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These essays by the acclaimed African novelist and post-colonial theorist include pieces on important contemporaries including Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka, but also delves into the links between language and identity.

"Many post-colonial states like India harbour a deep-rooted suspicion that international commerce and trade are simply new forms of colonisation. Unfortunately, this mindset still lingers among some policymakers - and that's a shame," says Vivek Dehejia, a professor of economics at Carleton University in Canada.

At the beginning of this process, there was this aspiration to make something that had this pop culture pulse, but post-colonial politics ...

By this point, Blouin had begun to develop considerable clout in post-colonial, pan-African circles.

The blood-soaked history of Chile — not dissimilar from that of most post-colonial nations — receives a searing filmic indictment in this striking western.