Defining the Term In sweeping strokes, we can understand “globalism” as closely related to the term “postcolonialism” itself. The two…
“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when…
Introduction Monday, May 10, 1998 marked a day that will not soon be forgotten. It was the day India began…
The methods of partitioning land have undergone tremendous change since the thirteenth century. During medieval and renaissance times, royal dynasties…
A unique and multicultural group of people, the Jews of India add exciting flavor to India’s already diverse population. Centered…
One of the central modes of representation is essentialism. Diana Fuss says that essentialism is most commonly understood as…
Literature and the Communist Movement in India Having a general understanding of the communist movement in India is incredibly important…
A Brief Introduction to the Apartheid In 1910, after years of conflict and warfare, the Afrikaner community (the descendants of…
Historical Background South Africa is a land of abundant natural resources, mild climate, and fertile lands. Resources range from diamond…
Biography Kuan-Hsing Chen grew up in Taiwan and completed his college education there before he went to the U.S. for…
Biography Benedict Richard O’Gorman Anderson was born on August 26, 1936 in Kunming, China to James O’Gorman and Veronica Beatrice…
“In writing of Indian culture, I am highly conscious of my own subjectivity; arguably, there is more than one Indian…
Biography Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian born writer of international renown, is an artist proficient in multiple genres. Soyinka has written…
Biography Zadie Smith grew up in Willesden Green, England. She was born into a mixed race family; her mother is from…
Huda Shaarawi (1879-1947), a feminist nationalist activist, is considered to be a central figure in early twentieth century Egyptian feminism.…
Biography Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay in 1947, just months before the Partition of British India. His father, Ahmed,…
Biography Michael Ondaatje was born on September 12, 1943 in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The son of Mervyn Ondaatje,…
Nigerian Literature – Cries of Protest Nigerian literature often expresses the struggles of a nation that has survived the exploitation of colonialism…
Sonnet XVII (100 Love Sonnets, 1960) I don’t love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz or arrow of…
Biography Canadian-based filmmaker Deepa Mehta was born in Amritsar, India in 1949. She received a bachelors and masters degree in…
“I know being a woman for me for a long time was being less, being excluded, being somehow cheap, being…
Family History Li-Young Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1957, the son of exiled Chinese parents. His mother came from…
Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go, bind your sons to exile To serve…
Biography Keri Hulme, a New Zealand native, was born on March 9, 1947, in Christchurch, New Zealand. She is the…
Biography Assia Djebar was born Fatima-Zohra Imalayen in Cherchell, Algeria on August 4, 1936. She published her first novel, La Soif, under…
Biography Léon-Gontran Damas was born in Cayenne, French Guiana in 1912 to a middle-class family. His father was of European and African…