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The Nautilus: An Oral History Poem of a Colonisation of Indigenous Peoples
Foreword
This poem is my attempt at capturing a snapshot of a long history of the Ngati Whatua o Orakei, a hapu (sub-tribe) belonging to a city district in Auckland now known as Orakei.
It is written as we, although the stories and experiences in this poem …
The Aspiration to Create a New Nation in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’
By Sana Abdulsalam
Effat University
Abstract
In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Half of a Yellow Sun, “Biafra” was conceived of as a nation. Even within its short lived and tumultuous existence, Biafra greatly shaped …
Gaming the System: Games as Text and Metaphor for Postcolonial Resistance
By Delbert Tran
Georgetown University
Abstract:
The historical experience of Native Americans is one of the clearest examples of colonialism’s impact on a people. Examining Louise Erdrich’s novel, Love Medicine, I explore how two central …