚ postcolonial literature shares some significant concerns and characteristics. Concerns 1) Reclaiming spaces and places Colonialism was‚ above all‚ a means of claiming and exploiting foreign lands‚ resources‚ and people. Enslavement‚ indentured labor‚ and migration forced many indigenous populations to move from the places that they considered “home”. Postcolonial literature
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Darren Hardney A Brief History of Colonialism and the Effects‚ Both Positive and Negative The British arrived in Africa in 1539. The British had a great influence on the diverse group of Africans living in Nigeria. British began ruling the territory now known as Nigeria as a colony in the 1880s‚ they divided the more than 200 ethnic groups into three regions: the Northern Region‚ the Western Region‚ and the Eastern Region. For hundreds of years‚ British missionaries‚ merchants‚ and soldiers
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Liberalism and colonialism: a critique of Locke and Mill Bhikhu Parekh Liberalism is both egalitarian and inegalitarian‚ it stresses both the unity of mankind and the hierarchy of cultures‚ it is both tolerant and intolerant‚ peaceful and violent‚ pragmatic and dogmatic‚ skeptical and self-righteous. Bhikhu Parekh examines the writing of John Locke and John Stuart Mill‚ two of greatest liberal philosophers. Locke state that the Indians had cultivated and lived on their land for centuries and
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economic activity so as to promote national power”4. Since the colonies of North America were controlled by England‚ the acts of mercantilism had its effect on the colonies. “Certain ‘enumerated’ goods—essentially the most valuable colonial products‚ such as tobacco and sugar—had to be transported in English ships and sold initially in English ports”5. Mercantilism helped England gain control of commerce‚ strengthening its standing in the world. The colonist frequently avoided the navigation laws
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themselves superior due to advanced technology and being easily able to subdue resistance with force. These actions were justified as the bringing of civilisation to primitive and undeveloped cultures. In more recent times‚ attitudes towards colonialism and colonisation have changed. Attitudes now include acceptance of difference in culture‚ racial equality‚ and sympathy towards lesser people. Ideas of exploitation‚ brutality and conquer have ceased. However‚ there are still some who consider different
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Formerly referred to as Third World countries‚ these countries have a shared history of colonialism and imperialism. That history and separation is the starting point for the new democracy. Imperialism caused issues‚ introduction ethnic identities and discrimination that may not have previously existed. Free people found themselves subjects with a voice. Trade was interrupted as the economies were adjusted to support the government in place. The countries may have also be subject to isolation
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Colonialism is when people explore new geographical places and then take political control over those lands. In addition‚ Colonization in America started when Christopher Columbus discovered it in 1492. Therefore‚ when viewing The Tempest‚ by Shakespeare‚ a reader can agree he was inspired by the colonization of America. While The Tempest offers a variety of themes‚ it tells a story of a usurped duke named Prospero‚ and how he arranged a shipwreck to extract revenge on those who wronged him‚ allowing
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Colonialism is a Marxist concept coined by Karl Marx. Colonialism is defined as a mechanism by which a colonial power not only controls political authority but also socio-economic and cultural spheres of the conquered country. This colonial exploitation was dynamic in nature ad changed from time to time. In modern India it has three phases. Mercantile Phase from 1757 to 1813. During this phase‚ the aim of all the activities of the company were to accumulate the wealth of India in terms of raw material and
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THE TEMPEST AND COLONIALISM. There is much in the topical dressing of The Tempest which relates it to the colonial adventure of the plantation of Virginia and with the exotic Bermudas. Critical opinion has varied as to whether The Tempest is closely related to colonialism as undertaken in the Jacobean period; E.E. Stoll wrote in 1927 that ‘There is not a word in The Tempest about America… Nothing but the Bermudas‚ once barely mentioned as faraway places.’ On Stoll’s side we can say that the action
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due to its geography‚ colonialism‚ and economic exploitation. Africa contains roughly 1/3 of the primary commodities in the world‚ yet it is one of the poorest regions. Geography on the African continent is diverse from deserts to rain forests and beaches to mountain ranges. The pure size of the continent and some extreme environments has made it challenging to develop infrastructure and regional international trade. Ethnic conflict on the continent‚ primarily due to colonialism and arbitrary boundaries
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